diff --git a/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.test.ts b/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.test.ts
index 1ca836162e..3e074f78a6 100644
--- a/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.test.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('TodoScmReader', () => {
       files: async () => [
         {
           content: async () => Buffer.from('// TODO: my-todo', 'utf8'),
-          path: 'my-folder/my-file.js',
+          path: '',
         },
       ],
     } as ReadTreeResponse);
@@ -261,16 +261,7 @@ describe('TodoScmReader', () => {
         url: 'https://github.com/backstage/backstage/catalog-info.yaml',
       }),
     ).resolves.toEqual({
-      items: [
-        {
-          text: 'my-todo',
-          tag: 'TODO',
-          lineNumber: 1,
-          repoFilePath: 'my-folder/my-file.js',
-          viewUrl:
-            'https://github.com/backstage/backstage/my-folder/my-file.js#L1',
-        },
-      ],
+      items: [],
     });
     expect(reader.readTree).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(reader.readTree).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
diff --git a/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.ts b/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.ts
index 9514a8a2cf..2696f0d54b 100644
--- a/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.ts
+++ b/plugins/todo-backend/src/lib/TodoReader/TodoScmReader.ts
@@ -92,12 +92,7 @@ export class TodoScmReader implements TodoReader {
     }
 
     const cacheItem = this.cache.get(url);
-    const filePathFilter = this.filePathFilter;
-    const newRead = this.doReadTodos(
-      { url },
-      filePathFilter,
-      cacheItem?.etag,
-    ).catch(error => {
+    const newRead = this.doReadTodos({ url }, cacheItem?.etag).catch(error => {
       if (cacheItem && error.name === 'NotModifiedError') {
         return cacheItem;
       }
@@ -116,11 +111,10 @@ export class TodoScmReader implements TodoReader {
 
   private async doReadTodos(
     options: ReadTodosOptions,
-    filePathFilter: (filePath: string) => boolean,
     etag?: string,
   ): Promise<CacheItem> {
     const { url } = options;
-
+    const filePathFilter = this.filePathFilter;
     const tree = await this.reader.readTree(url, {
       etag,
       filter(filePath, info) {