diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index f1a33178e2958b..04b321b9ccf166 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -1013,9 +1013,6 @@ def iterdir(self):
         result for the special paths '.' and '..'.
         """
         for name in self._accessor.listdir(self):
-            if name in {'.', '..'}:
-                # Yielding a path object for these makes little sense
-                continue
             yield self._make_child_relpath(name)
 
     def glob(self, pattern):