diff --git a/BinaryObjectScanner.Test/FileType/ExecutableTests.cs b/BinaryObjectScanner.Test/FileType/ExecutableTests.cs
index 5ead4ccc..3ecb2531 100644
--- a/BinaryObjectScanner.Test/FileType/ExecutableTests.cs
+++ b/BinaryObjectScanner.Test/FileType/ExecutableTests.cs
@@ -26,16 +26,5 @@ namespace BinaryObjectScanner.Test.FileType
             string? actual = detectable.Detect(stream, file, includeDebug: false);
             Assert.Null(actual);
         }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void DetectDict_EmptyStream_Empty()
-        {
-            Stream? stream = new MemoryStream();
-            string file = string.Empty;
-            var detectable = new Executable();
-
-            ProtectionDictionary actual = detectable.DetectDict(stream, file, includeDebug: false);
-            Assert.Empty(actual);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/BinaryObjectScanner/FileType/Executable.cs b/BinaryObjectScanner/FileType/Executable.cs
index c9bfc9db..66523f48 100644
--- a/BinaryObjectScanner/FileType/Executable.cs
+++ b/BinaryObjectScanner/FileType/Executable.cs
@@ -25,28 +25,6 @@ namespace BinaryObjectScanner.FileType
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public string? Detect(Stream stream, string file, bool includeDebug)
-        {
-            // Get all non-nested protections
-            var protections = DetectDict(stream, file, includeDebug);
-            if (protections.Count == 0)
-                return null;
-
-            // Create the internal list
-            var protectionList = new List<string>();
-            foreach (string key in protections.Keys)
-            {
-                protectionList.AddRange(protections[key]);
-            }
-
-            return string.Join(";", [.. protectionList]);
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc cref="IDetectable.Detect(Stream, string, bool)"/>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// Ideally, we wouldn't need to circumvent the proper handling of file types just for Executable,
-        /// but due to the complexity of scanning, this is not currently possible.
-        /// </remarks>
-        public ProtectionDictionary DetectDict(Stream stream, string file, bool includeDebug)
         {
             // Create the output dictionary
             var protections = new ProtectionDictionary();
@@ -57,12 +35,12 @@ namespace BinaryObjectScanner.FileType
             {
                 wrapper = WrapperFactory.CreateExecutableWrapper(stream);
                 if (wrapper == null)
-                    return protections;
+                    return null;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 if (includeDebug) Console.Error.WriteLine(ex);
-                return protections;
+                return null;
             }
 
             // Only use generic content checks if we're in debug mode
@@ -101,7 +79,18 @@ namespace BinaryObjectScanner.FileType
                 protections.Append(file, subProtections.Values);
             }
 
-            return protections;
+            // If there are no protections
+            if (protections.Count == 0)
+                return null;
+
+            // Create the internal list
+            var protectionList = new List<string>();
+            foreach (string key in protections.Keys)
+            {
+                protectionList.AddRange(protections[key]);
+            }
+
+            return string.Join(";", [.. protectionList]);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs b/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
index fd89f0e3..1dbda5e4 100644
--- a/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
+++ b/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
@@ -276,19 +276,8 @@ namespace BinaryObjectScanner
                 // If we're scanning file contents
                 if (detectable != null && _options.ScanContents)
                 {
-                    // If we have an executable, it needs to bypass normal handling
-                    if (detectable is Executable executable)
-                    {
-                        var subProtections = executable.DetectDict(stream, fileName, _options.IncludeDebug);
-                        protections.Append(subProtections);
-                    }
-
-                    // Otherwise, use the default implementation
-                    else
-                    {
-                        var subProtection = detectable.Detect(stream, fileName, _options.IncludeDebug);
-                        protections.Append(fileName, subProtection);
-                    }
+                    var subProtection = detectable.Detect(stream, fileName, _options.IncludeDebug);
+                    protections.Append(fileName, subProtection);
                 }
 
                 #endregion