diff --git a/README b/README
index 1d46f83..e3712c0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ to that.
 * Matcher does not take size of string as param, it checks for '\0' instead,
 so that the user does not need to waste time taking strlen()
 * Highly optimized source code, probably 2x faster than re1.5
-* Support for named character classes: \d \D \s \S \w \W was dropped cause it's redundant.
 * Support for quoted chars in regex.
 * Support for ^, $ assertions in regex.
 * Support for repetition operator {n} and {n,m}.
diff --git a/pike.c b/pike.c
index ded28a0..b163488 100644
--- a/pike.c
+++ b/pike.c
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ enum
 enum {
 	RE_SUCCESS = 0,
 	RE_SYNTAX_ERROR = -2,
-	RE_UNSUPPORTED_ESCAPE = -3,
-	RE_UNSUPPORTED_SYNTAX = -4,
+	RE_UNSUPPORTED_SYNTAX = -3,
 };
 
 typedef struct rsub rsub;
@@ -229,12 +228,6 @@ static int _compilecode(const char **re_loc, rcode *prog, int sizecode)
 			prog->len++;
 			for (cnt = 0; *re != ']'; cnt++) {
 				if (!*re) goto syntax_error;
-				if (*re == '\\') {
-					re++;
-					if (!*re) goto syntax_error;
-					if (*re != '\\' && *re != ']')
-						goto unsupported_escape;
-				}
 				uc_code(c, re) EMIT(PC++, c);
 				uc_len(c, re)
 				if (re[c] == '-' && re[c+1] != ']')
@@ -398,9 +391,6 @@ static int _compilecode(const char **re_loc, rcode *prog, int sizecode)
 syntax_error:
 	*re_loc = re;
 	return RE_SYNTAX_ERROR;
-unsupported_escape:
-	*re_loc = re;
-	return RE_UNSUPPORTED_ESCAPE;
 }
 
 int re_sizecode(const char *re)
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 0e6eadb..6fd1694 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ qwerty.*$
 (a|aa)*
 (a|aa)*
 (aaaa|aaa|a){3,4}
+(a)(a)
+(a){2}
 "
 input="\
 abcdef
@@ -207,6 +209,8 @@ aaaa
 aaaaa
 aaaaaa
 aaaaaaaaaa
+aaaa
+aaaa
 "
 expect="\
 (0,3)
@@ -311,6 +315,8 @@ expect="\
 (0,5)(4,5)
 (0,6)(5,6)
 (0,10)(9,10)
+(0,2)(0,1)(1,2)
+(0,2)(1,2)
 (0,0)
 "