diff --git a/glob.js b/glob.js
index 54a83871..7401e0b7 100644
--- a/glob.js
+++ b/glob.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ var assert = require('assert')
 var globSync = require('./sync.js')
 var common = require('./common.js')
 var alphasort = common.alphasort
+var alphasorti = common.alphasorti
 var isAbsolute = common.isAbsolute
 var setopts = common.setopts
 var ownProp = common.ownProp
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ function readdirCb (self, abs, cb) {
     if (er)
       self._readdirError(abs, er, cb)
     else
-      self._readdirEntries(abs, entries.sort(alphasort), cb)
+      self._readdirEntries(abs, entries, cb)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sync.js b/sync.js
index d4688a41..f981055a 100644
--- a/sync.js
+++ b/sync.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var path = require('path')
 var assert = require('assert')
 var common = require('./common.js')
 var alphasort = common.alphasort
+var alphasorti = common.alphasorti
 var isAbsolute = common.isAbsolute
 var setopts = common.setopts
 var ownProp = common.ownProp
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ GlobSync.prototype._readdir = function (abs, inGlobStar) {
   }
 
   try {
-    return this._readdirEntries(abs, fs.readdirSync(abs).sort(alphasort))
+    return this._readdirEntries(abs, fs.readdirSync(abs))
   } catch (er) {
     this._readdirError(abs, er)
     return null
diff --git a/test/bash-results.json b/test/bash-results.json
index ee312d67..2eceb1b2 100644
--- a/test/bash-results.json
+++ b/test/bash-results.json
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
     "./test/nocase-nomagic.js",
     "./test/nodir.js",
     "./test/pause-resume.js",
-    "./test/readdir-order.js",
     "./test/readme-issue.js",
     "./test/root-nomount.js",
     "./test/root.js",
diff --git a/test/readdir-order.js b/test/readdir-order.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 045bee24..00000000
--- a/test/readdir-order.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Make sure that we get consistent results, even if fs.readdir
-// returns entries in a different order.
-require("./global-leakage.js")
-var Glob = require("../glob.js").Glob
-var test = require('tap').test
-var fs = require('fs')
-
-var matches = []
-
-test('get globstar matches', function(t) {
-  var pattern = 'a/*/[gh]'
-  var g = new Glob(pattern, { cwd: __dirname })
-  g.on('match', function(m) {
-    matches.push(m)
-  })
-  g.on('end', function(set) {
-    var sortedMatches = matches.slice(0).sort()
-    set = set.sort()
-    t.same(sortedMatches, set, 'should have same set of matches')
-    t.end()
-  })
-})
-
-test('shuffle fs.readdir', function (t) {
-  // just reverse them, since shuffle is non-deterministic
-  function shuffle(entries) {
-    return entries.sort(rand)
-  }
-  function rand(a, b) {
-    return a > b ? -1 : 1
-  }
-
-  fs.readdir = function (orig) { return function (path, cb) {
-    orig(path, function (er, entries) {
-      if (entries)
-        shuffle(entries)
-      cb(er, entries)
-    })
-  }}(fs.readdir)
-
-  fs.readdirSync = function (orig) { return function (path) {
-    return shuffle(orig(path))
-  }}(fs.readdirSync)
-
-  // make sure it works
-  var d = __dirname + '/a'
-  t.notSame(fs.readdirSync(d), fs.readdirSync(d).sort())
-  fs.readdir(__dirname + '/a', function (er, entries) {
-    t.notSame(entries.slice(0), entries.sort())
-    t.end()
-  })
-})
-
-test('same match events with shuffled readdir', function (t) {
-  var pattern = 'a/*/[gh]'
-  var g = new Glob(pattern, { cwd: __dirname })
-  var shuffleMatches = []
-  g.on('match', function(m) {
-    shuffleMatches.push(m)
-  })
-  g.on('end', function(set) {
-    t.same(shuffleMatches, matches, 'should have same set of matches')
-    t.end()
-  })
-})