diff --git a/src/io/recent-files.cpp b/src/io/recent-files.cpp
index 4df63056ac8708d5d7005b65c8274d34976f3a3b..2ea50de2c9688d45cef918193a95266095fb8fc5 100644
--- a/src/io/recent-files.cpp
+++ b/src/io/recent-files.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ std::vector<Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::RecentInfo>> getInkscapeRecentFiles(unsigned max_f
     std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Glib::ustring>> output;
 
     auto recent_manager = Gtk::RecentManager::get_default();
-    // all recent files not necessarily inkscape only (std::vector)
+    // All recent files, not necessarily inkscape only (std::vector)
     auto recent_files = recent_manager->get_items();
 
     // Remove non-inkscape files.
@@ -37,18 +37,10 @@ std::vector<Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::RecentInfo>> getInkscapeRecentFiles(unsigned max_f
         bool valid_file =
             recent_file->has_application(g_get_prgname())         ||
             recent_file->has_application("org.inkscape.Inkscape") ||
-            recent_file->has_application("inkscape")
-#ifdef _WIN32
-            || recent_file->has_application("inkscape.exe")
-#endif
-;
+            recent_file->has_application("inkscape")              ||
+            recent_file->has_application("inkscape.exe");
         return !valid_file;
     });
-  
-    // Truncate to user specified max_files.
-    if (max_files && recent_files.size() > max_files) {
-        recent_files.resize(max_files);
-    }
 
     // Ensure that display uri's are unique. It is possible that an XBEL file
     // has multiple entries for the same file as a path can be written in equivalent
@@ -70,6 +62,11 @@ std::vector<Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::RecentInfo>> getInkscapeRecentFiles(unsigned max_f
         return a->get_modified().compare(b->get_modified()) > 0;
     });
 
+    // Truncate to user-specified max_files.
+    if (max_files && recent_files.size() > max_files) {
+        recent_files.resize(max_files);
+    }
+
     return recent_files;
 }
 
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@ std::map<Glib::ustring, std::string> getShortenedPathMap(std::vector<Glib::RefPt
     return shortened_path_map;
 }
 
-
 } // namespace Inkscape
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index c17effaa76c9167d9eb61f307bf806938eaee027..799500fdd32395cafe445527dcb3465383962a8c 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -3963,9 +3963,7 @@ void InkscapePreferences::on_reset_open_recent_clicked()
         if (e->has_application(g_get_prgname())
             || e->has_application("org.inkscape.Inkscape")
             || e->has_application("inkscape")
-#ifdef _WIN32
             || e->has_application("inkscape.exe")
-#endif
            ) {
             manager->remove_item(e->get_uri());
         }