diff --git a/extra/imap/imap.factor b/extra/imap/imap.factor
index 048fce0464..9e18862f39 100644
--- a/extra/imap/imap.factor
+++ b/extra/imap/imap.factor
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ CONSTANT: IMAP4_SSL_PORT 993
 : read-response-chunk ( stop-expr -- item ? )
     read-?crlf ascii decode swap dupd pcre:findall
     [
-        dup [[ ^.*{(\d+)}$]] pcre:findall
+        dup [[^.*{(\d+)}$]] pcre:findall
         [
-            dup [[ ^\* (\d+) [A-Z-]+ (.*)$]] pcre:findall
+            dup [[^\* (\d+) [A-Z-]+ (.*)$]] pcre:findall
             [ ] [ nip first third second ] if-empty
         ]
         [
@@ -82,24 +82,24 @@ CONSTANT: IMAP4_SSL_PORT 993
     first " " split 2 tail ;
 
 : parse-list-folders ( str -- folder )
-    [[ \* LIST \(([^\)]+)\) "([^"]+)" "?([^"]+)"?]] pcre:findall
+    [[\* LIST \(([^\)]+)\) "([^"]+)" "?([^"]+)"?]] pcre:findall
     first rest values [ utf7imap4 decode ] map ;
 
 : parse-select-folder ( seq -- count )
-    [ [[ \* (\d+) EXISTS]] pcre:findall ] map harvest
+    [ [[\* (\d+) EXISTS]] pcre:findall ] map harvest
     [ f ] [ first first last last string>number ] if-empty ;
 
 ! Returns uid if the server supports the UIDPLUS extension.
 : parse-append-mail ( seq -- uid/f )
-    [ [=[ \[APPENDUID (\d+) \d+\]]=] pcre:findall ] map harvest
+    [ [=[\[APPENDUID (\d+) \d+\]]=] pcre:findall ] map harvest
     [ f ] [ first first last last string>number ] if-empty ;
 
 : parse-status ( seq -- assoc )
-    first [[ \* STATUS "[^"]+" \(([^\)]+)\)]] pcre:findall first last last
+    first [[\* STATUS "[^"]+" \(([^\)]+)\)]] pcre:findall first last last
     " " split 2 group [ string>number ] assoc-map ;
 
 : parse-store-mail-line ( str -- pair/f )
-    [[ \(FLAGS \(([^\)]+)\) UID (\d+)\)]] pcre:findall [ f ] [
+    [[\(FLAGS \(([^\)]+)\) UID (\d+)\)]] pcre:findall [ f ] [
         first rest values first2 [ " " split ] dip string>number swap 2array
     ] if-empty ;