diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 07290a05b..1835219ad 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions,
 		msg.E("Warning: %s\n", message)
 	}
 
-	selectExcludeFilter := func(item string, _ string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+	selectExcludeFilter := func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		matched := false
 		for _, rejectFn := range excludePatternFns {
 			matched = matched || rejectFn(item)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions,
 		return selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected
 	}
 
-	selectIncludeFilter := func(item string, _ string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+	selectIncludeFilter := func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		selectedForRestore = false
 		childMayBeSelected = false
 		for _, includeFn := range includePatternFns {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer.go b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
index 5fd06098f..52d34c5ed 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Restorer struct {
 	Warn  func(message string)
 	// SelectFilter determines whether the item is selectedForRestore or whether a childMayBeSelected.
 	// selectedForRestore must not depend on isDir as `removeUnexpectedFiles` always passes false to isDir.
-	SelectFilter func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+	SelectFilter func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 }
 
 var restorerAbortOnAllErrors = func(_ string, err error) error { return err }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func NewRestorer(repo restic.Repository, sn *restic.Snapshot, opts Options) *Res
 		opts:         opts,
 		fileList:     make(map[string]bool),
 		Error:        restorerAbortOnAllErrors,
-		SelectFilter: func(string, string, bool) (bool, bool) { return true, true },
+		SelectFilter: func(string, bool) (bool, bool) { return true, true },
 		sn:           sn,
 	}
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (res *Restorer) traverseTreeInner(ctx context.Context, target, location str
 			continue
 		}
 
-		selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected := res.SelectFilter(nodeLocation, nodeTarget, node.Type == "dir")
+		selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected := res.SelectFilter(nodeLocation, node.Type == "dir")
 		debug.Log("SelectFilter returned %v %v for %q", selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected, nodeLocation)
 
 		if selectedForRestore {
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ func (res *Restorer) removeUnexpectedFiles(target, location string, expectedFile
 		}
 
 		// TODO pass a proper value to the isDir parameter once this becomes relevant for the filters
-		selectedForRestore, _ := res.SelectFilter(nodeLocation, nodeTarget, false)
+		selectedForRestore, _ := res.SelectFilter(nodeLocation, false)
 		// only delete files that were selected for restore
 		if selectedForRestore {
 			if !res.opts.DryRun {
diff --git a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
index 0dc2961fa..8a8f81ce0 100644
--- a/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
+++ b/internal/restorer/restorer_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ 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, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+		Select     func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 	}{
 		// valid test cases
 		{
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestRestorer(t *testing.T) {
 			Files: map[string]string{
 				"dir/file": "content: file\n",
 			},
-			Select: func(item, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				switch item {
 				case filepath.FromSlash("/dir"):
 					childMayBeSelected = true
@@ -371,16 +371,10 @@ 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, 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",
-						item, dstpath, tempdir)
-					return false, false
-				}
-
+			res.SelectFilter = func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+				t.Logf("restore %v", item)
 				if test.Select != nil {
-					return test.Select(item, dstpath, isDir)
+					return test.Select(item, isDir)
 				}
 
 				return true, true
@@ -582,7 +576,7 @@ func checkVisitOrder(list []TreeVisit) TraverseTreeCheck {
 func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		Snapshot
-		Select  func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+		Select  func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 		Visitor TraverseTreeCheck
 	}{
 		{
@@ -598,7 +592,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				return true, true
 			},
 			Visitor: checkVisitOrder([]TreeVisit{
@@ -627,7 +621,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				if item == "/foo" {
 					return true, false
 				}
@@ -651,7 +645,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					}},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				if item == "/aaa" {
 					return true, false
 				}
@@ -677,7 +671,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				if strings.HasPrefix(item, "/dir") {
 					return true, true
 				}
@@ -708,7 +702,7 @@ func TestRestorerTraverseTree(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": File{Data: "content: foo\n"},
 				},
 			},
-			Select: func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			Select: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				switch item {
 				case "/dir":
 					return false, true
@@ -811,7 +805,7 @@ func TestRestorerConsistentTimestampsAndPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	res := NewRestorer(repo, sn, Options{})
 
-	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+	res.SelectFilter = func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 		switch filepath.ToSlash(item) {
 		case "/dir":
 			childMayBeSelected = true
@@ -1256,7 +1250,7 @@ func TestRestoreDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	}, noopGetGenericAttributes)
 
 	tests := []struct {
-		selectFilter func(item string, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
+		selectFilter func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool)
 		fileState    map[string]bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -1271,7 +1265,7 @@ func TestRestoreDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			selectFilter: func(item, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			selectFilter: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				return false, false
 			},
 			fileState: map[string]bool{
@@ -1284,7 +1278,7 @@ func TestRestoreDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			selectFilter: func(item, dstpath string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
+			selectFilter: func(item string, isDir bool) (selectedForRestore bool, childMayBeSelected bool) {
 				switch item {
 				case filepath.FromSlash("/dir"):
 					selectedForRestore = true