diff --git a/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/capturing-group.sublime-syntax b/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/capturing-group.sublime-syntax
index 53558e8e..01ff1396 100644
--- a/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/capturing-group.sublime-syntax
+++ b/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/capturing-group.sublime-syntax
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ contexts:
     - match: \)
       scope: punctuation.definition.group.end.regexp.js.fjsx15
       pop: true
-    - match:  (?=\s*\S)
+    - match:  (?=\S)
       push: regex-content
 
   meta:
diff --git a/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/lookahead.sublime-syntax b/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/lookahead.sublime-syntax
index 93487bce..74e311d0 100644
--- a/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/lookahead.sublime-syntax
+++ b/syntaxes/fjsx15/literal/string/regex/lookahead.sublime-syntax
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ contexts:
     - match: \)
       scope: punctuation.definition.group.assertion.end.regexp.js.fjsx15
       pop: true
-    - match:  (?=\s*\S)
+    - match:  (?=\S)
       push: regex-content
 
   meta: