diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index aea6457bd..d10558c6a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions,
 		msg.E("Warning: %s\n", message)
 	}
 
-	selectExcludeFilter := func(item string, _ string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+	selectExcludeFilter := func(item string, _ string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		matched := false
 		for _, rejectFn := range excludePatternFns {
 			matched = matched || rejectFn(item)
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions,
 		// therefore childMayMatch does not matter, but we should not go down
 		// unless the dir is selected for restore
 		selectedForRestore = !matched
-		childMayBeSelected = selectedForRestore && node.Type == "dir"
+		childMayBeSelected = selectedForRestore && isDir
 
 		return selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected
 	}
 
-	selectIncludeFilter := func(item string, _ string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+	selectIncludeFilter := func(item string, _ string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		selectedForRestore = false
 		childMayBeSelected = false
 		for _, includeFn := range includePatternFns {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions,
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		childMayBeSelected = childMayBeSelected && node.Type == "dir"
+		childMayBeSelected = childMayBeSelected && isDir
 
 		return selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected
 	}
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer.go b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
index 3817414eb..d13c3462c 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Restorer struct {
 
 	Error        func(location string, err error) error
 	Warn         func(message string)
-	SelectFilter func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+	SelectFilter func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 }
 
 var restorerAbortOnAllErrors = func(_ string, err error) error { return err }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func NewRestorer(repo restic.Repository, sn *restic.Snapshot, opts Options) *Res
 		opts:         opts,
 		fileList:     make(map[string]bool),
 		Error:        restorerAbortOnAllErrors,
-		SelectFilter: func(string, string, *restic.Node) (bool, bool) { return true, true },
+		SelectFilter: func(string, string, bool) (bool, bool) { return true, true },
 		sn:           sn,
 	}
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (res *Restorer) traverseTree(ctx context.Context, target, location string,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected := res.SelectFilter(nodeLocation, nodeTarget, node)
+		selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected := res.SelectFilter(nodeLocation, nodeTarget, node.Type == "dir")
 		debug.Log("SelectFilter returned %v %v for %q", selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected, nodeLocation)
 
 		if selectedForRestore {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
index 5eca779c6..720b91368 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func TestRestorer(t *testing.T) {
 		Files      map[string]string
 		ErrorsMust map[string]map[string]struct{}
 		ErrorsMay  map[string]map[string]struct{}
-		Select     func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+		Select     func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 	}{
 		// valid test cases
 		{
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func TestRestorer(t *testing.T) {
 			Files: map[string]string{
 				"dir/file": "content: file\n",
 			},
-			Select: func(item, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				switch item {
 				case filepath.FromSlash("/dir"):
 					childMayBeSelected = true
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func TestRestorer(t *testing.T) {
 			// make sure we're creating a new subdir of the tempdir
 			tempdir = filepath.Join(tempdir, "target")
 
-			res.SelectFilter = func(item, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			res.SelectFilter = func(item, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				t.Logf("restore %v to %v", item, dstpath)
 				if !fs.HasPathPrefix(tempdir, dstpath) {
 					t.Errorf("would restore %v to %v, which is not within the target dir %v",
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestRestorer(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				if test.Select != nil {
-					return test.Select(item, dstpath, node)
+					return test.Select(item, dstpath, isDir)
 				}
 
 				return true, true
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func checkVisitOrder(list []TreeVisit) TraverseTreeCheck {
 func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		Snapshot
-		Select  func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+		Select  func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 		Visitor TraverseTreeCheck
 	}{
 		{
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				return true, true
 			},
 			Visitor: checkVisitOrder([]TreeVisit{
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				if item == "/foo" {
 					return true, false
 				}
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					}},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				if item == "/aaa" {
 					return true, false
 				}
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				if strings.HasPrefix(item, "/dir") {
 					return true, true
 				}
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				switch item {
 				case "/dir":
 					return false, true
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ func TestRestorerConsistentTimestampsAndPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
-	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		switch filepath.ToSlash(item) {
 		case "/dir":
 			childMayBeSelected = true
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go
index 2ad28a0f6..febd43ace 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_unix_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
-	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 	rtest "github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
 	restoreui "github.com/restic/restic/internal/ui/restore"
 )
@@ -34,10 +33,6 @@ func TestRestorerRestoreEmptyHardlinkedFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
-	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
-		return true, true
-	}
-
 	tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -108,9 +103,6 @@ func testRestorerProgressBar(t *testing.T, dryRun bool) {
 	mock := &printerMock{}
 	progress := restoreui.NewProgress(mock, 0)
 	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{Progress: progress, DryRun: dryRun})
-	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, node *restic.Node) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
-		return true, true
-	}
 
 	tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())