diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 756f602..7ec1fea 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -1195,8 +1195,6 @@
             paths = ud.method.localpaths(ud, d)
             for f in paths:
                 pth = ud.decodedurl
-                if '*' in pth:
-                    f = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(f), pth)
                 if f.startswith(dl_dir):
                     # The local fetcher's behaviour is to return a path under DL_DIR if it couldn't find the file anywhere else
                     if os.path.exists(f):
@@ -1365,9 +1363,6 @@
         # We cannot compute checksums for directories
         if os.path.isdir(urldata.localpath):
             return False
-        if urldata.localpath.find("*") != -1:
-            return False
-
         return True
 
     def recommends_checksum(self, urldata):
@@ -1430,11 +1425,6 @@
         iterate = False
         file = urldata.localpath
 
-        # Localpath can't deal with 'dir/*' entries, so it converts them to '.',
-        # but it must be corrected back for local files copying
-        if urldata.basename == '*' and file.endswith('/.'):
-            file = '%s/%s' % (file.rstrip('/.'), urldata.path)
-
         try:
             unpack = bb.utils.to_boolean(urldata.parm.get('unpack'), True)
         except ValueError as exc:
@@ -1613,8 +1603,6 @@
         """
         if os.path.exists(ud.localpath):
             return True
-        if ud.localpath.find("*") != -1:
-            return True
         return False
 
     def implicit_urldata(self, ud, d):
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py
index 01d9ff9..25d4557 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/local.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
 import bb
 import bb.utils
-from   bb.fetch2 import FetchMethod, FetchError
+from   bb.fetch2 import FetchMethod, FetchError, ParameterError
 from   bb.fetch2 import logger
 
 class Local(FetchMethod):
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
         ud.basename = os.path.basename(ud.decodedurl)
         ud.basepath = ud.decodedurl
         ud.needdonestamp = False
+        if "*" in ud.decodedurl:
+            raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("file:// urls using globbing are no longer supported. Please place the files in a directory and reference that instead.", ud.url)
         return
 
     def localpath(self, urldata, d):
@@ -55,12 +57,6 @@
             logger.debug(2, "Searching for %s in paths:\n    %s" % (path, "\n    ".join(filespath.split(":"))))
             newpath, hist = bb.utils.which(filespath, path, history=True)
             searched.extend(hist)
-        if (not newpath or not os.path.exists(newpath)) and path.find("*") != -1:
-            # For expressions using '*', best we can do is take the first directory in FILESPATH that exists
-            newpath, hist = bb.utils.which(filespath, ".", history=True)
-            searched.extend(hist)
-            logger.debug(2, "Searching for %s in path: %s" % (path, newpath))
-            return searched
         if not os.path.exists(newpath):
             dldirfile = os.path.join(d.getVar("DL_DIR"), path)
             logger.debug(2, "Defaulting to %s for %s" % (dldirfile, path))
@@ -70,8 +66,6 @@
         return searched
 
     def need_update(self, ud, d):
-        if ud.url.find("*") != -1:
-            return False
         if os.path.exists(ud.localpath):
             return False
         return True
@@ -95,9 +89,6 @@
         """
         Check the status of the url
         """
-        if urldata.localpath.find("*") != -1:
-            logger.info("URL %s looks like a glob and was therefore not checked.", urldata.url)
-            return True
         if os.path.exists(urldata.localpath):
             return True
         return False
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/osc.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/osc.py
index 8f091ef..3a6cd29 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/osc.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/osc.py
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 """
 
 import logging
+import os
 import  bb
 from    bb.fetch2 import FetchMethod
 from    bb.fetch2 import FetchError
 from    bb.fetch2 import MissingParameterError
 from    bb.fetch2 import runfetchcmd
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 class Osc(FetchMethod):
     """Class to fetch a module or modules from Opensuse build server
        repositories."""
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/ssh.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/ssh.py
index 5e982ec..2c8557e 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/ssh.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/ssh.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 #
 
 import re, os
-from   bb.fetch2 import FetchMethod
-from   bb.fetch2 import runfetchcmd
+from bb.fetch2 import check_network_access, FetchMethod, ParameterError, runfetchcmd
 
 
 __pattern__ = re.compile(r'''
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@
 
     def urldata_init(self, urldata, d):
         if 'protocol' in urldata.parm and urldata.parm['protocol'] == 'git':
-            raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError(
+            raise ParameterError(
                 "Invalid protocol - if you wish to fetch from a git " +
                 "repository using ssh, you need to use " +
                 "git:// prefix with protocol=ssh", urldata.url)
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@
             dldir
         )
 
-        bb.fetch2.check_network_access(d, cmd, urldata.url)
+        check_network_access(d, cmd, urldata.url)
 
         runfetchcmd(cmd, d)
 
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index f7d1de2..e6d9f52 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -208,10 +208,7 @@
                         fetch.connection_cache.remove_connection(h.host, h.port)
                     raise urllib.error.URLError(err)
                 else:
-                    try:
-                        r = h.getresponse(buffering=True)
-                    except TypeError: # buffering kw not supported
-                        r = h.getresponse()
+                    r = h.getresponse()
 
                 # Pick apart the HTTPResponse object to get the addinfourl
                 # object initialized properly.