diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index 7c00fb1..c314003 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/(^|\W+)(?:#{@c_strippables.join('|')})(?=$|\W+)/, '\1') unless @c_strippables.empty? # remove known attributes slated to be stripped
 
     # scan standalone function pointers and remove them, because they can just be ignored
-    source.gsub!(/[\w][\w\s*]*\(\s*\*\s*\w+\s*\)\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, ';')
+    source.gsub!(/\w[\w\s*]*\(\s*\*\s*\w+\s*\)\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, ';')
 
     # scan for functions which return function pointers, because they are a pain
     source.gsub!(/([\w\s*]+)\(*\(\s*\*([\w\s*]+)\s*\(([\w\s*,]*)\)\)\s*\(([\w\s*,]*)\)\)*/) do |_m|