diff --git a/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim b/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim
index e1baede4e4..f5c1e85d12 100644
--- a/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim
+++ b/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ const
          "type 'terse' to toggle terse mode on/off"
   #List of currently supported capabilities. So lang servers/ides can iterate over and check for what's enabled
   Capabilities = [
-    "con" #current NimSuggest supports the `con` commmand
+    "con" #current NimSuggest supports the `con` commmand,
+    "unknownFile", #current NimSuggest can handle unknown files
   ]
 
 proc parseQuoted(cmd: string; outp: var string; start: int): int =
@@ -942,10 +943,6 @@ proc executeNoHooksV3(cmd: IdeCmd, file: AbsoluteFile, dirtyfile: AbsoluteFile,
   var fileIndex: FileIndex
 
   if not (cmd in {ideRecompile, ideGlobalSymbols}):
-    if not fileInfoKnown(conf, file):
-      myLog fmt "{file} is unknown, returning no results"
-      return
-
     fileIndex = fileInfoIdx(conf, file)
     msgs.setDirtyFile(
       conf,