diff --git a/docs/Internals/API_changes.md b/docs/Internals/API_changes.md
index c99864acc8..8636bb2f54 100644
--- a/docs/Internals/API_changes.md
+++ b/docs/Internals/API_changes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 See also [general changes](Changes.md).
 
+## 3.0.0
+
+The second argument of `s9e\TextFormatter\Configurator\Items\Regexp` constructor has been removed. All JavaScript regexps have their global flag set. This can be overridden if necessary by manually setting a JavaScript representation via `setJS()`.
+
+
 ## 2.0.0
 
 The following elements have been removed:
diff --git a/src/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcher.php b/src/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcher.php
index 4ed3084425..720dbdccc0 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcher.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcher.php
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public function parseRegexp(string $regexp, string $flags): Regexp
 	{
 		$regexp .= str_replace('g', '', $flags);
 
-		return new Regexp($regexp, true);
+		return new Regexp($regexp);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Configurator/Items/Regexp.php b/src/Configurator/Items/Regexp.php
index 47393e2ede..22cceaefd3 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/Items/Regexp.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/Items/Regexp.php
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 
 class Regexp implements ConfigProvider, FilterableConfigValue
 {
-	/**
-	* @var bool Whether this regexp should have the global flag set in JavaScript
-	*/
-	protected $isGlobal;
-
 	/**
 	* @var string JavaScript regexp, with delimiters and modifiers, e.g. "/foo/i"
 	*/
@@ -34,17 +29,16 @@ class Regexp implements ConfigProvider, FilterableConfigValue
 	/**
 	* Constructor
 	*
-	* @param  string $regexp PCRE regexp, with delimiters and modifiers, e.g. "/foo/i"
+	* @param string $regexp PCRE regexp, with delimiters and modifiers, e.g. "/foo/i"
 	*/
-	public function __construct($regexp, $isGlobal = false)
+	public function __construct($regexp)
 	{
 		if (@preg_match($regexp, '') === false)
 		{
 			throw new InvalidArgumentException('Invalid regular expression ' . var_export($regexp, true));
 		}
 
-		$this->regexp   = $regexp;
-		$this->isGlobal = $isGlobal;
+		$this->regexp = $regexp;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -92,7 +86,7 @@ public function getJS()
 	{
 		if (!isset($this->jsRegexp))
 		{
-			$this->jsRegexp = RegexpConvertor::toJS($this->regexp, $this->isGlobal);
+			$this->jsRegexp = RegexpConvertor::toJS($this->regexp);
 		}
 
 		return $this->jsRegexp;
diff --git a/src/Configurator/JavaScript/RegexpConvertor.php b/src/Configurator/JavaScript/RegexpConvertor.php
index c9677ee60d..289ef454ae 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/JavaScript/RegexpConvertor.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/JavaScript/RegexpConvertor.php
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ abstract class RegexpConvertor
 	/**
 	* Convert a PCRE regexp to a JavaScript regexp
 	*
-	* @param  string $regexp   PCRE regexp
-	* @param  bool   $isGlobal Whether the global flag should be set
-	* @return Code             JavaScript regexp
+	* @param  string $regexp PCRE regexp
+	* @return Code           JavaScript regexp
 	*/
-	public static function toJS($regexp, $isGlobal = false)
+	public static function toJS($regexp)
 	{
 		$regexpInfo = RegexpParser::parse($regexp);
 		$dotAll     = (strpos($regexpInfo['modifiers'], 's') !== false);
@@ -104,17 +103,13 @@ public static function toJS($regexp, $isGlobal = false)
 		}
 
 		$modifiers = preg_replace('#[^im]#', '', $regexpInfo['modifiers']);
-		if ($isGlobal)
-		{
-			$modifiers .= 'g';
-		}
 
 		if ($regexp === '')
 		{
 			$regexp = '(?:)';
 		}
 
-		return '/' . self::escapeLineTerminators($regexp) . '/' . $modifiers;
+		return '/' . self::escapeLineTerminators($regexp) . '/g' . $modifiers;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Emoji/Configurator.php b/src/Plugins/Emoji/Configurator.php
index d5f0c5e652..56b730a469 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Emoji/Configurator.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Emoji/Configurator.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected function getAliasesConfig()
 		if (!empty($custom))
 		{
 			$regexp                 = '/' . RegexpBuilder::fromList($custom) . '/';
-			$config['customRegexp'] = new Regexp($regexp, true);
+			$config['customRegexp'] = new Regexp($regexp);
 
 			$quickMatch = ConfigHelper::generateQuickMatchFromList($custom);
 			if ($quickMatch !== false)
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Keywords/Configurator.php b/src/Plugins/Keywords/Configurator.php
index da5b53180d..5db38e6b86 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Keywords/Configurator.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Keywords/Configurator.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public function asConfig()
 				$regexp .= 'u';
 			}
 
-			$config['regexps'][] = new Regexp($regexp, true);
+			$config['regexps'][] = new Regexp($regexp);
 		}
 
 		return $config;
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Preg/Configurator.php b/src/Plugins/Preg/Configurator.php
index a933cd74b1..834b607553 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Preg/Configurator.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Preg/Configurator.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function asConfig()
 		foreach ($this->collection as list($tagName, $regexp, $passthroughIdx))
 		{
 			$captures = RegexpParser::getCaptureNames($regexp);
-			$pregs[]  = [$tagName, new Regexp($regexp, true), $passthroughIdx, $captures];
+			$pregs[]  = [$tagName, new Regexp($regexp), $passthroughIdx, $captures];
 		}
 
 		return ['generics' => $pregs];
diff --git a/tests/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcherTest.php b/tests/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcherTest.php
index 9876907f76..ce07be410b 100644
--- a/tests/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Configurator/Helpers/FilterSyntaxMatcherTest.php
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ public function getParseTests()
 				[
 					'filter' => 'preg_replace',
 					'params' => [
-						['Value', new Regexp('/foo/', true)],
-						['Value', ''                       ],
-						['Name',  'attrValue'              ]
+						['Value', new Regexp('/foo/')],
+						['Value', ''                 ],
+						['Name',  'attrValue'        ]
 					]
 				]
 			],
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ public function getParseTests()
 				[
 					'filter' => 'preg_replace',
 					'params' => [
-						['Value', new Regexp('/foo/is', true)],
-						['Value', ''                         ],
-						['Name',  'attrValue'                ]
+						['Value', new Regexp('/foo/is')],
+						['Value', ''                   ],
+						['Name',  'attrValue'          ]
 					]
 				]
 			],
diff --git a/tests/Configurator/Items/RegexpTest.php b/tests/Configurator/Items/RegexpTest.php
index 84e5dc3ed8..679bdc52b5 100644
--- a/tests/Configurator/Items/RegexpTest.php
+++ b/tests/Configurator/Items/RegexpTest.php
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ public function testAsConfigReturnsItself()
 	}
 
 	/**
-	* @testdox The JS regexp has a global flag if isGlobal is true
+	* @testdox The JS regexp has a global flag
 	*/
 	public function testJSGlobal()
 	{
-		$regexp = new Regexp('/x/', true);
+		$regexp = new Regexp('/x/');
 		$this->assertEquals('/x/g', $regexp->getJS());
 	}
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public function testFilterConfigPHP()
 	*/
 	public function testFilterConfigJS()
 	{
-		$regexp = new Regexp('/foo/', true);
+		$regexp = new Regexp('/foo/');
 
 		$this->assertEquals(
 			new Code('/foo/g'),
diff --git a/tests/Plugins/Emoticons/ConfiguratorTest.php b/tests/Plugins/Emoticons/ConfiguratorTest.php
index 6cb6ee34aa..ae8d3747f4 100644
--- a/tests/Plugins/Emoticons/ConfiguratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Plugins/Emoticons/ConfiguratorTest.php
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ public function testNotAfterJavaScript()
 
 		$config = ConfigHelper::filterConfig($plugin->asConfig(), 'JS');
 
-		$this->assertEquals(new Code('/x/g', 'g'), $config['regexp']);
-		$this->assertEquals(new Code('/\\w/'),     $config['notAfter']);
+		$this->assertEquals(new Code('/x/g'),  $config['regexp']);
+		$this->assertEquals(new Code('/\\w/'), $config['notAfter']);
 	}
 
 	/**