diff --git a/main/config.c b/main/config.c
index d0447fcd3b5f88d2139472aea0a2316ff5a30d2e..1961b24fe5a5c01982137310d829256dfa8dc2c2 100644
--- a/main/config.c
+++ b/main/config.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 #include <math.h>	/* HUGE_VAL */
 #include <regex.h>
 
-#define AST_INCLUDE_GLOB 1
-
 #include "asterisk/config.h"
 #include "asterisk/cli.h"
 #include "asterisk/lock.h"
@@ -2047,10 +2045,8 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 	/*! Growable string buffer */
 	struct ast_str *comment_buffer = NULL;	/*!< this will be a comment collector.*/
 	struct ast_str *lline_buffer = NULL;	/*!< A buffer for stuff behind the ; */
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
 	int glob_ret;
 	glob_t globbuf;
-#endif
 
 	if (cfg) {
 		cat = ast_config_get_current_category(cfg);
@@ -2073,7 +2069,7 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
+
 	globbuf.gl_offs = 0;	/* initialize it to silence gcc */
 	glob_ret = glob(fn, MY_GLOB_FLAGS, NULL, &globbuf);
 	if (glob_ret == GLOB_NOSPACE) {
@@ -2101,7 +2097,7 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 		}
 		for (i=0; i<globbuf.gl_pathc; i++) {
 			ast_copy_string(fn, globbuf.gl_pathv[i], sizeof(fn));
-#endif
+
 			/*
 			 * The following is not a loop, but just a convenient way to define a block
 			 * (using do { } while(0) ), and be able to exit from it with 'continue'
@@ -2160,9 +2156,7 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 
 					if (unchanged) {
 						AST_LIST_UNLOCK(&cfmtime_head);
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
 						globfree(&globbuf);
-#endif
 						ast_free(comment_buffer);
 						ast_free(lline_buffer);
 						return CONFIG_STATUS_FILEUNCHANGED;
@@ -2336,14 +2330,12 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 			if (comment) {
 				ast_log(LOG_WARNING,"Unterminated comment detected beginning on line %d\n", nest[comment - 1]);
 			}
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
 			if (cfg == NULL || cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEUNCHANGED || cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID) {
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 		globfree(&globbuf);
 	}
-#endif
 
 	ast_free(comment_buffer);
 	ast_free(lline_buffer);
diff --git a/utils/extconf.c b/utils/extconf.c
index 708a7eac7405907e9db4e7009a66c2b469a78e7d..2beaef47c9a854e521d0b425fb40c6588b146636 100644
--- a/utils/extconf.c
+++ b/utils/extconf.c
@@ -75,16 +75,6 @@
 static void ast_log(int level, const char *file, int line, const char *function, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 5, 6)));
 void ast_verbose(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 
-#define ASINCLUDE_GLOB 1
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
-
-#if !defined(GLOB_ABORTED)
-#define GLOB_ABORTED GLOB_ABEND
-#endif
-
-# include <glob.h>
-#endif
-
 #define AST_API_MODULE  1 /* gimme the inline defs! */
 struct ast_channel
 {
@@ -3153,29 +3143,6 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 		CB_INIT();
 	}
 
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
-	{
-		int glob_ret;
-		glob_t globbuf;
-
-		globbuf.gl_offs = 0;	/* initialize it to silence gcc */
-#ifdef SOLARIS
-		glob_ret = glob(fn, GLOB_NOCHECK, NULL, &globbuf);
-#else
-		glob_ret = glob(fn, GLOB_NOMAGIC|GLOB_BRACE, NULL, &globbuf);
-#endif
-		if (glob_ret == GLOB_NOSPACE)
-			ast_log(LOG_WARNING,
-				"Glob Expansion of pattern '%s' failed: Not enough memory\n", fn);
-		else if (glob_ret  == GLOB_ABORTED)
-			ast_log(LOG_WARNING,
-				"Glob Expansion of pattern '%s' failed: Read error\n", fn);
-		else  {
-			/* loop over expanded files */
-			int i;
-			for (i=0; i<globbuf.gl_pathc; i++) {
-				ast_copy_string(fn, globbuf.gl_pathv[i], sizeof(fn));
-#endif
 	do {
 		if (stat(fn, &statbuf))
 			continue;
@@ -3285,14 +3252,6 @@ static struct ast_config *config_text_file_load(const char *database, const char
 	if (comment) {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING,"Unterminated comment detected beginning on line %d\n", nest[comment]);
 	}
-#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
-					if (!cfg)
-						break;
-				}
-				globfree(&globbuf);
-			}
-		}
-#endif
 	if (cfg && cfg->include_level == 1 && withcomments && comment_buffer) {
 		if (comment_buffer) {
 			free(comment_buffer);