diff --git a/src/conf/network_conf.c b/src/conf/network_conf.c
index 1e4b7198b2..e9f2f79321 100644
--- a/src/conf/network_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/network_conf.c
@@ -3248,9 +3248,6 @@ virNetworkLoadAllState(virNetworkObjListPtr nets,
     while ((ret = virDirRead(dir, &entry, stateDir)) > 0) {
         virNetworkObjPtr net;
 
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         if (!virFileStripSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
@@ -3283,9 +3280,6 @@ int virNetworkLoadAllConfigs(virNetworkObjListPtr nets,
     while ((ret = virDirRead(dir, &entry, configDir)) > 0) {
         virNetworkObjPtr net;
 
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         if (!virFileStripSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
index 56f8b86f71..db92f7cd49 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
@@ -3216,9 +3216,6 @@ virNWFilterLoadAllConfigs(virNWFilterObjListPtr nwfilters,
     while ((ret = virDirRead(dir, &entry, configDir)) > 0) {
         virNWFilterObjPtr nwfilter;
 
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         if (!virFileStripSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 5c044d2653..3c1fd02e92 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -1953,9 +1953,6 @@ virStoragePoolLoadAllState(virStoragePoolObjListPtr pools,
     while ((ret = virDirRead(dir, &entry, stateDir)) > 0) {
         virStoragePoolObjPtr pool;
 
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         if (!virFileStripSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
@@ -1991,9 +1988,6 @@ virStoragePoolLoadAllConfigs(virStoragePoolObjListPtr pools,
         char *autostartLink;
         virStoragePoolObjPtr pool;
 
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         if (!virFileHasSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c b/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c
index 4f7756d64e..46763f91bc 100644
--- a/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c
+++ b/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c
@@ -583,9 +583,6 @@ virDomainObjListLoadAllConfigs(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
     while ((ret = virDirRead(dir, &entry, configDir)) > 0) {
         virDomainObjPtr dom;
 
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         if (!virFileStripSuffix(entry->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 9657b553a9..9973392ca8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -510,9 +510,6 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotLoad(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     }
 
     while ((direrr = virDirRead(dir, &entry, NULL)) > 0) {
-        if (entry->d_name[0] == '.')
-            continue;
-
         /* NB: ignoring errors, so one malformed config doesn't
            kill the whole process */
         VIR_INFO("Loading snapshot file '%s'", entry->d_name);