diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb
index a666702735..8b4c76c767 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg_relocate.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Keg
     path.find do |pn|
       next if pn.symlink? or pn.directory?
       next if Metafiles::EXTENSIONS.include? pn.extname
-      text_files << pn if Utils.popen_read("/usr/bin/file", pn).include?("text")
+      text_files << pn if Utils.popen_read("/usr/bin/file", "--brief", pn).include?("text")
     end
 
     text_files