diff --git a/spec/query_lexer_spec.rb b/spec/query_lexer_spec.rb
index 0da9c3b..9fd4e77 100644
--- a/spec/query_lexer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/query_lexer_spec.rb
@@ -129,15 +129,6 @@ class QueryLexerTester
       expect(@result[2][1]).to eq '"name with space"'
     end
 
-    it 'tests search term without quotes containing pipe characters' do
-      @result = @evaluator.tokenize('||')
-
-      expect(@result.length).to eq 1
-
-      expect(@result[0][0]).to eq :TERM_WITHOUT_QUOTES
-      expect(@result[0][1]).to eq '||'
-    end
-
     it 'tests search term with quotes containing non alphanumerical characters' do
       @result = @evaluator.tokenize('"|*|/\()#-!=<>&$"')
 
diff --git a/specification.rex b/specification.rex
index f0b3375..4ac4649 100644
--- a/specification.rex
+++ b/specification.rex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ macro
     OPERATOR_AND                    (?i)and
     OPERATOR_NOT                    (?i)not
     TERM_WITH_QUOTES                "([^"]*)"
-    TERM_WITHOUT_QUOTES             [a-zA-Z0-9-_|]+
+    TERM_WITHOUT_QUOTES             [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+
     COLON                           \: