diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs
index 8f81192..d3acd6f 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![feature(pattern)]
 #![feature(try_blocks)]
 #![feature(unwrap_infallible)]
 #![feature(never_type)]
diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lexer.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lexer.rs
index 94ea848..4edcc95 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lexer.rs
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lexer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::str::pattern::Pattern;
-
 use eww_shared_util::{Span, Spanned};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::{Regex, RegexSet};
@@ -133,10 +131,6 @@ impl<'s> Lexer<'s> {
         &self.source[self.pos..]
     }
 
-    pub fn continues_with(&self, pat: impl Pattern<'s>) -> bool {
-        self.remaining().starts_with(pat)
-    }
-
     pub fn next_token(&mut self) -> Option<Result<Sp<Token>, LexicalError>> {
         loop {
             if self.failed || self.pos >= self.source.len() {