diff --git a/apps/files_versions/src/components/Version.vue b/apps/files_versions/src/components/Version.vue
index 6a2fc8e7c28..9579125ce41 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/src/components/Version.vue
+++ b/apps/files_versions/src/components/Version.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<!-- Icon -->
 		<template #icon>
 			<div v-if="!(loadPreview || previewLoaded)" class="version__image" />
-			<img v-else-if="(isCurrent || version.hasPreview) && !previewErrored"
+			<img v-else-if="version.previewUrl && !previewErrored"
 				:src="version.previewUrl"
 				alt=""
 				decoding="async"
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/src/utils/versions.ts b/apps/files_versions/src/utils/versions.ts
index b52f92ef462..6d5933f0bd9 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/src/utils/versions.ts
+++ b/apps/files_versions/src/utils/versions.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export interface Version {
 	type: string, // 'file'
 	mtime: number, // Version creation date as a timestamp
 	permissions: string, // Only readable: 'R'
-	hasPreview: boolean, // Whether the version has a preview
 	previewUrl: string, // Preview URL of the version
 	url: string, // Download URL of the version
 	source: string, // The WebDAV endpoint of the ressource
@@ -78,12 +77,12 @@ function formatVersion(version: any, fileInfo: any): Version {
 	let previewUrl = ''
 
 	if (mtime === fileInfo.mtime) { // Version is the current one
-		previewUrl = generateUrl('/core/preview?fileId={fileId}&c={fileEtag}&x=250&y=250&forceIcon=0&a=0', {
+		previewUrl = generateUrl('/core/preview?fileId={fileId}&c={fileEtag}&x=250&y=250&forceIcon=0&a=0&forceIcon=1&mimeFallback=1', {
 			fileId: fileInfo.id,
 			fileEtag: fileInfo.etag,
 		})
 	} else {
-		previewUrl = generateUrl('/apps/files_versions/preview?file={file}&version={fileVersion}', {
+		previewUrl = generateUrl('/apps/files_versions/preview?file={file}&version={fileVersion}&mimeFallback=1', {
 			file: joinPaths(fileInfo.path, fileInfo.name),
 			fileVersion: version.basename,
 		})
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ function formatVersion(version: any, fileInfo: any): Version {
 		type: version.type,
 		mtime,
 		permissions: 'R',
-		hasPreview: version.props['has-preview'] === 1,
 		previewUrl,
 		url: joinPaths('/remote.php/dav', version.filename),
 		source: generateRemoteUrl('dav') + encodePath(version.filename),
diff --git a/apps/files_versions/src/views/VersionTab.vue b/apps/files_versions/src/views/VersionTab.vue
index 3acb88f107a..76c445e6930 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/src/views/VersionTab.vue
+++ b/apps/files_versions/src/views/VersionTab.vue
@@ -273,13 +273,12 @@ export default {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// Versions previews are too small for our use case, so we override hasPreview and previewUrl
+			// Versions previews are too small for our use case, so we override previewUrl
 			// which makes the viewer render the original file.
 			// We also point to the original filename if the version is the current one.
 			const versions = this.versions.map(version => ({
 				...version,
 				filename: version.mtime === this.fileInfo.mtime ? path.join('files', getCurrentUser()?.uid ?? '', this.fileInfo.path, this.fileInfo.name) : version.filename,
-				hasPreview: false,
 				previewUrl: undefined,
 			}))
 
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ export default {
 		},
 
 		compareVersion({ version }) {
-			const versions = this.versions.map(version => ({ ...version, hasPreview: false, previewUrl: undefined }))
+			const versions = this.versions.map(version => ({ ...version, previewUrl: undefined }))
 
 			OCA.Viewer.compare(this.viewerFileInfo, versions.find(v => v.source === version.source))
 		},