diff --git a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Glob.hs b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Glob.hs
index 1a6c0594575..aa982131846 100644
--- a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Glob.hs
+++ b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Glob.hs
@@ -518,17 +518,7 @@ runDirFileGlob verbosity mspec rawRoot pat = do
       entries <- getDirectoryContents (root </> dir)
       catMaybes
         <$> mapM
-          ( \s -> do
-              -- When running a glob from a Cabal package description (i.e.
-              -- when a cabal spec version is passed as an argument), we
-              -- disallow matching a @GlobFile@ against a directory, preferring
-              -- @GlobDir dir GlobDirTrailing@ to specify a directory match.
-              shouldMatch <- maybe (return True) (const $ doesFileExist (root </> dir </> s)) mspec
-              return $
-                if shouldMatch
-                  then (dir </> s <$) <$> doesGlobMatch glob s
-                  else Nothing
-          )
+          (\s -> return $ (dir </> s <$) <$> doesGlobMatch glob s)
           entries
     go (GlobDirRecursive glob) dir = do
       entries <- getDirectoryContentsRecursive (root </> dir)