diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb b/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
index 59fa5a64..833d7810 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class WpTarget
       # Only use the path because domain can be text or an ip
       uri_path = @uri.path
 
-      if index_body[/#{Regexp.escape(uri_path)}\/wp-content\/(?:themes|plugins)\//i]
+      if index_body[/\/wp-content\/(?:themes|plugins)\//i]
         @wp_content_dir = "wp-content"
       else
         @wp_content_dir = index_body[/(?:href|src)\s*=\s*(?:"|').+#{Regexp.escape(uri_path)}([^"']+)\/(?:themes|plugins)\/.*(?:"|')/i, 1]