diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d94ab80ab..d0321e9339 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
     "exsolve": "^1.0.7",
     "fetchdts": "^0.1.7",
     "fs-extra": "^11.3.1",
-    "globby": "^14.1.0",
     "gzip-size": "^7.0.0",
     "h3": "2.0.0-beta.4",
     "hookable": "^5.5.3",
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@
     "source-map": "^0.7.6",
     "srvx": "^0.8.7",
     "std-env": "^3.9.0",
+    "tinyglobby": "^0.2.15",
     "ufo": "^1.6.1",
     "ultrahtml": "^1.6.0",
     "uncrypto": "^0.1.3",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 70db507dc4..ff0ecdd7ef 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ importers:
       fs-extra:
         specifier: ^11.3.1
         version: 11.3.1
-      globby:
-        specifier: ^14.1.0
-        version: 14.1.0
       gzip-size:
         specifier: ^7.0.0
         version: 7.0.0
@@ -186,6 +183,9 @@ importers:
       std-env:
         specifier: ^3.9.0
         version: 3.9.0
+      tinyglobby:
+        specifier: ^0.2.15
+        version: 0.2.15
       ufo:
         specifier: ^1.6.1
         version: 1.6.1
@@ -5667,6 +5667,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-tX5e7OM1HnYr2+a2C/4V0htOcSQcoSTH9KgJnVvNm5zm/cyEWKJ7j7YutsH9CxMdtOkkLFy2AHrMci9IM8IPZQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=12.0.0'}
 
+  tinyglobby@0.2.15:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-j2Zq4NyQYG5XMST4cbs02Ak8iJUdxRM0XI5QyxXuZOzKOINmWurp3smXu3y5wDcJrptwpSjgXHzIQxR0omXljQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12.0.0'}
+
   tinypool@1.1.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Zba82s87IFq9A9XmjiX5uZA/ARWDrB03OHlq+Vw1fSdt0I+4/Kutwy8BP4Y/y/aORMo61FQ0vIb5j44vSo5Pkg==}
     engines: {node: ^18.0.0 || >=20.0.0}
@@ -8574,7 +8578,7 @@ snapshots:
       perfect-debounce: 1.0.0
       pkg-types: 2.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
-      tinyglobby: 0.2.14
+      tinyglobby: 0.2.15
       untyped: 2.0.0
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - magicast
@@ -10986,7 +10990,7 @@ snapshots:
       postcss: 8.5.6
       postcss-nested: 7.0.2(postcss@8.5.6)
       semver: 7.7.2
-      tinyglobby: 0.2.14
+      tinyglobby: 0.2.15
     optionalDependencies:
       typescript: 5.9.2
       vue: 3.5.21(typescript@5.9.2)
@@ -12361,6 +12365,11 @@ snapshots:
       fdir: 6.5.0(picomatch@4.0.3)
       picomatch: 4.0.3
 
+  tinyglobby@0.2.15:
+    dependencies:
+      fdir: 6.5.0(picomatch@4.0.3)
+      picomatch: 4.0.3
+
   tinypool@1.1.1: {}
 
   tinyrainbow@2.0.0: {}
@@ -12458,7 +12467,7 @@ snapshots:
       rollup: 4.50.0
       rollup-plugin-dts: 6.2.3(rollup@4.50.0)(typescript@5.9.2)
       scule: 1.3.0
-      tinyglobby: 0.2.14
+      tinyglobby: 0.2.15
       untyped: 2.0.0
     optionalDependencies:
       typescript: 5.9.2
@@ -12533,7 +12542,7 @@ snapshots:
       pkg-types: 2.3.0
       scule: 1.3.0
       strip-literal: 3.0.0
-      tinyglobby: 0.2.14
+      tinyglobby: 0.2.15
       unplugin: 2.3.10
       unplugin-utils: 0.2.5
 
@@ -12747,7 +12756,7 @@ snapshots:
       std-env: 3.9.0
       tinybench: 2.9.0
       tinyexec: 0.3.2
-      tinyglobby: 0.2.14
+      tinyglobby: 0.2.15
       tinypool: 1.1.1
       tinyrainbow: 2.0.0
       vite: 7.1.4(@types/node@24.3.1)(jiti@2.5.1)(terser@5.44.0)(yaml@2.8.1)
diff --git a/src/build/assets.ts b/src/build/assets.ts
index e8001fb7ea..815fdb0380 100644
--- a/src/build/assets.ts
+++ b/src/build/assets.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync, promises as fsp } from "node:fs";
-import { globby } from "globby";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import { isDirectory, prettyPath } from "../utils/fs";
 import type { Nitro } from "nitro/types";
 import { join, relative, resolve } from "pathe";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export async function scanUnprefixedPublicAssets(nitro: Nitro) {
       continue;
     }
     const includePatterns = getIncludePatterns(nitro, asset.dir);
-    const publicAssets = await globby(includePatterns, {
+    const publicAssets = await glob(includePatterns, {
       cwd: asset.dir,
       absolute: false,
       dot: true,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export async function copyPublicAssets(nitro: Nitro) {
     const dstDir = join(nitro.options.output.publicDir, asset.baseURL!);
     if (await isDirectory(srcDir)) {
       const includePatterns = getIncludePatterns(nitro, srcDir);
-      const publicAssets = await globby(includePatterns, {
+      const publicAssets = await glob(includePatterns, {
         cwd: srcDir,
         absolute: false,
         dot: true,
diff --git a/src/build/plugins/public-assets.ts b/src/build/plugins/public-assets.ts
index 35adccd83e..6ca628971a 100644
--- a/src/build/plugins/public-assets.ts
+++ b/src/build/plugins/public-assets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { promises as fsp } from "node:fs";
 import createEtag from "etag";
-import { globby } from "globby";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import mime from "mime";
 import type { Nitro } from "nitro/types";
 import type { PublicAsset } from "nitro/types";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function publicAssets(nitro: Nitro): Plugin {
       // #nitro-internal-virtual/public-assets-data
       "#nitro-internal-virtual/public-assets-data": async () => {
         const assets: Record<string, PublicAsset> = {};
-        const files = await globby("**", {
+        const files = await glob("**", {
           cwd: nitro.options.output.publicDir,
           absolute: false,
           dot: true,
diff --git a/src/build/plugins/server-assets.ts b/src/build/plugins/server-assets.ts
index aa81970c64..26b2934c62 100644
--- a/src/build/plugins/server-assets.ts
+++ b/src/build/plugins/server-assets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { promises as fsp } from "node:fs";
 import createEtag from "etag";
-import { globby } from "globby";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import mime from "mime";
 import type { Nitro } from "nitro/types";
 import { resolve } from "pathe";
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function serverAssets(nitro: Nitro): Plugin {
         // Scan all assets
         const assets: Record<string, ResolvedAsset> = {};
         for (const asset of nitro.options.serverAssets) {
-          const files = await globby(asset.pattern || "**/*", {
+          const files = await glob(asset.pattern || "**/*", {
             cwd: asset.dir,
             absolute: false,
             ignore: asset.ignore,
diff --git a/src/presets/cloudflare/utils.ts b/src/presets/cloudflare/utils.ts
index 9bae091c7b..2f2ff10d3b 100644
--- a/src/presets/cloudflare/utils.ts
+++ b/src/presets/cloudflare/utils.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { writeFile } from "../_utils/fs";
 import { parseTOML, parseJSONC } from "confbox";
 import { readGitConfig, readPackageJSON, findNearestFile } from "pkg-types";
 import { defu } from "defu";
-import { globby } from "globby";
 import { provider } from "std-env";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import { join, resolve } from "pathe";
 import {
   joinURL,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export async function writeCFRoutes(nitro: Nitro) {
   );
 
   // Unprefixed assets
-  const publicAssetFiles = await globby("**", {
+  const publicAssetFiles = await glob("**", {
     cwd: nitro.options.output.dir,
     absolute: false,
     dot: true,
diff --git a/src/scan.ts b/src/scan.ts
index 518c7b170e..5378f8af63 100644
--- a/src/scan.ts
+++ b/src/scan.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { globby } from "globby";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import type { Nitro } from "nitro/types";
 import { join, relative } from "pathe";
 import { withBase, withLeadingSlash, withoutTrailingSlash } from "ufo";
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ async function scanDir(
   dir: string,
   name: string
 ): Promise<FileInfo[]> {
-  const fileNames = await globby(join(name, GLOB_SCAN_PATTERN), {
+  const fileNames = await glob(join(name, GLOB_SCAN_PATTERN), {
     cwd: dir,
     dot: true,
     ignore: nitro.options.ignore,
diff --git a/src/utils/compress.ts b/src/utils/compress.ts
index 422b887e84..f45e509631 100644
--- a/src/utils/compress.ts
+++ b/src/utils/compress.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import fsp from "node:fs/promises";
 import zlib from "node:zlib";
-import { globby } from "globby";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import mime from "mime";
 import type { Nitro } from "nitro/types";
 import { resolve } from "pathe";
 
 export async function compressPublicAssets(nitro: Nitro) {
-  const publicFiles = await globby("**", {
+  const publicFiles = await glob("**", {
     cwd: nitro.options.output.publicDir,
     absolute: false,
     dot: true,
diff --git a/src/utils/fs-tree.ts b/src/utils/fs-tree.ts
index 0622e455f7..34afc15909 100644
--- a/src/utils/fs-tree.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fs-tree.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { promises as fsp } from "node:fs";
 import { colors } from "consola/utils";
-import { globby } from "globby";
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby";
 import { gzipSize } from "gzip-size";
 import { dirname, relative, resolve } from "pathe";
 import prettyBytes from "pretty-bytes";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export async function generateFSTree(
     return;
   }
 
-  const files = await globby("**/*.*", { cwd: dir, ignore: ["*.map"] });
+  const files = await glob("**/*.*", { cwd: dir, ignore: ["*.map"] });
 
   const items: { file: string; path: string; size: number; gzip: number }[] =
     [];
diff --git a/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts b/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts
index 8bc0df9f2e..9b64e2573e 100644
--- a/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts
@@ -57,13 +57,7 @@ export default defineNitroConfig({
       dir: "files",
     },
   ],
-  ignore: [
-    "api/**/_*",
-    "middleware/_ignored.ts",
-    "routes/_*.ts",
-    "**/_*.txt",
-    "!**/_unignored.txt",
-  ],
+  ignore: ["api/**/_*", "middleware/_ignored.ts", "routes/_*.ts", "**/_*.txt"],
   runtimeConfig: {
     dynamic: "initial",
     url: "https://{{APP_DOMAIN}}",
diff --git a/test/presets/cloudflare-pages.test.ts b/test/presets/cloudflare-pages.test.ts
index f9e4e969db..1a72944502 100644
--- a/test/presets/cloudflare-pages.test.ts
+++ b/test/presets/cloudflare-pages.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows)("nitro:preset:cloudflare-pages", async () => {
           "/_openapi.json.gz",
           "/_scalar",
           "/_swagger",
-          "/_unignored.txt",
           "/favicon.ico",
           "/foo.css",
           "/foo.js",
diff --git a/test/tests.ts b/test/tests.ts
index a9ea04cc18..6ef20698c5 100644
--- a/test/tests.ts
+++ b/test/tests.ts
@@ -586,15 +586,6 @@ export function testNitro(
         expect((await callHandler({ url: "/favicon.ico" })).status).toBe(200);
       }
     );
-
-    it.skipIf(ctx.isWorker || ctx.isDev)(
-      "public files can be un-ignored with patterns",
-      async () => {
-        expect((await callHandler({ url: "/_unignored.txt" })).status).toBe(
-          200
-        );
-      }
-    );
   });
 
   describe("headers", () => {