diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 1ada9b9cb21e..43f5b972fcea 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -421,16 +421,6 @@ static int afs_dir_iterate_block(struct afs_vnode *dvnode,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* Don't expose silly rename entries to userspace. */
-		if (nlen > 6 &&
-		    dire->u.name[0] == '.' &&
-		    ctx->actor != afs_lookup_filldir &&
-		    ctx->actor != afs_lookup_one_filldir &&
-		    memcmp(dire->u.name, ".__afs", 6) == 0) {
-			ctx->pos = blkoff + next * sizeof(union afs_xdr_dirent);
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		/* found the next entry */
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, dire->u.name, nlen,
 			      ntohl(dire->u.vnode),