diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go
index 033d47b104..e95dfbfbb7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/vendor.go
@@ -313,7 +313,15 @@ func vendorPkg(vdir, pkg string) {
 			base.Fatalf("internal error: failed to find embedded files of %s: %v\n", pkg, err)
 		}
 	}
-	embedPatterns := str.StringList(bp.EmbedPatterns, bp.TestEmbedPatterns, bp.XTestEmbedPatterns)
+	var embedPatterns []string
+	if gover.Compare(modload.MainModules.GoVersion(), "1.22") >= 0 {
+		embedPatterns = bp.EmbedPatterns
+	} else {
+		// Maintain the behavior of https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63473
+		// so that we continue to agree with older versions of the go command
+		// about the contents of vendor directories in existing modules
+		embedPatterns = str.StringList(bp.EmbedPatterns, bp.TestEmbedPatterns, bp.XTestEmbedPatterns)
+	}
 	embeds, err := load.ResolveEmbed(bp.Dir, embedPatterns)
 	if err != nil {
 		base.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_embed.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_embed.txt
index b14fd99156..1a3b2fef26 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_embed.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_embed.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,36 @@ cd ../broken_bad_pattern
 ! go mod vendor
 stderr 'go: pattern ../foo.txt: invalid pattern syntax'
 
+cd ../embed_go122
+go mod vendor
+cmp vendor/example.com/a/samedir_embed.txt ../a/samedir_embed.txt
+cmp vendor/example.com/a/subdir/embed.txt ../a/subdir/embed.txt
+! exists vendor/example.com/a/subdir/test/embed.txt
+! exists vendor/example.com/a/subdir/test/xtest/embed.txt
+-- embed_go122/go.mod --
+module example.com/foo
+go 1.22
+
+require (
+	example.com/a v0.1.0
+)
+
+replace (
+	example.com/a v0.1.0 => ../a
+)
+-- embed_go122/foo.go --
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"example.com/a"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    fmt.Println(a.Str())
+}
+
 # matchPotentialSourceFile prunes out tests and unbuilt code.
 # Make sure that they are vendored if they are embedded files.
 cd ../embed_unbuilt