diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index 3b0d8247..773b8fc1 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -474,7 +474,12 @@ def make_file(name, hash=None, size_str=None):
 
         @pass_none
         def make_files(lines):
-            return list(starmap(make_file, csv.reader(lines)))
+            return list(
+                filter(
+                    lambda package_path: package_path.locate().exists(),
+                    list(starmap(make_file, csv.reader(lines))),
+                )
+            )
 
         return make_files(
             self._read_files_distinfo()