1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/regex-emacs.c b/src/regex-emacs.c
index e3237cd425a..fea34df991b 100644
--- a/src/regex-emacs.c
+++ b/src/regex-emacs.c
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ regex_compile (re_char *pattern, ptrdiff_t size,
 
               /* If followed by a repetition operator.  */
               || (p != pend
-                  && (*p == '*' || *p == '+' || *p == '?' || *p == '^'))
+                  && (*p == '*' || *p == '+' || *p == '?'))
               || (p + 1 < pend && p[0] == '\\' && p[1] == '{'))
             {
               /* Start building a new exactn.  */