diff -r a5d359b3927a -r 3c4910364797 contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Mon Apr 23 01:39:26 2012 +0200
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Mon Apr 23 01:39:26 2012 +0200
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     (r'\$PWD', "don't use $PWD, use `pwd`"),
     (r'[^\n]\Z', "no trailing newline"),
     (r'export.*=', "don't export and assign at once"),
-    (r'^([^"\'\n]|("[^"\n]*")|(\'[^\'\n]*\'))*\\^', "^ must be quoted"),
+    (r'^([^"\'\n]|("[^"\n]*")|(\'[^\'\n]*\'))*\^', "^ must be quoted"),
     (r'^source\b', "don't use 'source', use '.'"),
     (r'touch -d', "don't use 'touch -d', use 'touch -t' instead"),
     (r'ls +[^|\n-]+ +-', "options to 'ls' must come before filenames"),