diff --git a/src/file/tree/filter.rs b/src/file/tree/filter.rs
index 55d53a0..0410159 100644
--- a/src/file/tree/filter.rs
+++ b/src/file/tree/filter.rs
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ impl Tree {
         while pruning {
             let mut to_remove = vec![];
 
-            for n in self.root_id.descendants(&self.arena) {
-                if self.arena[n].get().is_dir() && n.children(&self.arena).count() == 0 {
+            for n in self.root_id.descendants(&self.arena).skip(1) {
+                if !n.is_removed(&self.arena) && self.arena[n].get().is_dir() && n.children(&self.arena).count() == 0 {
                     to_remove.push(n);
                 }
             }
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ impl Tree {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Filtering via globbing
     fn filter_glob(&mut self, ctx: &Context) -> Result<()> {
         let Context {
             globbing: Globbing { iglob, .. },