diff --git a/gio/gopenuriportal.c b/gio/gopenuriportal.c
index 38d60bf68..b798d7cd1 100644
--- a/gio/gopenuriportal.c
+++ b/gio/gopenuriportal.c
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include "gunixfdlist.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifndef O_PATH
-#define O_PATH 0
-#endif
 #ifndef O_CLOEXEC
 #define O_CLOEXEC 0
 #else
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ g_openuri_portal_open_uri (const char  *uri,
 
       path = g_file_get_path (file);
 
-      fd = g_open (path, O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC);
+      fd = g_open (path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
       errsv = errno;
       if (fd == -1)
         {
@@ -318,7 +315,7 @@ g_openuri_portal_open_uri_async (const char          *uri,
         g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (task), "open-file", GINT_TO_POINTER (TRUE));
 
       path = g_file_get_path (file);
-      fd = g_open (path, O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC);
+      fd = g_open (path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
       errsv = errno;
       if (fd == -1)
         {