diff --git a/tatsu/buffering.py b/tatsu/buffering.py
index 87358d99..5a2a91fd 100644
--- a/tatsu/buffering.py
+++ b/tatsu/buffering.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def _scanre(self, pattern):
         if isinstance(pattern, RETYPE):
             cre = pattern
         else:
-            cre = re.compile(pattern, re.MULTILINE)
+            cre = re.compile(pattern)
         return cre.match(self.text, self.pos)
 
     @property