diff --git a/po/check_po b/po/check_po
index 0a26d3d0b..4f9917133 100755
--- a/po/check_po
+++ b/po/check_po
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Check_named_fmt( Check ):
 
 class Check_mapping_fmt( Check ):
     # A pattern to find all {}
-    find_map_pat = re.compile('\{ \w+ \} \d* \D', re.VERBOSE)
+    find_map_pat = re.compile('\{ \w+ \}', re.VERBOSE)
 
     def __init__( self ):
         Check.__init__( self )