diff --git a/src/rules/no-redundant-files.ts b/src/rules/no-redundant-files.ts
index 2e093cc3..52088685 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-redundant-files.ts
+++ b/src/rules/no-redundant-files.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,10 @@ import { isJSONStringLiteral, isNotNullish } from "../utils/predicates.js";
 
 const defaultFiles = [
 	/* cspell:disable-next-line */
-	"LICENCE",
-	/* cspell:disable-next-line */
-	"LICENCE.md",
-	"LICENSE",
-	"LICENSE.md",
-	"package.json",
-	"README.md",
-] as const;
+	/^(\.\/)?LICEN(C|S)E(\.|$)/i,
+	/^(\.\/)?README(\.|$)/i,
+	/^(\.\/)?package\.json$/i,
+];
 
 const cachedRegex = new Map<string, RegExp>();
 const getCachedLocalFileRegex = (filename: string) => {
@@ -143,11 +139,8 @@ export const rule = createRule({
 
 							// We can also go ahead and check if this matches one
 							// of the static default files
-							const regex = getCachedLocalFileRegex(
-								element.value,
-							);
 							for (const defaultFile of defaultFiles) {
-								if (regex.test(defaultFile)) {
+								if (defaultFile.test(element.value)) {
 									report(
 										elements,
 										index,
diff --git a/src/tests/rules/no-redundant-files.test.ts b/src/tests/rules/no-redundant-files.test.ts
index e9eeeea9..c9372c00 100644
--- a/src/tests/rules/no-redundant-files.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/rules/no-redundant-files.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,51 @@ ruleTester.run("no-redundant-files", rule, {
 		{
 			code: `{
 \t"files": [
+\t\t"README.a-b-c.md",
+\t\t"./package.json"
+    ]
+}
+`,
+			errors: [
+				{
+					data: { file: "README.a-b-c.md" },
+					line: 3,
+					messageId: "unnecessaryDefault",
+					suggestions: [
+						{
+							messageId: "remove",
+							output: `{
+\t"files": [
+\t\t
+\t\t"./package.json"
+    ]
+}
+`,
+						},
+					],
+				},
+				{
+					data: { file: "./package.json" },
+					line: 4,
+					messageId: "unnecessaryDefault",
+					suggestions: [
+						{
+							messageId: "remove",
+							output: `{
+\t"files": [
+\t\t"README.a-b-c.md"
+\t\t
+    ]
+}
+`,
+						},
+					],
+				},
+			],
+		},
+		{
+			code: `{
+\t"files": [
 \t\t"CHANGELOG.md",
 \t\t"dist",
 \t\t"CHANGELOG.md"