diff --git a/caddy/setup/rewrite_test.go b/caddy/setup/rewrite_test.go
index 1ce96aeec..d252ed904 100644
--- a/caddy/setup/rewrite_test.go
+++ b/caddy/setup/rewrite_test.go
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ func TestRewriteParse(t *testing.T) {
 		{`rewrite {
 			status 400
 		 }`, false, []rewrite.Rule{
-			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", Regexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*"), Status: 400},
+			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", Status: 400},
 		}},
 		{`rewrite {
 			to /to
 			status 400
 		 }`, false, []rewrite.Rule{
-			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", To: "/to", Regexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*"), Status: 400},
+			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", To: "/to", Status: 400},
 		}},
 		{`rewrite {
 			status 399
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ func TestRewriteParse(t *testing.T) {
 		{`rewrite {
 			status 200
 		 }`, false, []rewrite.Rule{
-			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", Regexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*"), Status: 200},
+			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", Status: 200},
 		}},
 		{`rewrite {
 			to /to
 			status 200
 		 }`, false, []rewrite.Rule{
-			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", To: "/to", Regexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*"), Status: 200},
+			&rewrite.ComplexRule{Base: "/", To: "/to", Status: 200},
 		}},
 		{`rewrite {
 			status 199