diff --git a/editors/code/src/toolchain.ts b/editors/code/src/toolchain.ts
index 355dd76fe5..9a1e79e3ba 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/toolchain.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/toolchain.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export async function getRustcId(dir: string): Promise<string> {
 
     // do not memoize the result because the toolchain may change between runs
     const data = await execute(`${rustcPath} -V -v`, { cwd: dir });
-    const rx = /commit-hash:\s(.*)$/m.compile();
+    const rx = /commit-hash:\s(.*)$/m;
 
     return rx.exec(data)![1];
 }