diff --git a/demux/demux_mf.c b/demux/demux_mf.c
index 02b95e1c15..012854a32f 100644
--- a/demux/demux_mf.c
+++ b/demux/demux_mf.c
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ static mf_t *open_mf_pattern(void *talloc_ctx, struct mp_log *log, char *filenam
 
     char *fname = talloc_size(mf, strlen(filename) + 32);
 
-#if HAVE_GLOB || HAVE_GLOB_WIN32_REPLACEMENT
     if (!strchr(filename, '%')) {
         strcpy(fname, filename);
         if (!strchr(filename, '*'))
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ static mf_t *open_mf_pattern(void *talloc_ctx, struct mp_log *log, char *filenam
         globfree(&gg);
         goto exit_mf;
     }
-#endif
 
     mp_info(log, "search expr: %s\n", filename);
 
diff --git a/options/parse_commandline.c b/options/parse_commandline.c
index 4b2f4f880e..2eb65e5c8e 100644
--- a/options/parse_commandline.c
+++ b/options/parse_commandline.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static bool split_opt(struct parse_state *p)
     return false;
 }
 
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) && (HAVE_GLOB || HAVE_GLOB_WIN32_REPLACEMENT)
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
 static void process_non_option(struct playlist *files, const char *arg)
 {
     glob_t gg;
diff --git a/osdep/io.h b/osdep/io.h
index 01c7c8bfdf..61d2a4af55 100644
--- a/osdep/io.h
+++ b/osdep/io.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
-#if HAVE_GLOB
+#if HAVE_POSIX
 #include <glob.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 061fb3f76f..58d64837af 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -208,13 +208,9 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'func': check_true,
         'deps_any': ['posix-spawn', 'mingw'],
     }, {
-        'name': 'glob',
-        'desc': 'glob()',
-        'func': check_statement('glob.h', 'glob("filename", 0, 0, 0)')
-    }, {
-        'name': 'glob-win32-replacement',
+        'name': 'glob-win32',
         'desc': 'glob() win32 replacement',
-        'deps_neg': [ 'glob' ],
+        'deps_neg': [ 'posix' ],
         'deps_any': [ 'os-win32', 'os-cygwin' ],
         'func': check_true
     }, {
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index 38281ceac7..39c31fe697 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def build(ctx):
         ( "osdep/path-unix.c"),
         ( "osdep/path-win.c",                    "os-win32" ),
         ( "osdep/path-win.c",                    "os-cygwin" ),
-        ( "osdep/glob-win.c",                    "glob-win32-replacement" ),
+        ( "osdep/glob-win.c",                    "glob-win32" ),
         ( "osdep/w32_keyboard.c",                "os-win32" ),
         ( "osdep/w32_keyboard.c",                "os-cygwin" ),
         ( "osdep/windows_utils.c",               "win32" ),