diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index 1e37accd..18152abd 100755
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class Entry:
 
     @staticmethod
     def title_regex(self):
-        pattern = r'^(([^|]|[^\s])[^\n]*)'
         pattern = r'^20.*'
         return re.compile( pattern, re.UNICODE|re.MULTILINE )