diff --git a/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts b/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts
index 34670767c4..be47e53b3e 100644
--- a/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/js-sdk/src/template/utils.ts
@@ -86,37 +86,23 @@ export async function getAllFilesInPath(
   includeDirectories: boolean = true
 ) {
   const { glob } = await dynamicImport<typeof import('glob')>('glob')
-  const files = new Map<string, Path>()
 
-  const globFiles = await glob(src, {
+  // Match both the pattern and its recursive contents in one call
+  // This handles directories (src -> src + src/**/*) and file patterns (*.txt -> just files)
+  const normalizedSrc = normalizePath(src)
+  const patterns = [normalizedSrc, `${normalizedSrc}/**/*`]
+
+  const globFiles = await glob(patterns, {
     ignore: ignorePatterns,
     withFileTypes: true,
-    // this is required so that the ignore pattern is relative to the file path
+    nodir: !includeDirectories,
     cwd: contextPath,
   })
 
+  // Deduplicate by full path
+  const files = new Map<string, Path>()
   for (const file of globFiles) {
-    if (file.isDirectory()) {
-      // For directories, add the directory itself and all files inside it
-      if (includeDirectories) {
-        files.set(file.fullpath(), file)
-      }
-      const dirPattern = normalizePath(
-        // When the matched directory is '.', `file.relative()` can be an empty string.
-        // In that case, we want to match all files under the current directory instead of
-        // creating an absolute glob like '/**/*' which would traverse the entire filesystem.
-        path.join(file.relative() || '.', '**/*')
-      )
-      const dirFiles = await glob(dirPattern, {
-        ignore: ignorePatterns,
-        withFileTypes: true,
-        cwd: contextPath,
-      })
-      dirFiles.forEach((f) => files.set(f.fullpath(), f))
-    } else {
-      // For files, just add the file
-      files.set(file.fullpath(), file)
-    }
+    files.set(file.fullpath(), file)
   }
 
   return Array.from(files.values()).sort()
diff --git a/packages/python-sdk/e2b/template/utils.py b/packages/python-sdk/e2b/template/utils.py
index 09f87ac095..e86a99ba85 100644
--- a/packages/python-sdk/e2b/template/utils.py
+++ b/packages/python-sdk/e2b/template/utils.py
@@ -81,36 +81,27 @@ def get_all_files_in_path(
     :param include_directories: Whether to include directories
     :return: Array of files
     """
-    files = set()
-
-    # Use glob to find all files/directories matching the pattern under context_path
     abs_context_path = os.path.abspath(context_path)
+    normalized_src = normalize_path(src)
+
+    # Match both the pattern and its recursive contents in one call
+    # This handles directories (src -> src + src/**/*) and file patterns (*.txt -> just files)
+    patterns = [normalized_src, f"{normalized_src}/**/*"]
+
     files_glob = glob.glob(
-        src,
+        patterns,
         flags=glob.GLOBSTAR,
         root_dir=abs_context_path,
         exclude=ignore_patterns,
     )
 
+    # Deduplicate and convert to absolute paths
+    files = set()
     for file in files_glob:
-        # Join it with abs_context_path to get the absolute path
         file_path = os.path.join(abs_context_path, file)
-
-        if os.path.isdir(file_path):
-            # If it's a directory, add the directory and all entries recursively
-            if include_directories:
-                files.add(file_path)
-            dir_files = glob.glob(
-                normalize_path(file) + "/**/*",
-                flags=glob.GLOBSTAR,
-                root_dir=abs_context_path,
-                exclude=ignore_patterns,
-            )
-            for dir_file in dir_files:
-                dir_file_path = os.path.join(abs_context_path, dir_file)
-                files.add(dir_file_path)
-        else:
-            files.add(file_path)
+        if not include_directories and os.path.isdir(file_path):
+            continue
+        files.add(file_path)
 
     return sorted(list(files))