diff --git a/lib/oga/css/parser.y b/lib/oga/css/parser.y
index 0aaa524..5aa8dfa 100644
--- a/lib/oga/css/parser.y
+++ b/lib/oga/css/parser.y
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ rule
 
     # ns|foo
     | T_IDENT T_PIPE T_IDENT { [val[0], val[2]] }
-
-    # |foo
-    | T_PIPE T_IDENT { [nil, val[1]] }
     ;
 
   predicates
diff --git a/spec/oga/css/evaluator/paths_spec.rb b/spec/oga/css/evaluator/paths_spec.rb
index 2174d01..dfd9e1b 100644
--- a/spec/oga/css/evaluator/paths_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oga/css/evaluator/paths_spec.rb
@@ -108,20 +108,4 @@ describe 'CSS selector evaluation' do
       @set[2].should == @document.children[0].children[2]
     end
   end
-
-  context 'paths without namespaces and with name wildcards' do
-    before do
-      @set = evaluate_css(@document, 'a |*')
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like :node_set, :length => 2
-
-    example 'include the first <b> node' do
-      @set[0].should == @document.children[0].children[0]
-    end
-
-    example 'include the second <b> node' do
-      @set[1].should == @document.children[0].children[1]
-    end
-  end
 end