Index: tar-1.23/src/names.c
===================================================================
--- tar-1.23.orig/src/names.c
+++ tar-1.23/src/names.c
@@ -909,10 +909,6 @@ collect_and_sort_names (void)
     {
       if (name->found_count || name->directory)
 	continue;
-      if (name->matching_flags & EXCLUDE_WILDCARDS)
-	/* NOTE: EXCLUDE_ANCHORED is not relevant here */
-	/* FIXME: just skip regexps for now */
-	continue;
       chdir_do (name->change_dir);
 
       if (name->name[0] == 0)