diff --git a/autotests/taglibwritertest.cpp b/autotests/taglibwritertest.cpp
--- a/autotests/taglibwritertest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/taglibwritertest.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 
     writerPlugin.write(data);
 
-    KFileMetaData::SimpleExtractionResult result(temporaryFileName, mimeType, KFileMetaData::ExtractionResult::ExtractMetaData);
+    KFileMetaData::SimpleExtractionResult result(temporaryFileName, mimeType);
     extractResult(mimeType, result);
 
     QCOMPARE(result.properties().value(Property::Composer), QVariant(QStringLiteral("Composer1")));
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
     data.add(Property::Rating, rating);
     writerPlugin.write(data);
 
-    KFileMetaData::SimpleExtractionResult result(temporaryFileName, mimeType, KFileMetaData::ExtractionResult::ExtractMetaData);
+    KFileMetaData::SimpleExtractionResult result(temporaryFileName, mimeType);
     extractResult(mimeType, result);
 
     QCOMPARE(result.properties().value(Property::Rating).toInt(), rating);
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
 
     writerPlugin.write(data);
 
-    KFileMetaData::SimpleExtractionResult result(temporaryFileName, mimeType, KFileMetaData::ExtractionResult::ExtractMetaData);
+    KFileMetaData::SimpleExtractionResult result(temporaryFileName, mimeType);
     extractResult(mimeType, result);
 
     for (it = properties.begin(); it != properties.end(); ++it) {
diff --git a/src/extractors/taglibextractor.cpp b/src/extractors/taglibextractor.cpp
--- a/src/extractors/taglibextractor.cpp
+++ b/src/extractors/taglibextractor.cpp
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@
     if (savedProperties.contains("COMPILATION")) {
         result->add(Property::Compilation, TStringToQString(savedProperties["COMPILATION"].toString()).trimmed());
     }
-    if (savedProperties.contains("LYRICS")) {
-        result->add(Property::Lyrics, TStringToQString(savedProperties["LYRICS"].toString()).trimmed());
-    }
     if (savedProperties.contains("ARTIST")) {
         const auto artists = savedProperties["ARTIST"];
         for (const auto& artist : artists) {
@@ -258,6 +255,9 @@
             result->add(Property::ReplayGainAlbumPeak, replayGainAlbumPeak);
         }
     }
+    if (result->inputFlags() & ExtractionResult::ExtractPlainText && savedProperties.contains("LYRICS")) {
+        result->add(Property::Lyrics, TStringToQString(savedProperties["LYRICS"].toString()).trimmed());
+    }
 }
 
 void TagLibExtractor::extractId3Tags(TagLib::ID3v2::Tag* Id3Tags, ExtractionResult* result)