diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index b356dc12..3e7c187a 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05b
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.469 2002/12/04 07:26:35 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.470 2002/12/04 07:41:21 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -4103,7 +4103,7 @@ unset list[@]
 if [ -d $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR -a -r $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR -a \
      -x $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR ]; then
 	for i in $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR/*; do
-		[ -f $i -a -r $i ] && . $i
+		[[ ${i##*/} != @(*~|*.bak| ]] && [ -f $i -a -r $i ] && . $i
 	done
 fi
 unset i