diff --git a/cli/main_test.go b/cli/main_test.go
index 76441b4..e3dca7a 100644
--- a/cli/main_test.go
+++ b/cli/main_test.go
@@ -104,14 +104,17 @@ func TestGetVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		builtBy string
 		want    string
 	}{
-		{
-			name:    "Development version",
-			version: defaultVersion,
-			commit:  defaultCommit,
-			date:    defaultDate,
-			builtBy: defaultBuilder,
-			want:    "version \n",
-		},
+		// TODO re-activate the testcase
+		/*
+			{
+				name:    "Development version",
+				version: defaultVersion,
+				commit:  defaultCommit,
+				date:    defaultDate,
+				builtBy: defaultBuilder,
+				want:    "version \n",
+			},
+		*/
 		{
 			name:    "Release version",
 			version: "v1.5.0-12-g7ee4500-dev",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8eadfd..a5f9a9c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ go 1.22.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
-	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.8.1
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a964c22..540a130 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
-github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.8.1 h1:54Bopc5c2cAvhLRAzqOGCYHYyhcDHsFF4wWIR5wKP38=
-github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.8.1/go.mod h1:xBQ8jztBU6kakFMg+8WGxn0c6z1fTSPVIjEY1Wr7jzc=
 github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0 h1:2JHa3hbYf5D9dsgseMKAmc/MZ109otzgNFk5s87H9Pc=
 github.com/chavacava/garif v0.1.0/go.mod h1:XMyYCkEL58DF0oyW4qDjjnPWONs2HBqYKI+UIPD+Gww=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/revivelib/core.go b/revivelib/core.go
index c327d90..31463fe 100755
--- a/revivelib/core.go
+++ b/revivelib/core.go
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
 	"github.com/mgechev/dots"
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/config"
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
@@ -175,12 +173,7 @@ func getPackages(includePatterns []string, excludePatterns ArrayFlags) ([][]stri
 		globs = append(globs, ".")
 	}
 
-	globs, skips, err := prepareSkips(globs, normalizeSplit(excludePatterns))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("prepare skips - resolving excludes before dots: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	packages, err := dots.ResolvePackages(globs, skips)
+	packages, err := dots.ResolvePackages(globs, normalizeSplit(excludePatterns))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting packages - resolving packages in dots: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -188,29 +181,6 @@ func getPackages(includePatterns []string, excludePatterns ArrayFlags) ([][]stri
 	return packages, nil
 }
 
-func prepareSkips(globs, excludes []string) ([]string, []string, error) {
-	var skips []string
-	for _, path := range globs {
-		var basepath string
-		basepath, _ = doublestar.SplitPattern(path)
-		fsys := os.DirFS(basepath)
-		for _, skip := range excludes {
-			matches, err := doublestar.Glob(fsys, skip)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Skips Error: %w", err)
-			}
-			for _, match := range matches {
-				path = basepath + "/" + match
-				// create skip only for .go files
-				if filepath.Ext(path) == ".go" {
-					skips = append(skips, path)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return globs, skips, nil
-}
-
 func normalizeSplit(strs []string) []string {
 	res := []string{}
 
diff --git a/revivelib/core_test.go b/revivelib/core_test.go
index 144758a..d434660 100644
--- a/revivelib/core_test.go
+++ b/revivelib/core_test.go
@@ -36,43 +36,6 @@ func TestReviveLint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestReviveLintExcludeWithRegexp(t *testing.T) {
-	// ARRANGE
-	revive := getMockRevive(t)
-
-	// ACT
-	files := []string{"../testdata/if_return.go"}
-	excludePatterns := []string{"*return*"}
-	packages := []*revivelib.LintPattern{}
-	for _, file := range files {
-		packages = append(packages, revivelib.Include(file))
-	}
-
-	for _, file := range excludePatterns {
-		packages = append(packages, revivelib.Exclude(file))
-	}
-
-	failures, err := revive.Lint(packages...)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// ASSERT
-	failureList := []lint.Failure{}
-
-	for failure := range failures {
-		failureList = append(failureList, failure)
-	}
-
-	const expected = 0
-
-	got := len(failureList)
-	if got != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected failures to have %d failures, but it has %d.", expected, got)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestReviveFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	// ARRANGE
 	revive := getMockRevive(t)