diff --git a/readthedocs/config/find.py b/readthedocs/config/find.py
index e518da13f2c..cb3e5e0c56d 100644
--- a/readthedocs/config/find.py
+++ b/readthedocs/config/find.py
@@ -6,18 +6,11 @@
 import re
 
 
-def find_all(path, filename_regex):
-    """Find all files in ``path`` that match ``filename_regex`` regex."""
-    path = os.path.abspath(path)
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, topdown=True):
-        dirs.sort()
-        for filename in files:
-            if re.match(filename_regex, filename):
-                yield os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, filename))
-
-
 def find_one(path, filename_regex):
     """Find the first file in ``path`` that match ``filename_regex`` regex."""
-    for _path in find_all(path, filename_regex):
-        return _path
+    _path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    for filename in os.listdir(_path):
+        if re.match(filename_regex, filename):
+            return os.path.join(_path, filename)
+
     return ''
diff --git a/readthedocs/config/tests/test_config.py b/readthedocs/config/tests/test_config.py
index ec101523680..4683a017781 100644
--- a/readthedocs/config/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/readthedocs/config/tests/test_config.py
@@ -104,12 +104,11 @@ def get_env_config(extra=None):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('files', [
-    {},
-    {'readthedocs.ymlmore': ''},
-    {'startreadthedocs.yml': ''},
-    {'noroot': {'readthedocs.ymlmore': ''}},
-    {'noroot': {'startreadthedocs.yml': ''}},
-    {'readthebots.yaml': ''},
+    {'readthedocs.ymlmore': ''}, {'first': {'readthedocs.yml': ''}},
+    {'startreadthedocs.yml': ''}, {'second': {'confuser.txt': 'content'}},
+    {'noroot': {'readthedocs.ymlmore': ''}}, {'third': {'readthedocs.yml': 'content', 'Makefile': ''}},
+    {'noroot': {'startreadthedocs.yml': ''}}, {'fourth': {'samplefile.yaml': 'content'}},
+    {'readthebots.yaml': ''}, {'fifth': {'confuser.txt': '', 'readthedocs.yml': 'content'}},
 ])
 def test_load_no_config_file(tmpdir, files):
     apply_fs(tmpdir, files)
diff --git a/readthedocs/config/tests/test_find.py b/readthedocs/config/tests/test_find.py
index 2005d839277..7ba651059e3 100644
--- a/readthedocs/config/tests/test_find.py
+++ b/readthedocs/config/tests/test_find.py
@@ -1,77 +1,24 @@
 from __future__ import division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import os
-
 import pytest
 import six
-
-from readthedocs.config.find import find_all, find_one
+from readthedocs.config.find import find_one
 
 from .utils import apply_fs
 
 
 def test_find_no_files(tmpdir):
     with tmpdir.as_cwd():
-        paths = list(find_all(os.getcwd(), r'readthedocs.yml'))
-    assert len(paths) == 0
+        path = find_one(os.getcwd(), r'readthedocs.yml')
+    assert path == ''
 
 
 def test_find_at_root(tmpdir):
     apply_fs(tmpdir, {'readthedocs.yml': '', 'otherfile.txt': ''})
-
-    base = str(tmpdir)
-    paths = list(find_all(base, r'readthedocs\.yml'))
-    assert paths == [
-        os.path.abspath(os.path.join(base, 'readthedocs.yml'))
-    ]
-
-
-def test_find_nested(tmpdir):
-    apply_fs(tmpdir, {
-        'first': {
-            'readthedocs.yml': '',
-        },
-        'second': {
-            'confuser.txt': 'content',
-        },
-        'third': {
-            'readthedocs.yml': 'content',
-            'Makefile': '',
-        },
-    })
-    apply_fs(tmpdir, {'first/readthedocs.yml': ''})
-
-    base = str(tmpdir)
-    paths = set(find_all(base, r'readthedocs\.yml'))
-    assert paths == {
-        str(tmpdir.join('first', 'readthedocs.yml')),
-        str(tmpdir.join('third', 'readthedocs.yml')),
-    }
-
-
-def test_find_multiple_files(tmpdir):
-    apply_fs(tmpdir, {
-        'first': {
-            'readthedocs.yml': '',
-            '.readthedocs.yml': 'content',
-        },
-        'second': {
-            'confuser.txt': 'content',
-        },
-        'third': {
-            'readthedocs.yml': 'content',
-            'Makefile': '',
-        },
-    })
-    apply_fs(tmpdir, {'first/readthedocs.yml': ''})
-
     base = str(tmpdir)
-    paths = set(find_all(base, r'\.?readthedocs\.yml'))
-    assert paths == {
-        str(tmpdir.join('first', 'readthedocs.yml')),
-        str(tmpdir.join('first', '.readthedocs.yml')),
-        str(tmpdir.join('third', 'readthedocs.yml')),
-    }
+    path = find_one(base, r'readthedocs\.yml')
+    assert path == os.path.abspath(os.path.join(base, 'readthedocs.yml'))
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not six.PY2, reason='Only for python2')