diff --git a/events.js b/events.js
index 885e4a6..c23c7e7 100644
--- a/events.js
+++ b/events.js
@@ -119,15 +119,6 @@ id("search").addEventListener("input", function() {
                         createHTMLElement("a", {"href": "?q=" + encodeURIComponent(getConflictRegex(q)) + "&regex=tight"}, ["↑ find potential gismu conflicts?"])
                     ]));
                 }
-                if (/^[CV*?(|)a-pr-vx-z' ]+$/.test(q)) {
-                    try {
-                        _ = new RegExp(
-                            `^${h(q).replace(/C/g, "[bcdfgjklmnprstvxz]").replace(/V/g, "[aeiou]").replace(/\?/g, ".").replace(/\*+/g, ".*")}$`, "i"
-                        );
-                    } catch (e) {
-                        id("info").append(createHTMLElement("p", null, ["invalid glob"]));
-                    }
-                }
             } else if (config["regex"]) {
                 // bad regex
                 try {
diff --git a/worker.js b/worker.js
index 0691dbe..de4ebfa 100644
--- a/worker.js
+++ b/worker.js
@@ -55,21 +55,6 @@ function search(query) {
                 results.push([entry, 1]);
             }
         }
-    } else if (/^[CV*?(|)a-pr-vx-z' ]+$/.test(original)) {
-        // also stolen from lynn of lidysisku etc fame
-        var rgx;
-        try {
-            rgx = new RegExp(
-                `^${h(original).replace(/C/g, "[bcdfgjklmnprstvxz]").replace(/V/g, "[aeiou]").replace(/\?/g, ".").replace(/\*+/g, ".*")}$`, "i"
-            );
-        } catch {
-            return [];
-        }
-        for (const entry of jbo) {
-            if (rgx.test(entry.word)) {
-                results.push([entry, 9]);
-            }
-        }
     } else if (/^[A-GI-PR-VX-Z][A-GhI-PR-VX-Zabc0-9*]*$/.test(original)) {
         // TODO: make this work (issue #1)
     } else {