diff --git a/utils/importfs.php b/utils/importfs.php
index ede4570d7..68cf1ebd2 100644
--- a/utils/importfs.php
+++ b/utils/importfs.php
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function import_folder($dirname, $folder, $setfiledate, $setfolderdate, $metadat
 	$sequence = 1;
 	while(false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
 		$path = $dirname.'/'.$entry;
-		if($entry != '.' && $entry != '..' && $entry != '.svn') {
+		if(!in_array($entry, $excludefiles)) {
 			if(is_file($path)) {
 				$name = utf8_basename($path);
 				$filetmp = $path;