diff --git a/extra/html/entities/entities.factor b/extra/html/entities/entities.factor
index 6d0e615ea8..ef566cf440 100644
--- a/extra/html/entities/entities.factor
+++ b/extra/html/entities/entities.factor
@@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@ CONSTANT: html5 H{
     ] if ;
 
 CONSTANT: re-charref
-R/ &(#[0-9]+;?|#[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+;?|[^\t\n\f <&#;]{1,32};?)/
+R/ &(#[0-9]+|#[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+|[^\t\n\f <&#;]{1,32});?/
 
 PRIVATE>