diff --git a/src/api/KWallet/kwallet.cpp b/src/api/KWallet/kwallet.cpp
--- a/src/api/KWallet/kwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/api/KWallet/kwallet.cpp
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@
         attrs[KSS_ATTR_ENTRYFOLDER] = folder;
         KSecretsService::SearchCollectionItemsJob *searchItemsJob = secretsCollection->searchItems(attrs);
         if (searchItemsJob->exec()) {
-            const QRegularExpression re(QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(
-                                          QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(key)));
+            const QRegularExpression re(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(key));
             const auto list = searchItemsJob->items();
             QRegularExpressionMatch match;
             for (KSecretsService::SearchCollectionItemsJob::Item item : list) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/kwalletd/backend/kwalletbackend.cc b/src/runtime/kwalletd/backend/kwalletbackend.cc
--- a/src/runtime/kwalletd/backend/kwalletbackend.cc
+++ b/src/runtime/kwalletd/backend/kwalletbackend.cc
@@ -530,8 +530,7 @@
         return rc;
     }
 
-    QRegularExpression re(QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(
-                           QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(key)));
+    QRegularExpression re(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(key));
 
     const EntryMap &map = _entries[_folder];
     QRegularExpressionMatch match;