diff --git a/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg.go b/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg.go
index 0d782c5d2a..afdb31412b 100644
--- a/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg.go
+++ b/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
 	version "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // RepoCfg is the atlantis.yaml config after it's been parsed and validated.
@@ -113,22 +112,19 @@ func (r RepoCfg) AutoDiscoverEnabled(defaultAutoDiscoverMode AutoDiscoverMode) b
 	return autoDiscoverMode == AutoDiscoverEnabledMode
 }
 
-func (r RepoCfg) IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(path string) (bool, error) {
+func (r RepoCfg) IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(path string) bool {
 	if r.AutoDiscover == nil || r.AutoDiscover.IgnorePaths == nil {
-		return false, nil
+		return false
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < len(r.AutoDiscover.IgnorePaths); i++ {
-		matches, err := doublestar.Match(r.AutoDiscover.IgnorePaths[i], path)
-		if err != nil {
-			// Per documentation https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar, this only
-			// occurs if the pattern itself is invalid, and we already checked this when parsing raw config
-			return false, errors.Wrap(err, "unexpectedly found invalid ignore pattern (this is a bug, should have been validated at startup)")
-		}
-		if matches {
-			return true, nil
+		// Per documentation https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar, if you run ValidatePattern()
+		// against a pattern, which we do, you can run MatchUnvalidated for a slight performance gain,
+		// and also no need to explicitly check for an error
+		if doublestar.MatchUnvalidated(r.AutoDiscover.IgnorePaths[i], path) {
+			return true
 		}
 	}
-	return false, nil
+	return false
 }
 
 // validateWorkspaceAllowed returns an error if repoCfg defines projects in
diff --git a/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg_test.go b/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg_test.go
index 8a2b68803f..c35870ee60 100644
--- a/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg_test.go
+++ b/server/core/config/valid/repo_cfg_test.go
@@ -410,9 +410,8 @@ func TestConfig_IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.description, func(t *testing.T) {
 
-			enabled, err := c.repoCfg.IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(c.path)
-			Ok(t, err)
-			Equals(t, c.expIgnored, enabled)
+			ignored := c.repoCfg.IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(c.path)
+			Equals(t, c.expIgnored, ignored)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server/events/project_command_builder.go b/server/events/project_command_builder.go
index e0087dbb1f..2e42cfc8a4 100644
--- a/server/events/project_command_builder.go
+++ b/server/events/project_command_builder.go
@@ -421,11 +421,7 @@ func (p *DefaultProjectCommandBuilder) getMergedProjectCfgs(ctx *command.Context
 		}
 		for _, mp := range allModifiedProjects {
 			path := filepath.Clean(mp.Path)
-			ignore, err := repoCfg.IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if ignore {
+			if repoCfg.IsPathIgnoredForAutoDiscover(path) {
 				continue
 			}
 			_, dirExists := configuredProjDirs[path]