diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-glob.el b/lisp/eshell/em-glob.el
index 8c8466960c1..57bb0c53b57 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-glob.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-glob.el
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ This mimics the behavior of zsh if non-nil, but bash if nil."
   (when (boundp 'eshell-special-chars-outside-quoting)
     (setq-local eshell-special-chars-outside-quoting
 	 (append eshell-glob-chars-list eshell-special-chars-outside-quoting)))
-  (add-hook 'eshell-parse-argument-hook 'eshell-parse-glob-chars t t)
+  (add-hook 'eshell-parse-argument-hook 'eshell-parse-glob-chars 90 t)
   (add-hook 'eshell-pre-rewrite-command-hook
 	    'eshell-no-command-globbing nil t))
 
@@ -165,22 +165,7 @@ The character is not advanced for ordinary globbing characters, so
 that other function may have a chance to override the globbing
 interpretation."
   (when (memq (char-after) eshell-glob-chars-list)
-    (if (not (memq (char-after) '(?\( ?\[)))
-	(ignore (eshell-add-glob-modifier))
-      (let ((here (point)))
-	(forward-char)
-	(let* ((delim (char-before))
-	       (end (eshell-find-delimiter
-		     delim (if (eq delim ?\[) ?\] ?\)))))
-	  (if (not end)
-              (throw 'eshell-incomplete (char-to-string delim))
-	    (if (and (eshell-using-module 'eshell-pred)
-		     (eshell-arg-delimiter (1+ end)))
-		(ignore (goto-char here))
-	      (eshell-add-glob-modifier)
-	      (prog1
-		  (buffer-substring-no-properties (1- (point)) (1+ end))
-		(goto-char (1+ end))))))))))
+    (ignore (eshell-add-glob-modifier))))
 
 (defvar eshell-glob-matches)
 (defvar message-shown)
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-pred.el b/lisp/eshell/em-pred.el
index 053ebf91dab..df7438ffa4d 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-pred.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-pred.el
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ respectively.")
 
 (defun eshell-pred-initialize ()    ;Called from `eshell-mode' via intern-soft!
   "Initialize the predicate/modifier code."
-  (add-hook 'eshell-parse-argument-hook
-	    #'eshell-parse-arg-modifier t t)
+  ;; Make sure this function runs before `eshell-parse-glob-chars'.
+  (add-hook 'eshell-parse-argument-hook #'eshell-parse-arg-modifier 50 t)
   (eshell-pred-mode))
 
 (defun eshell-apply-modifiers (lst predicates modifiers string-desc)
diff --git a/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el b/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el
index 88e9cc73bbd..239968917ab 100644
--- a/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/eshell/em-glob-tests.el
@@ -317,4 +317,15 @@ value of `eshell-glob-splice-results'."
     (should (equal (eshell-extended-glob (format "%s~/file.txt" remote))
                    (format "%s~/file.txt" remote)))))
 
+;; Compatibility tests
+
+
+(ert-deftest em-glob-test/test-command-without-pred ()
+  "Test that the \"[\" command works when `eshell-pred' is disabled."
+  (skip-unless (executable-find "["))
+  (let ((eshell-modules-list (remq 'eshell-pred eshell-modules-list)))
+    (with-temp-eshell
+      (eshell-match-command-output "[ foo = foo ]" "\\`\\'")
+      (should (= eshell-last-command-status 0)))))
+
 ;; em-glob-tests.el ends here