diff --git a/common/wildcards_and_files_ext.cpp b/common/wildcards_and_files_ext.cpp
index aca51b0050..c872db7f11 100644
--- a/common/wildcards_and_files_ext.cpp
+++ b/common/wildcards_and_files_ext.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const wxString GedaPcbFootprintLibFileExtension( wxT( "fp" ) );
 const wxString SchematicSymbolFileWildcard( _( "KiCad drawing symbol file (*.sym)|*.sym" ) );
 const wxString SchematicLibraryFileWildcard( _( "KiCad component library file (*.lib)|*.lib" ) );
 const wxString ProjectFileWildcard( _( "KiCad project files (*.pro)|*.pro" ) );
-const wxString SchematicFileWildcard( _( "KiCad schematic files (*.sch)|*.sch|Eagle 6.x XML schematic file (*.sch)|*.sch" ) );
+const wxString SchematicFileWildcard( _( "KiCad schematic files (*.sch)|*.sch" ) );
 const wxString EagleSchematicFileWildcard( _( "Eagle XML schematic file (*.sch)|*.sch" ) );
 const wxString EagleFilesWildcard( _( "Eagle XML files (*.sch *.brd)|*.sch;*.brd" ) );
 const wxString NetlistFileWildcard( _( "KiCad netlist files (*.net)|*.net" ) );
diff --git a/eeschema/files-io.cpp b/eeschema/files-io.cpp
index 7364cd0fe5..5b11dd1a80 100644
--- a/eeschema/files-io.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/files-io.cpp
@@ -315,24 +315,10 @@ bool SCH_EDIT_FRAME::OpenProjectFiles( const std::vector<wxString>& aFileSet, in
     {
         delete g_RootSheet;   // Delete the current project.
         g_RootSheet = NULL;   // Force CreateScreens() to build new empty project on load failure.
-        SCH_PLUGIN::SCH_PLUGIN_RELEASER pi;
-
-        // Iterate through the available plugins to determine the file type
-        for( auto pluginType : SCH_IO_MGR::SCH_FILE_T_vector )
-        {
-            pi.set( SCH_IO_MGR::FindPlugin( pluginType ) );
-
-            if( pi && pi->CheckHeader( fullFileName ) )
-                break;  // got the right plugin
-            else
-                pi.set( nullptr );  // do not give a false impression that we have a valid plugin
-        }
+        SCH_PLUGIN::SCH_PLUGIN_RELEASER pi( SCH_IO_MGR::FindPlugin( SCH_IO_MGR::SCH_LEGACY ) );
 
         try
         {
-            if( !pi )
-                THROW_IO_ERROR( _( "File format not recognized" ) );
-
             g_RootSheet = pi->Load( fullFileName, &Kiway() );
             m_CurrentSheet->clear();
             m_CurrentSheet->push_back( g_RootSheet );