diff --git a/R/predict.R b/R/predict.R
index 61193fae2..4492cae16 100644
--- a/R/predict.R
+++ b/R/predict.R
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ prepare_data <- function(object, new_data) {
     get_encoding(class(object$spec)[1]) %>%
     dplyr::filter(mode == object$spec$mode, engine == object$spec$engine) %>%
     dplyr::pull(remove_intercept)
-  if (remove_intercept) {
-    new_data <- new_data[, colnames(new_data) != "(Intercept)", drop = FALSE]
+  if (remove_intercept & any(grepl("Intercept", names(new_data)))) {
+    new_data <- new_data %>% dplyr::select(-dplyr::one_of("(Intercept)"))
   }
 
   switch(