diff --git a/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/regexp/NativeRegExp.java b/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/regexp/NativeRegExp.java
index cae04462ab8..2e3e6bb4d76 100644
--- a/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/regexp/NativeRegExp.java
+++ b/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/regexp/NativeRegExp.java
@@ -1017,7 +1017,6 @@ System.out.println();
             break;
         case '*':
         case '+':
-        case '{':
         case '}':
         case '?':        
             reportError("msg.bad.quant",