1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConsOptions.py b/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConsOptions.py
index 7f78a71..db52509 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConsOptions.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConsOptions.py
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
 
-try:
-    no_hyphen_re = re.compile(r'(\s+|(?<=[\w\!\"\'\&\.\,\?])-{2,}(?=\w))')
-except re.error:
-    # Pre-2.0 Python versions don't have the (?<= negative
-    # look-behind assertion.
-    no_hyphen_re = re.compile(r'(\s+|-*\w{2,}-(?=\w{2,}))')
+no_hyphen_re = re.compile(r'(\s+|(?<=[\w\!\"\'\&\.\,\?])-{2,}(?=\w))')
 
 try:
     from gettext import gettext