diff --git a/src/jquery/jquery.js b/src/jquery/jquery.js
index d21f68581..4e9f4aca0 100644
--- a/src/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/src/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		"\\[ *(@)S *([!*$^=]*) *('?\"?)(.*?)\\4 *\\]",
 
 		// Match: [div], [div p]
-		"(\\[)\s*(.*?)\s*\\]",
+		"(\\[)\\s*(.*?)\\s*\\]",
 
 		// Match: :contains('foo')
 		"(:)S\\(\"?'?([^\\)]*?)\"?'?\\)",