diff --git a/source/regex.c b/source/regex.c
index d87de0e..e9e37ae 100644
--- a/source/regex.c
+++ b/source/regex.c
@@ -161,11 +161,9 @@ int regex_match(const char * const pattern,
 			}
 
 			if (*(pattern_pointer + 1) == '<'
-			&& (is_word_separator(*string_pointer))
-			||  string_pointer == string_start) {
+			&& (is_word_separator(*string_pointer))) {
 					pattern_pointer += 2;
 					string_pointer += 1;
-					match_offset = string_pointer - (string_start + string_offset);
 					continue;
 			}