diff --git a/lib/core-common/package.json b/lib/core-common/package.json
index aec7d8edbbad..2418de6cf9f8 100644
--- a/lib/core-common/package.json
+++ b/lib/core-common/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     "@babel/register": "^7.12.1",
     "@storybook/node-logger": "6.4.0-alpha.4",
     "@storybook/semver": "^7.3.2",
-    "@types/glob-base": "^0.3.0",
     "@types/micromatch": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^14.0.10",
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
     "find-up": "^5.0.0",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^6.0.4",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
-    "glob-base": "^0.3.0",
     "interpret": "^2.2.0",
     "json5": "^2.1.3",
     "lazy-universal-dotenv": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/lib/core-common/src/utils/to-require-context.ts b/lib/core-common/src/utils/to-require-context.ts
index f8f4976d67f0..179f4eb5754c 100644
--- a/lib/core-common/src/utils/to-require-context.ts
+++ b/lib/core-common/src/utils/to-require-context.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import globBase from 'glob-base';
-import { makeRe } from 'micromatch';
+import { makeRe, scan } from 'micromatch';
 import deprecate from 'util-deprecate';
 import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
+import path from 'path';
 
 // LEGACY support for bad glob patterns we had in SB 5 - remove in SB7
 const fixBadGlob = deprecate(
@@ -25,14 +25,25 @@ const detectBadGlob = (val: string) => {
 const isObject = (val: Record<string, any>) =>
   val != null && typeof val === 'object' && Array.isArray(val) === false;
 
+const dirname = (pattern: string) => {
+  if (pattern.slice(-1) === '/') return pattern;
+  return path.dirname(pattern);
+};
+
 export const toRequireContext = (input: any) => {
   const fixedInput = detectBadGlob(input);
   switch (true) {
     case typeof input === 'string': {
-      const { base, glob } = globBase(fixedInput);
+      const globResult = scan(fixedInput);
+      const base = globResult.isGlob ? globResult.base : dirname(fixedInput);
+      const globFallback = base !== '.' ? fixedInput.substr(base.length) : fixedInput;
+      const glob = globResult.isGlob ? globResult.glob : globFallback;
 
-      const recursive = glob.includes('**') || glob.split('/').length > 1;
-      const regex = makeRe(glob, { fastpaths: false, noglobstar: false, bash: false });
+      const regex = makeRe(glob, {
+        fastpaths: false,
+        noglobstar: false,
+        bash: false,
+      });
       const { source } = regex;
 
       if (source.startsWith('^')) {
@@ -40,6 +51,7 @@ export const toRequireContext = (input: any) => {
         // Globs starting `**` require special treatment due to the regex they
         // produce, specifically a negative look-ahead
         const match = ['^\\.', glob.startsWith('**') ? '' : '\\/', source.substring(1)].join('');
+        const recursive = glob.includes('**') || glob.split('/').length > 1;
 
         return { path: base, recursive, match };
       }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9f67b32a8649..c839d09e55e1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6729,7 +6729,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@storybook/node-logger": 6.4.0-alpha.4
     "@storybook/react-docgen-typescript-plugin": 1.0.2-canary.3c70e01.0
     "@storybook/semver": ^7.3.2
-    "@types/glob-base": ^0.3.0
     "@types/interpret": ^1.1.1
     "@types/micromatch": ^4.0.1
     "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.0
@@ -6745,7 +6744,6 @@ __metadata:
     find-up: ^5.0.0
     fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin: ^6.0.4
     glob: ^7.1.6
-    glob-base: ^0.3.0
     interpret: ^2.2.0
     json5: ^2.1.3
     lazy-universal-dotenv: ^3.0.1
@@ -8595,13 +8593,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/glob-base@npm:^0.3.0":
-  version: 0.3.0
-  resolution: "@types/glob-base@npm:0.3.0"
-  checksum: 2c0cb3b7bb7c8661b9421194c0fd90a36e1c786a4124375749df9dc1dd8ade536c8eb2ac93b217db24ed3a427755def9a54bc86c2b6bf64a81fb82e7e6f44cc7
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/glob@npm:*, @types/glob@npm:^7.1.1, @types/glob@npm:^7.1.3":
   version: 7.1.3
   resolution: "@types/glob@npm:7.1.3"
@@ -22668,25 +22659,6 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"glob-base@npm:^0.3.0":
-  version: 0.3.0
-  resolution: "glob-base@npm:0.3.0"
-  dependencies:
-    glob-parent: ^2.0.0
-    is-glob: ^2.0.0
-  checksum: 4ce785c1dac2ff1e4660c010fa43ed2f1b38993dfd004023a3e7080b20bc61f29fbfe5d265b7e64cc84096ecf44e8ca876c7c1aad8f1f995d4c0f33034f3ae8c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"glob-parent@npm:^2.0.0":
-  version: 2.0.0
-  resolution: "glob-parent@npm:2.0.0"
-  dependencies:
-    is-glob: ^2.0.0
-  checksum: b9d59dc532d47aaaa4841046ff631b325a707f738445300b83b7a1ee603dd060c041a378e8a195c887d479bb703685cee4725c8f54b8dacef65355375f57d32a
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "glob-parent@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.0
   resolution: "glob-parent@npm:3.1.0"
@@ -25089,13 +25061,6 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"is-extglob@npm:^1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.0
-  resolution: "is-extglob@npm:1.0.0"
-  checksum: 1ce5366d19958f36069a45ca996c1e51ab607f42a01eb0505f0ccffe8f9c91f5bcba6e971605efd8b4d4dfd0111afa3c8df3e1746db5b85b9a8f933f5e7286b7
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "is-extglob@npm:^2.1.0, is-extglob@npm:^2.1.1":
   version: 2.1.1
   resolution: "is-extglob@npm:2.1.1"
@@ -25154,15 +25119,6 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"is-glob@npm:^2.0.0":
-  version: 2.0.1
-  resolution: "is-glob@npm:2.0.1"
-  dependencies:
-    is-extglob: ^1.0.0
-  checksum: ef156806af0924983325c9218a8b8a838fa50e1a104ed2a11fe94829a5b27c1b05a4c8cf98d96cb3a7fea539c21f14ae2081e1a248f3d5a9eea62f2d4e9f8b0c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "is-glob@npm:^3.0.0, is-glob@npm:^3.1.0":
   version: 3.1.0
   resolution: "is-glob@npm:3.1.0"