diff --git a/src/readers/reader.spec.ts b/src/readers/reader.spec.ts
index a29fb95..e0494a8 100644
--- a/src/readers/reader.spec.ts
+++ b/src/readers/reader.spec.ts
@@ -77,30 +77,6 @@ describe('Readers → Reader', () => {
 			assert.ok(actual.dirent.isFile());
 		});
 
-		it('should return created entry with the basename as name when the pattern has a directory', () => {
-			const reader = getReader();
-			const pattern = 'directory/config.json';
-			const stats = new Stats({ mode: StatsMode.File });
-
-			const actual = reader.makeEntry(stats, pattern);
-
-			assert.strictEqual(actual.name, 'config.json');
-			assert.strictEqual(actual.path, pattern);
-			assert.strictEqual(actual.dirent.name, 'config.json');
-		});
-
-		it('should return created entry with the basename as name when the pattern has a leading dot segment', () => {
-			const reader = getReader();
-			const pattern = './config.json';
-			const stats = new Stats({ mode: StatsMode.File });
-
-			const actual = reader.makeEntry(stats, pattern);
-
-			assert.strictEqual(actual.name, 'config.json');
-			assert.strictEqual(actual.path, pattern);
-			assert.strictEqual(actual.dirent.name, 'config.json');
-		});
-
 		it('should return created entry with fs.Stats', () => {
 			const reader = getReader({ stats: true });
 			const pattern = 'config.json';
diff --git a/src/readers/reader.ts b/src/readers/reader.ts
index bdf3258..427ca72 100644
--- a/src/readers/reader.ts
+++ b/src/readers/reader.ts
@@ -33,15 +33,10 @@ export abstract class Reader<T> {
 	}
 
 	protected _makeEntry(stats: FsStats, pattern: Pattern): Entry {
-		// A static pattern is the path to the entry, so it is used as the entry path as is.
-		// The name, however, is the basename of that path, the same as for the entries that
-		// the dynamic reader produces, so that both readers return the same shape.
-		const name = path.basename(pattern);
-
 		const entry: Entry = {
-			name,
+			name: pattern,
 			path: pattern,
-			dirent: utils.fs.createDirentFromStats(name, stats),
+			dirent: utils.fs.createDirentFromStats(pattern, stats),
 		};
 
 		if (this.#settings.stats) {