diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/util-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/mix/util-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 09b06b6b..78a8568b 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/util-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/util-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::util {
             set opts [dict remove $opts -noredirect]
         }
 
-        if {$::tcl_platform(platform) ne "windows"} {
-            return [fileutil::cat {*}$args]
-        }
 
         set finalpaths [list]
         set is_windows [string match *windows* $::tcl_platform(platform)]
@@ -120,7 +117,9 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::util {
                 lappend finalpaths $p
             }
         }
+        #fauxlink is platform agnostic.
         set has_fauxlink [expr {![catch {package require fauxlink}]}]
+        #While .lnk files are windows specific, we want to be able to resolve them on other platforms if possible, so we try to load punk::winlnk on all platforms.
         set has_winlnk [expr {![catch {package require punk::winlnk}]}]
 
         if {!$opt_noredirect && ($has_fauxlink || $has_winlnk)} {