diff --git a/csync/src/csync_update.c b/csync/src/csync_update.c
index 90208d92a..618c296b9 100644
--- a/csync/src/csync_update.c
+++ b/csync/src/csync_update.c
@@ -820,7 +820,9 @@ int csync_ftw(CSYNC *ctx, const char *uri, csync_walker_fn fn,
      * local stat function.
      */
     if( d_name[0] == '.' ) {
-        dirent->flags |= CSYNC_VIO_FILE_FLAGS_HIDDEN;
+        if (strcmp(".sys.admin#recall#", d_name) != 0) { /* recall file shall not be ignored (#4420) */
+            dirent->flags |= CSYNC_VIO_FILE_FLAGS_HIDDEN;
+        }
     }
 
     if( res == 0) {
diff --git a/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp b/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp
index 9c73e07f2..dd0015843 100644
--- a/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp
@@ -325,9 +325,6 @@ void DiscoverySingleDirectoryJob::directoryListingIteratedSlot(QString file, con
         if( slashPos > -1 ) {
             fileRef = file.midRef(slashPos+1);
         }
-        if( fileRef.startsWith(QChar('.')) ) {
-            file_stat->flags = CSYNC_VIO_FILE_FLAGS_HIDDEN;
-        }
         //qDebug() << "!!!!" << file_stat << file_stat->name << file_stat->file_id << map.count();
         _results.append(file_stat);
     }