diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodelrolesupdater.cpp
@@ -99,10 +99,7 @@
     Q_ASSERT(model);
 
     const KConfigGroup globalConfig(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "PreviewSettings");
-    m_enabledPlugins = globalConfig.readEntry("Plugins", QStringList());
-    if (m_enabledPlugins.isEmpty()) {
-        m_enabledPlugins = KIO::PreviewJob::defaultPlugins();
-    }
+    m_enabledPlugins = globalConfig.readEntry("Plugins", KIO::PreviewJob::defaultPlugins());
 
     connect(m_model, &KFileItemModel::itemsInserted,
             this,    &KFileItemModelRolesUpdater::slotItemsInserted);
diff --git a/src/settings/general/previewssettingspage.cpp b/src/settings/general/previewssettingspage.cpp
--- a/src/settings/general/previewssettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/general/previewssettingspage.cpp
@@ -174,10 +174,8 @@
 void PreviewsSettingsPage::loadSettings()
 {
     const KConfigGroup globalConfig(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), QStringLiteral("PreviewSettings"));
-    m_enabledPreviewPlugins = globalConfig.readEntry("Plugins", QStringList());
-    if (m_enabledPreviewPlugins.isEmpty()) {
-        m_enabledPreviewPlugins = KIO::PreviewJob::defaultPlugins();
-    }
+    m_enabledPreviewPlugins = globalConfig.readEntry("Plugins", KIO::PreviewJob::defaultPlugins());
+
     const qulonglong defaultRemotePreview = static_cast<qulonglong>(MaxRemotePreviewSize) * 1024 * 1024;
     const qulonglong maxRemoteByteSize = globalConfig.readEntry("MaximumRemoteSize", defaultRemotePreview);
     const int maxRemoteMByteSize = maxRemoteByteSize / (1024 * 1024);
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinitemlistview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinitemlistview.cpp
--- a/src/views/dolphinitemlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinitemlistview.cpp
@@ -95,11 +95,7 @@
     updateGridSize();
 
     const KConfigGroup globalConfig(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "PreviewSettings");
-    QStringList enabledPlugins = globalConfig.readEntry("Plugins", QStringList());
-    if (enabledPlugins.isEmpty()) {
-        enabledPlugins = KIO::PreviewJob::defaultPlugins();
-    }
-    setEnabledPlugins(enabledPlugins);
+    setEnabledPlugins(globalConfig.readEntry("Plugins", KIO::PreviewJob::defaultPlugins()));
 
     endTransaction();
 }