diff --git a/libcxx/include/__cxx03/regex b/libcxx/include/__cxx03/regex
index b96d59d3a252a..f4e662d283cb9 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/__cxx03/regex
+++ b/libcxx/include/__cxx03/regex
@@ -3911,7 +3911,7 @@ _ForwardIterator basic_regex<_CharT, _Traits>::__parse_character_escape(
       ++__first;
       break;
     default:
-      if (*__first != '_' && !__traits_.isctype(*__first, ctype_base::alnum)) {
+      if (!__traits_.isctype(*__first, ctype_base::alnum)) {
         if (__str)
           *__str = *__first;
         else
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/re/re.alg/re.alg.match/ecma.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/re/re.alg/re.alg.match/ecma.pass.cpp
index 799a362425ad5..0184a3835fb0d 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/re/re.alg/re.alg.match/ecma.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/re/re.alg/re.alg.match/ecma.pass.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
 
-// XFAIL: FROZEN-CXX03-HEADERS-FIXME
-
 // <regex>
 
 // template <class BidirectionalIterator, class Allocator, class charT, class traits>