diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1c4d602b04..940a02c05e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Codecs:
   8bps.c                                Roberto Togni
   8svx.c                                Jaikrishnan Menon
   aasc.c                                Kostya Shishkov
-  aac.(c|h), aactab.(c|h), aacdectab.h  Robert Swain
+  aac.[ch], aactab.[ch], aacdectab.h    Robert Swain
   ac3*                                  Justin Ruggles
   alacenc.c                             Jaikrishnan Menon
   apedec.c                              Kostya Shishkov