diff --git a/src/quicktemplates2/qquickcombobox.cpp b/src/quicktemplates2/qquickcombobox.cpp
index 1b6161c029..ffdb7cc22f 100644
--- a/src/quicktemplates2/qquickcombobox.cpp
+++ b/src/quicktemplates2/qquickcombobox.cpp
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int QQuickComboBoxPrivate::match(int start, const QString &text, Qt::MatchFlags
                 break;
             }
             case Qt::MatchWildcard: {
-                QRegularExpression rx(QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(text)),
+                QRegularExpression rx(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(text),
                                       options);
                 if (rx.match(t).hasMatch())
                     return idx;