1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index e8c0c7abc..e260fffea 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -1837,8 +1837,6 @@ sub pagespec_match_list ($$;@) {
 	my $spec=shift;
 	my @params=@_;
 
-	return @$pages if $spec eq '*'; # optimisation
-
 	my $sub=pagespec_translate($spec);
 	error "syntax error in pagespec \"$spec\""
 		if $@ || ! defined $sub;