diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py
index 45a202124d942..9ce4cb288cf10 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/gcs.py
@@ -821,11 +821,12 @@ def _list(
                     delimiter=delimiter,
                     versions=versions,
                 )
-                list(blobs)
+                if delimiter:
+                    next(blobs, None)
 
             if blobs.prefixes:
                 ids.extend(blobs.prefixes)
-            else:
+            elif not delimiter or (match_glob and delimiter == "/"):
                 ids.extend(blob.name for blob in blobs)
 
             page_token = blobs.next_page_token
@@ -933,11 +934,12 @@ def list_by_timespan(
                     delimiter=delimiter,
                     versions=versions,
                 )
-                list(blobs)
+                if delimiter:
+                    next(blobs, None)
 
             if blobs.prefixes:
                 ids.extend(blobs.prefixes)
-            else:
+            elif not delimiter or (match_glob and delimiter == "/"):
                 ids.extend(
                     blob.name
                     for blob in blobs
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py
index 33df98e37b002..bd70dd7aa0d90 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_gcs.py
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ def test_provide_file_upload(self, mock_upload, mock_temp_file):
     @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.get_conn"))
     def test_list__delimiter(self, mock_service, prefix, result):
         mock_service.return_value.bucket.return_value.list_blobs.return_value.next_page_token = None
+        mock_service.return_value.bucket.return_value.list_blobs.return_value.prefixes = None
         with pytest.deprecated_call():
             self.gcs_hook.list(
                 bucket_name="test_bucket",
@@ -828,6 +829,10 @@ def test_list__delimiter(self, mock_service, prefix, result):
                 delimiter=",",
             )
         assert mock_service.return_value.bucket.return_value.list_blobs.call_args_list == result
+        assert (
+            mock_service.return_value.bucket.return_value.list_blobs.return_value.__next__.call_count
+            == len(result)
+        )
 
     @mock.patch(GCS_STRING.format("GCSHook.get_conn"))
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.hooks.gcs.functools")