diff --git a/packages/svelte-check/src/index.ts b/packages/svelte-check/src/index.ts
index 6e64414ed..1435d4840 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-check/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte-check/src/index.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ type Result = {
 
 async function openAllDocuments(
     workspaceUri: URI,
-    filePathsToIgnore: string[],
     svelteCheck: SvelteCheck
 ) {
     const files = await glob('**/*.svelte', {
         cwd: workspaceUri.fsPath,
-        ignore: ['node_modules/**'].concat(filePathsToIgnore.map((ignore) => `${ignore}/**`))
+        ignore: ['node_modules/**']
     });
     const absFilePaths = files.map((f) => path.resolve(workspaceUri.fsPath, f));
 
@@ -110,12 +109,10 @@ class DiagnosticsWatcher {
         private workspaceUri: URI,
         private svelteCheck: SvelteCheck,
         private writer: Writer,
-        filePathsToIgnore: string[],
         ignoreInitialAdd: boolean
     ) {
         watch(`${workspaceUri.fsPath}/**/*.{svelte,d.ts,ts,js,jsx,tsx,mjs,cjs,mts,cts}`, {
             ignored: ['node_modules', 'vite.config.{js,ts}.timestamp-*']
-                .concat(filePathsToIgnore)
                 .map((ignore) => path.join(workspaceUri.fsPath, ignore)),
             ignoreInitial: ignoreInitialAdd
         })
@@ -198,14 +195,13 @@ parseOptions(async (opts) => {
                 opts.workspaceUri,
                 new SvelteCheck(opts.workspaceUri.fsPath, svelteCheckOptions),
                 writer,
-                opts.filePathsToIgnore,
                 !!opts.tsconfig
             );
         } else {
             const svelteCheck = new SvelteCheck(opts.workspaceUri.fsPath, svelteCheckOptions);
 
             if (!opts.tsconfig) {
-                await openAllDocuments(opts.workspaceUri, opts.filePathsToIgnore, svelteCheck);
+                await openAllDocuments(opts.workspaceUri, svelteCheck);
             }
             const result = await getDiagnostics(opts.workspaceUri, writer, svelteCheck);
             if (
diff --git a/packages/svelte-check/src/options.ts b/packages/svelte-check/src/options.ts
index bf270e3c4..0123b2305 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-check/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte-check/src/options.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export interface SvelteCheckCliOptions {
     watch: boolean;
     preserveWatchOutput: boolean;
     tsconfig?: string;
-    filePathsToIgnore: string[];
     failOnWarnings: boolean;
     compilerWarnings: Record<string, 'error' | 'ignore'>;
     diagnosticSources: DiagnosticSource[];
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ export function parseOptions(cb: (opts: SvelteCheckCliOptions) => any) {
                 watch: !!opts.watch,
                 preserveWatchOutput: !!opts.preserveWatchOutput,
                 tsconfig: getTsconfig(opts, workspaceUri.fsPath),
-                filePathsToIgnore: getFilepathsToIgnore(opts),
                 failOnWarnings: !!opts['fail-on-warnings'],
                 compilerWarnings: getCompilerWarnings(opts),
                 diagnosticSources: getDiagnosticSources(opts),