diff --git a/lib/src/scanner/context.rs b/lib/src/scanner/context.rs
index 96e6c6de4..7bbd3a715 100644
--- a/lib/src/scanner/context.rs
+++ b/lib/src/scanner/context.rs
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ impl ScanContext<'_> {
             }
             | SubPattern::RegexpChainTail { chained_to, gap, flags, .. } => {
                 if self.within_valid_distance(
-                    sub_pattern_id,
                     *chained_to,
                     match_.range.start,
                     gap,
@@ -729,32 +728,16 @@ impl ScanContext<'_> {
 
     fn within_valid_distance(
         &mut self,
-        sub_pattern_id: SubPatternId,
         chained_to: SubPatternId,
         match_start: usize,
         gap: &RangeInclusive<u32>,
     ) -> bool {
-        // The lowest possible offset where the current sub-pattern can match
-        // is the offset of the first unconfirmed match, or the offset of the
-        // current match if no previous unconfirmed match exists.
-        let lowest_offset = self
-            .unconfirmed_matches
-            .get(&sub_pattern_id)
-            .and_then(|unconfirmed_matches| unconfirmed_matches.front())
-            .map_or(match_start, |first_match| first_match.range.start);
-
         if let Some(unconfirmed_matches) =
             self.unconfirmed_matches.get_mut(&chained_to)
         {
             let min_gap = *gap.start() as usize;
             let max_gap = *gap.end() as usize;
 
-            // Retain the unconfirmed matches that can possibly match, but
-            // discard those that are so far away from the current match that
-            // there's no possibility for them to match.
-            unconfirmed_matches
-                .retain(|m| m.range.end + max_gap >= lowest_offset);
-
             for m in unconfirmed_matches {
                 let valid_range =
                     m.range.end + min_gap..=m.range.end + max_gap;
@@ -797,9 +780,9 @@ impl ScanContext<'_> {
             match &self.compiled_rules.get_sub_pattern(id).1 {
                 SubPattern::LiteralChainHead { flags, .. }
                 | SubPattern::RegexpChainHead { flags, .. } => {
-                    // The chain head is reached and we know the range where
+                    // The chain head is reached, and we know the range where
                     // the tail matches. This indicates that the whole chain is
-                    // valid and we have a full match.
+                    // valid, and we have a full match.
                     if let Some(tail_match_range) = &tail_match_range {
                         self.track_pattern_match(
                             pattern_id,
diff --git a/lib/src/tests/mod.rs b/lib/src/tests/mod.rs
index d96eda815..299c3eacb 100644
--- a/lib/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -1644,6 +1644,11 @@ fn hex_large_jumps() {
         JUMPS_DATA.as_bytes()
     );
 
+    pattern_true!(
+        "{ 61 61 61 61 [0-0x19c] 63 [0-0x13f] 64 64 64 64 }",
+        JUMPS_DATA.as_bytes()
+    );
+
     rule_true!(
         r#"rule test {
             strings: