diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/Parser.java b/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/Parser.java
index 3ee558e3d..1eadd0bf2 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/Parser.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/Parser.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ default String getCommand(final String line) {
             out = matcher.group(1);
         } else {
             out = line.trim().split("\\s+")[0];
-            if (out.contains("=") || !out.matches(REGEX_COMMAND)) {
+            if (!out.matches(REGEX_COMMAND)) {
                 out = "";
             }
         }
diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/impl/DefaultParser.java b/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/impl/DefaultParser.java
index d730bffd3..0cd115ab5 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/impl/DefaultParser.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/impl/DefaultParser.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public String getCommand(final String line) {
             out = matcher.group(commandGroup);
         } else {
             out = line.trim().split("\\s+")[0];
-            if (out.contains("=") || !out.matches(regexCommand)) {
+            if (!out.matches(regexCommand)) {
                 out = "";
             }
         }