diff --git a/.changes/fix-appimage-xdg-utils.md b/.changes/fix-appimage-xdg-utils.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94aa65a612f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-appimage-xdg-utils.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+tauri-bundler: patch:bug
+tauri-cli: patch:bug
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:bug
+---
+
+On Linux, do not bundle xdg-open and xdg-utils in the AppImage anymore. This rarely worked and usually requires host system support anyway.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy.rs b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy.rs
index 87364eb0cd41..0fc450bf03f3 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/linux/appimage/linuxdeploy.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use super::{super::debian, write_and_make_executable};
 use crate::{
   bundle::settings::Arch,
-  error::{Context, ErrorExt},
+  error::Context,
   utils::{fs_utils, http_utils::download, CommandExt},
   Settings,
 };
@@ -118,21 +118,6 @@ pub fn bundle_project(settings: &Settings) -> crate::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
   fs::create_dir_all(&app_dir_usr_bin)?;
   fs::create_dir_all(app_dir_usr_lib)?;
 
-  // Copy bins and libs that linuxdeploy doesn't know about
-
-  // we also check if the user may have provided their own copy already
-  // xdg-open will be handled by the `files` config instead
-  if settings.deep_link_protocols().is_some() && !app_dir_usr_bin.join("xdg-open").exists() {
-    fs::copy("/usr/bin/xdg-mime", app_dir_usr_bin.join("xdg-mime"))
-      .fs_context("xdg-mime binary not found", "/usr/bin/xdg-mime".to_string())?;
-  }
-
-  // we also check if the user may have provided their own copy already
-  if settings.appimage().bundle_xdg_open && !app_dir_usr_bin.join("xdg-open").exists() {
-    fs::copy("/usr/bin/xdg-open", app_dir_usr_bin.join("xdg-open"))
-      .fs_context("xdg-open binary not found", "/usr/bin/xdg-open".to_string())?;
-  }
-
   let search_dirs = [
     match settings.binary_arch() {
       Arch::X86_64 => "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/",
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/settings.rs b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/settings.rs
index e49b4436d414..113abb3ac97e 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/settings.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ pub struct AppImageSettings {
   /// Whether to include gstreamer plugins for audio/media support.
   pub bundle_media_framework: bool,
   /// Whether to include the `xdg-open` binary.
+  #[deprecated(
+    since = "2.12.0",
+    note = "Bundling xdg-open in an AppImage does not work and therefore was disabled."
+  )]
   pub bundle_xdg_open: bool,
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs
index 78fc38f8476a..7402c3436d07 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs
@@ -899,26 +899,6 @@ impl AppSettings for RustAppSettings {
       });
     }
 
-    if let Some(open) = config.plugins.0.get("shell").and_then(|v| v.get("open")) {
-      if open.as_bool().is_some_and(|x| x) || open.is_string() {
-        settings.appimage.bundle_xdg_open = true;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if let Some(deps) = self
-      .manifest
-      .lock()
-      .unwrap()
-      .inner
-      .as_table()
-      .get("dependencies")
-      .and_then(|f| f.as_table())
-    {
-      if deps.contains_key("tauri-plugin-opener") {
-        settings.appimage.bundle_xdg_open = true;
-      };
-    }
-
     Ok(settings)
   }