diff --git a/crawler/utils/file_utils.py b/crawler/utils/file_utils.py
index 889232df..f1fb99e2 100644
--- a/crawler/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/crawler/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import fnmatch
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ def crawl_files(
         root_dir_alias = root_dir
     exclude_dirs = [os.path.join(root_dir, d) for d in
                     exclude_dirs]
-    exclude_regex = r'|'.join([fnmatch.translate(d)
-                               for d in exclude_dirs]) or r'$.'
+    exclude_regex = re.compile(r'|'.join([d for d in exclude_dirs]))
 
     # walk the directory hierarchy starting at 'root_dir' in BFS
     # order
@@ -72,6 +70,7 @@ def _filetype(fpath, fperm):
     }.get(modebit)
     return ftype
 
+
 _filemode_table = (
     (
         (stat.S_IFLNK, 'l'),