1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
index 819e3cccff..3616f1f69f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
@@ -1857,12 +1857,6 @@ int nlua_expand_pat(expand_T *xp, char *pat, int *num_results, char ***results)
   lua_getfield(lstate, -1, "_expand_pat");
   luaL_checktype(lstate, -1, LUA_TFUNCTION);
 
-  // ex expansion prepends a ^, but don't worry, it is not a regex
-  if (pat[0] != '^') {
-    return FAIL;
-  }
-  pat++;
-
   // [ vim, vim._expand_pat, buf ]
   lua_pushlstring(lstate, (const char *)pat, strlen(pat));