diff --git a/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs b/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs
index 8484843c87..6b6c3305cc 100644
--- a/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs
+++ b/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs
@@ -352,10 +352,15 @@ impl FileFinderDelegate {
         let include_root_name = worktrees.len() > 1;
         let candidate_sets = worktrees
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|worktree| PathMatchCandidateSet {
-                snapshot: worktree.read(cx).snapshot(),
-                include_ignored: true,
-                include_root_name,
+            .map(|worktree| {
+                let worktree = worktree.read(cx);
+                PathMatchCandidateSet {
+                    snapshot: worktree.snapshot(),
+                    include_ignored: worktree
+                        .root_entry()
+                        .map_or(false, |entry| entry.is_ignored),
+                    include_root_name,
+                }
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
@@ -1202,7 +1207,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[gpui::test]
-    async fn test_ignored_root(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    async fn test_ignored_files(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
         let app_state = init_test(cx);
         app_state
             .fs
@@ -1245,94 +1250,7 @@ mod tests {
                 picker.delegate.spawn_search(test_path_like("hi"), cx)
             })
             .await;
-        picker.update(cx, |picker, _| {
-            assert_eq!(
-                collect_search_results(picker),
-                vec![
-                    PathBuf::from("ignored-root/happiness"),
-                    PathBuf::from("ignored-root/height"),
-                    PathBuf::from("ignored-root/hi"),
-                    PathBuf::from("ignored-root/hiccup"),
-                    PathBuf::from("tracked-root/happiness"),
-                    PathBuf::from("tracked-root/height"),
-                    PathBuf::from("tracked-root/hi"),
-                    PathBuf::from("tracked-root/hiccup"),
-                ],
-                "All files in all roots (including gitignored) should be searched"
-            )
-        });
-    }
-
-    #[gpui::test]
-    async fn test_ignored_files(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
-        let app_state = init_test(cx);
-        app_state
-            .fs
-            .as_fake()
-            .insert_tree(
-                "/root",
-                json!({
-                    ".git": {},
-                    ".gitignore": "ignored_a\n.env\n",
-                    "a": {
-                        "banana_env": "11",
-                        "bandana_env": "12",
-                    },
-                    "ignored_a": {
-                        "ignored_banana_env": "21",
-                        "ignored_bandana_env": "22",
-                        "ignored_nested": {
-                            "ignored_nested_banana_env": "31",
-                            "ignored_nested_bandana_env": "32",
-                        },
-                    },
-                    ".env": "something",
-                }),
-            )
-            .await;
-
-        let project = Project::test(app_state.fs.clone(), ["/root".as_ref()], cx).await;
-
-        let (picker, workspace, cx) = build_find_picker(project, cx);
-
-        cx.simulate_input("env");
-        picker.update(cx, |picker, _| {
-            assert_eq!(
-                collect_search_results(picker),
-                vec![
-                    PathBuf::from(".env"),
-                    PathBuf::from("a/banana_env"),
-                    PathBuf::from("a/bandana_env"),
-                ],
-                "Root gitignored files and all non-gitignored files should be searched"
-            )
-        });
-
-        let _ = workspace
-            .update(cx, |workspace, cx| {
-                workspace.open_abs_path(
-                    PathBuf::from("/root/ignored_a/ignored_banana_env"),
-                    true,
-                    cx,
-                )
-            })
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-        cx.run_until_parked();
-        cx.simulate_input("env");
-        picker.update(cx, |picker, _| {
-            assert_eq!(
-                collect_search_results(picker),
-                vec![
-                    PathBuf::from(".env"),
-                    PathBuf::from("a/banana_env"),
-                    PathBuf::from("a/bandana_env"),
-                    PathBuf::from("ignored_a/ignored_banana_env"),
-                    PathBuf::from("ignored_a/ignored_bandana_env"),
-                ],
-                "Root gitignored dir got listed and its entries got into worktree, but all gitignored dirs below it were not listed. Old entries + new listed gitignored entries should be searched"
-            )
-        });
+        picker.update(cx, |picker, _| assert_eq!(picker.delegate.matches.len(), 7));
     }
 
     #[gpui::test]