diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/dir.c b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/dir.c
index a33314669bd..44088ada77d 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/dir.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/dir.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ DirReadParam(LPTSTR Line,				/* [IN] The line with the parameters & switches */
   BOOL bPNegative;	/* Negative switch parameter */
   BOOL bIntoQuotes;	/* A flag showing if we are in quotes (") */
   LPTSTR ptrLast;	/* A pointer to the last character of param */
-  UINT t = 0;
+
   
 
 	/* Initialize variables; */
@@ -261,31 +261,6 @@ DirReadParam(LPTSTR Line,				/* [IN] The line with the parameters & switches */
 	lpFlags->stTimeField.bParSetted = TRUE;
 
 	
-	/* Add correct handling of *. */
-	for(t=0;t<_tcslen(Line);t++)
-	{		  
-	  static INT count=0;  
-
-	  if ((count==0) && (Line[t]==_T('*'))) 
-		   count++;
-	        
-	  else if ((count==1) && (Line[t]==_T('.'))) 
-		   count++;
-	 
-	  else if ((count==2) && (Line[t]==_T('*'))) 
-		   count++; 
-
-	  else if (!_istspace(Line[t]))
-	       {
-		      if (count==2) 	          
-	              lpFlags->bWideListColSort = ! bNegative;	      
-		      count=-1;
-	       }	 
-	  }
-
-	  
-
-
 	/* Main Loop (see README_DIR.txt) */
 	/* scan the command line char per char, and we process its char */
 	while (*Line)
@@ -1980,7 +1955,7 @@ INT CommandDir(LPTSTR first, LPTSTR rest)
 	stFlags.stOrderBy.bUnSet = FALSE;
 
 	nErrorLevel = 0;
-
+	
 	/* read the parameters from the DIRCMD environment variable */
 	if (GetEnvironmentVariable (_T("DIRCMD"), dircmd, 256))
 		if (!DirReadParam(dircmd, &param, &stFlags))