diff --git a/frmts/tiledb/tiledbcommon.cpp b/frmts/tiledb/tiledbcommon.cpp
index 010ab1345f13..6d016ded5873 100644
--- a/frmts/tiledb/tiledbcommon.cpp
+++ b/frmts/tiledb/tiledbcommon.cpp
@@ -118,33 +118,11 @@ CPLErr TileDBDataset::AddFilter(tiledb::Context &ctx,
 int TileDBDataset::Identify(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
 
 {
-    if (STARTS_WITH_CI(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "TILEDB:"))
+    int nRet = TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified(poOpenInfo);
+    if (nRet == GDAL_IDENTIFY_UNKNOWN)
     {
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-
-    try
-    {
-        const char *pszConfig =
-            CSLFetchNameValue(poOpenInfo->papszOpenOptions, "TILEDB_CONFIG");
-
-        if (pszConfig != nullptr)
-        {
-            return TRUE;
-        }
-
-        const bool bIsS3OrGS =
-            STARTS_WITH_CI(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "/VSIS3/") ||
-            STARTS_WITH_CI(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "/VSIGS/");
-        // If this is a /vsi virtual file systems, bail out, except if it is S3 or GS.
-        if (!bIsS3OrGS && STARTS_WITH(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "/vsi"))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (poOpenInfo->bIsDirectory ||
-            (bIsS3OrGS &&
-             !EQUAL(CPLGetExtension(poOpenInfo->pszFilename), "tif")))
+        nRet = FALSE;
+        try
         {
             tiledb::Context ctx;
             CPLString osArrayPath =
@@ -170,13 +148,11 @@ int TileDBDataset::Identify(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
                 return eType == tiledb::Object::Type::Array;
             }
         }
-
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        return FALSE;
+        catch (...)
+        {
+        }
     }
+    return nRet;
 }
 
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.cpp b/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.cpp
index 9d85d2ea5ec6..7a3421d6b899 100644
--- a/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.cpp
+++ b/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 /*                 TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified()                     */
 /************************************************************************/
 
-static int TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
+int TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
 
 {
     if (STARTS_WITH_CI(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "TILEDB:"))
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ static int TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
         return TRUE;
     }
 
+    if (!poOpenInfo->bIsDirectory)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const bool bIsS3OrGS = STARTS_WITH_CI(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "/VSIS3/") ||
                            STARTS_WITH_CI(poOpenInfo->pszFilename, "/VSIGS/");
     // If this is a /vsi virtual file systems, bail out, except if it is S3 or GS.
@@ -59,17 +64,7 @@ static int TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo)
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (poOpenInfo->bIsDirectory)
-    {
-        return GDAL_IDENTIFY_UNKNOWN;
-    }
-
-    if (bIsS3OrGS && !EQUAL(CPLGetExtension(poOpenInfo->pszFilename), "tif"))
-    {
-        return GDAL_IDENTIFY_UNKNOWN;
-    }
-
-    return FALSE;
+    return GDAL_IDENTIFY_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.h b/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.h
index 26e0e16aea83..632d945bee80 100644
--- a/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.h
+++ b/frmts/tiledb/tiledbdrivercore.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ constexpr const char *DRIVER_NAME = "TileDB";
 #define TileDBDriverSetCommonMetadata                                          \
     PLUGIN_SYMBOL_NAME(TileDBDriverSetCommonMetadata)
 
+int TileDBDriverIdentifySimplified(GDALOpenInfo *poOpenInfo);
+
 void TileDBDriverSetCommonMetadata(GDALDriver *poDriver);
 
 #endif