diff --git a/crates/bws/src/util.rs b/crates/bws/src/util.rs
index ba1309992..d53b2a261 100644
--- a/crates/bws/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/bws/src/util.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 const VALID_POSIX_NAME_REGEX: &str = "^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$";
 
 pub(crate) fn is_valid_posix_name(input_text: &str) -> bool {
-    match Regex::new(VALID_POSIX_NAME_REGEX) {
-        Ok(r) => r.is_match(input_text),
-        Err(_) => false,
-    }
+    Regex::new(VALID_POSIX_NAME_REGEX)
+        .expect("VALID_POSIX_NAME_REGEX to be a valid regex")
+        .is_match(input_text)
 }
 
 /// Converts a UUID to a POSIX-compliant environment variable name.