diff --git a/runtime/autoload/xmlcomplete.vim b/runtime/autoload/xmlcomplete.vim
index 3cd4c71..2d09eff 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/xmlcomplete.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/xmlcomplete.vim
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 			let tagpat='</\='.b:xml_namespace.':\(\k\|[.-]\)\+\|/>'
 		endif
 	else
-		let tagpat='</\=\(\k\|[.-:]\)\+\|/>'
+		let tagpat='</\=\(\k\|[.-]\)\+\|/>'
 	endif
 	while (linenum>0)
 		let line=getline(linenum)