diff --git a/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c b/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c
index cd121630..5adf6f5f 100644
--- a/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c
+++ b/src/tup/server/fuse_fs.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ static void *tup_fs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg)
 static void *tup_fs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
 #endif
 {
-	(void) conn;
+	conn->want = conn->want & ~FUSE_CAP_READDIRPLUS;
 #ifdef FUSE3
 	(void) cfg;
 #endif