diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
index 0817411596..05f314a415 100644
--- a/.lycheeignore
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ https://cloud.dgraph.io/login
 https://dgraph.io/docs
 
 # MySQL Community downloads and main site (often protected by bot mitigation)
-'^https?://(.*\.)?mysql\.com/.*'
+^https?://(.*\.)?mysql\.com/.*
 
 # Claude desktop download link
 https://claude.ai/download
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/sql-prepared-statements.html
 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/user-names.html
 
 # npmjs links can occasionally trigger rate limiting during high-frequency CI builds
-'^https?://(www\.)?npmjs\.com/.*'
+^https?://(www\.)?npmjs\.com/.*
 
 https://www.oceanbase.com/