diff --git a/pywb/warcserver/index/fuzzymatcher.py b/pywb/warcserver/index/fuzzymatcher.py
index 8c0827bd..a38ca170 100644
--- a/pywb/warcserver/index/fuzzymatcher.py
+++ b/pywb/warcserver/index/fuzzymatcher.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ FuzzyRule = namedtuple('FuzzyRule',
 
 # ============================================================================
 class FuzzyMatcher(object):
-    DEFAULT_FILTER = ['~urlkey:{0}']
+    DEFAULT_FILTER = ['urlkey:{0}']
     DEFAULT_MATCH_TYPE = 'prefix'
     DEFAULT_REPLACE_AFTER = '?'
 
diff --git a/pywb/warcserver/index/test/test_fuzzymatcher.py b/pywb/warcserver/index/test/test_fuzzymatcher.py
index 66e3e167..f1285692 100644
--- a/pywb/warcserver/index/test/test_fuzzymatcher.py
+++ b/pywb/warcserver/index/test/test_fuzzymatcher.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class TestFuzzy(object):
         return params
 
     def get_expected(self, url, mime='text/html', filters=None):
-        filters = filters or ['~urlkey:']
+        filters = filters or ['urlkey:']
         exp = [{'filter': filters,
                'is_fuzzy': True,
                'urlkey': canonicalize(url),
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class TestFuzzy(object):
         actual_url = 'http://youtube.com/get_video_info?a=d&html5=true&___abc=125&video_id=ABCD&id=1234'
         params = self.get_params(url, actual_url)
         cdx_iter, errs = self.fuzzy(self.source, params)
-        filters = ['~urlkey:html5=true', '~urlkey:video_id=abcd']
+        filters = ['urlkey:html5=true', 'urlkey:video_id=abcd']
         assert list(cdx_iter) == self.get_expected(url=actual_url, filters=filters)
 
     def test_no_fuzzy_custom_rule_video_id_diff(self):