diff --git a/feature/regex.js b/feature/regex.js
index 74c97c6..01d0cc6 100644
--- a/feature/regex.js
+++ b/feature/regex.js
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import { token, skip, err, next, idx, cur } from '../parse.js';
 const SLASH = 47, BSLASH = 92;
 
 token('/', 140, a => {
-  // left operand = division; `//` `/*` `/?` `/+` `/=` = not a regex start
+  // left operand = division or assignment; `//` `/*` `/?` `/+` = not a regex start
   const c = cur.charCodeAt(idx);
-  if (a || c === SLASH || c === 42 || c === 43 || c === 63 || c === 61) return;
+  if (a || c === SLASH || c === 42 || c === 43 || c === 63) return;
   const pattern = next(c => c === BSLASH ? 2 : c && c !== SLASH); // \x = 2 chars, else 1 until /
   cur.charCodeAt(idx) === SLASH || err('Unterminated regex');
   skip();
diff --git a/test/feature/regex.js b/test/feature/regex.js
index 8465f49..3dd5475 100644
--- a/test/feature/regex.js
+++ b/test/feature/regex.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import test, { is, throws } from 'tst'
 import { parse, compile } from '../../subscript.js'
 import '../../feature/regex.js'
+import '../../eval/regex.js'
 
 const run = (code, ctx = {}) => compile(parse(code))(ctx)
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ test('regex: division disambiguation', t => {
 test('regex: in expressions', t => {
   is(run('x.match(/\\d+/)', { x: 'abc123def' })[0], '123')
   is(run('x.replace(/a/g, "b")', { x: 'aaa' }), 'bbb')
+  is(run('x.replace(/=/g, "")', { x: 'a=b=c' }), 'abc')
+  is(run('x.replace(/=>/g, ":")', { x: 'a=>b=>c' }), 'a:b:c')
 })
 
 test('regex: JSON serializable', t => {