diff --git a/lib/types/svg.js b/lib/types/svg.js
index b561d1d3..1b821f21 100644
--- a/lib/types/svg.js
+++ b/lib/types/svg.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var svgReg = /<svg\s([^>"']|"([^"\\]|\\[^])*"|'([^'\\]|\\[^])*')*>/;
+var svgReg = /<svg\s([^>"']|"[^"]*"|'[^']*')*>/;
 function isSVG (buffer) {
   return svgReg.test(buffer);
 }