diff --git a/src/urlglob.c b/src/urlglob.c
index 8435b250d..e49b762f5 100644
--- a/src/urlglob.c
+++ b/src/urlglob.c
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ static GlobCode glob_word(URLGlob *glob, char *pattern,
       /* escape character, skip '\' */
       ++pattern;
       ++pos;
-      if (*pattern == '\0')             /* but no escaping of '\0'! */
-        return GLOB_ERROR;
     }
     *buf++ = *pattern++;                /* copy character to literal */
     ++pos;