diff --git a/components/prism-matlab.js b/components/prism-matlab.js
index b75b10994f..e210edb83c 100644
--- a/components/prism-matlab.js
+++ b/components/prism-matlab.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Prism.languages.matlab = {
 	// We put string before comment, because of printf() patterns that contain "%"
-	'string': {
-		pattern: /(^|\W)'(?:''|[^'\n])*'/,
-		lookbehind: true
-	},
+	'string': /\B'(?:''|[^'\n])*'/,
 	'comment': [
 		/%\{[\s\S]*?\}%/,
 		/%.+/
diff --git a/components/prism-matlab.min.js b/components/prism-matlab.min.js
index 4fa7d4a9f1..42dc38121f 100644
--- a/components/prism-matlab.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-matlab.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.matlab={string:{pattern:/(^|\W)'(?:''|[^'\n])*'/,lookbehind:!0},comment:[/%\{[\s\S]*?\}%/,/%.+/],number:/\b-?(?:\d*\.?\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?(?:[ij])?|[ij])\b/,keyword:/\b(?:break|case|catch|continue|else|elseif|end|for|function|if|inf|NaN|otherwise|parfor|pause|pi|return|switch|try|while)\b/,"function":/(?!\d)\w+(?=\s*\()/,operator:/\.?[*^\/\\']|[+\-:@]|[<>=~]=?|&&?|\|\|?/,punctuation:/\.{3}|[.,;\[\](){}!]/};
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+Prism.languages.matlab={string:/\B'(?:''|[^'\n])*'/,comment:[/%\{[\s\S]*?\}%/,/%.+/],number:/\b-?(?:\d*\.?\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?(?:[ij])?|[ij])\b/,keyword:/\b(?:break|case|catch|continue|else|elseif|end|for|function|if|inf|NaN|otherwise|parfor|pause|pi|return|switch|try|while)\b/,"function":/(?!\d)\w+(?=\s*\()/,operator:/\.?[*^\/\\']|[+\-:@]|[<>=~]=?|&&?|\|\|?/,punctuation:/\.{3}|[.,;\[\](){}!]/};
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