diff --git a/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py b/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py
index 0fae614..ee9a741 100644
--- a/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py
+++ b/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ def collect_snippets(self):
         for root_path in self.snippet_paths:
             for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root_path, followlinks=True):
                 # Remove hidden folder
-                for folder_i, folder in enumerate(dirnames):
-                    if folder.startswith("."):
-                        dirnames.pop(folder_i)
+                to_remove = [folder for folder in dirnames if folder.startswith(".")]
+                for folder in to_remove:
+                    dirnames.remove(folder)
 
                 for f in filenames:
                     fullpath = PurePath(dirpath).relative_to(root_path).joinpath(f)