diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 1a25df7ee1..dee9dd8534 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -88,15 +88,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		int i;
 		pattern = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(const char *));
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-			const char *glob;
 			pattern[i - 1] = xstrfmt("*/%s", argv[i]);
-
-			glob = strchr(argv[i], '*');
-			if (glob)
-				argv_array_pushf(&ref_prefixes, "%.*s",
-						 (int)(glob - argv[i]), argv[i]);
-			else
-				expand_ref_prefix(&ref_prefixes, argv[i]);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
index 6a949484d0..94170b663f 100755
--- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
@@ -304,4 +304,13 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-remote works outside repository' '
 	nongit git ls-remote dst.git
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'ls-remote patterns work with all protocol versions' '
+	git for-each-ref --format="%(objectname)	%(refname)" \
+		refs/heads/master refs/remotes/origin/master >expect &&
+	git -c protocol.version=1 ls-remote . master >actual.v1 &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.v1 &&
+	git -c protocol.version=2 ls-remote . master >actual.v2 &&
+	test_cmp expect actual.v2
+'
+
 test_done