diff --git a/lib/Plack/HTTPParser/PP.pm b/lib/Plack/HTTPParser/PP.pm
index 776caf660..9d85e4d4a 100644
--- a/lib/Plack/HTTPParser/PP.pm
+++ b/lib/Plack/HTTPParser/PP.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sub _parse_header {
     $env->{REQUEST_URI}     = $uri;
 
     my($path, $query) = ( $uri =~ /^([^?]*)(?:\?(.*))?$/s );
-    for ($path, $query) { s/\#.*?$// if length } # dumb clients sending URI fragments
+    for ($path, $query) { s/\#.*$// if length } # dumb clients sending URI fragments
 
     $env->{PATH_INFO}    = URI::Escape::uri_unescape($path);
     $env->{QUERY_STRING} = $query || '';