diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/log/GitLogProvider.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/log/GitLogProvider.java
index 6d4a0819e799..b5096a94f03b 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/log/GitLogProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/log/GitLogProvider.java
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ public class GitLogProvider implements VcsLogProvider {
     if (filterCollection.getTextFilter() != null) {
       String textFilter = filterCollection.getTextFilter().getText();
       filterParameters.add(prepareParameter("grep", textFilter));
-      filterParameters.add("--extended-regexp");
     }
 
     filterParameters.add("--regexp-ignore-case"); // affects case sensitivity of any filter (except file filter)