diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 578668e73..fdd6a4cc3 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bool CppCheckExecutor::parseFromArgs(CppCheck *cppcheck, int argc, const char* c
         // Execute recursiveAddFiles() to each given file parameter
         std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator iter;
         for (iter = pathnames.begin(); iter != pathnames.end(); ++iter)
-            getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(filenames, iter->c_str(), true);
+            getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(filenames, iter->c_str());
 
         for (iter = filenames.begin(); iter != filenames.end(); ++iter)
             cppcheck->addFile(*iter);
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 402c37a65..2784ec6c4 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void CppCheck::settings(const Settings &currentSettings)
 
 void CppCheck::addFile(const std::string &path)
 {
-    getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(_filenames, path.c_str(), true);
+    getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(_filenames, path.c_str());
 }
 
 void CppCheck::addFile(const std::string &path, const std::string &content)
diff --git a/lib/filelister.h b/lib/filelister.h
index 86924b13f..7a09b1662 100644
--- a/lib/filelister.h
+++ b/lib/filelister.h
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ public:
      * (*.c;*.cpp;*.cxx;*.c++;*.cc;*.txx) are added.
      * @param filenames output vector that filenames are written to
      * @param path root path
-     * @param recursive Should files be added recursively or not?
      */
     virtual void recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames,
-                                   const std::string &path, bool recursive) = 0;
+                                   const std::string &path) = 0;
 
     /**
      * @brief Compare filenames to see if they are the same.
diff --git a/lib/filelister_unix.cpp b/lib/filelister_unix.cpp
index a2cb5afe4..a8d725cc9 100644
--- a/lib/filelister_unix.cpp
+++ b/lib/filelister_unix.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 ////// This code is POSIX-style systems ///////////////////////////////////////
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-void FileListerUnix::recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path, bool recursive)
+void FileListerUnix::recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path)
 {
     std::ostringstream oss;
     oss << path;
@@ -46,22 +46,20 @@ void FileListerUnix::recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, cons
     glob(oss.str().c_str(), GLOB_MARK, 0, &glob_results);
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < glob_results.gl_pathc; i++)
     {
-        std::string filename = glob_results.gl_pathv[i];
+        const std::string filename = glob_results.gl_pathv[i];
         if (filename == "." || filename == ".." || filename.length() == 0)
             continue;
 
         if (filename[filename.length()-1] != '/')
         {
             // File
-
-            // If recursive is not used, accept all files given by user
-            if (!recursive || FileLister::acceptFile(filename))
+            if (FileLister::acceptFile(filename))
                 filenames.push_back(filename);
         }
-        else if (recursive)
+        else
         {
             // Directory
-            getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(filenames, filename, recursive);
+            getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(filenames, filename);
         }
     }
     globfree(&glob_results);
diff --git a/lib/filelister_unix.h b/lib/filelister_unix.h
index 3550d9f80..73df8e5f6 100644
--- a/lib/filelister_unix.h
+++ b/lib/filelister_unix.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 class FileListerUnix : public FileLister
 {
 public:
-    virtual void recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path, bool recursive);
+    virtual void recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path);
     virtual bool sameFileName(const std::string &fname1, const std::string &fname2);
 //    virtual static bool acceptFile(const std::string &filename);
 private:
diff --git a/lib/filelister_win32.cpp b/lib/filelister_win32.cpp
index e18620069..9e07e7fd9 100644
--- a/lib/filelister_win32.cpp
+++ b/lib/filelister_win32.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static HANDLE MyFindFirstFile(std::string path, LPWIN32_FIND_DATA findData)
 
 #endif // defined(UNICODE)
 
-void FileListerWin32::recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path, bool recursive)
+void FileListerWin32::recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path)
 {
     // oss is the search string passed into FindFirst and FindNext.
     // bdir is the base directory which is used to form pathnames.
diff --git a/lib/filelister_win32.h b/lib/filelister_win32.h
index 84c4964f1..9f0cb1264 100644
--- a/lib/filelister_win32.h
+++ b/lib/filelister_win32.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 class FileListerWin32 : public FileLister
 {
 public:
-    virtual void recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path, bool recursive);
+    virtual void recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, const std::string &path);
     virtual bool sameFileName(const std::string &fname1, const std::string &fname2);
 private:
 
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index 1ee466e05..d505bb411 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void compilefiles(std::ostream &fout, const std::vector<std::string> &fil
 
 static void getCppFiles(std::vector<std::string> &files, const std::string &path)
 {
-    getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(files, path, true);
+    getFileLister()->recursiveAddFiles(files, path);
     // only get *.cpp files..
     for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator it = files.begin(); it != files.end();)
     {