diff --git a/src/backtrack.rs b/src/backtrack.rs
index 4296e63e3b..918610a504 100644
--- a/src/backtrack.rs
+++ b/src/backtrack.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl<'r, 't, 'c> Backtrack<'r, 't, 'c> {
                     }
                 }
                 Ranges(ref inst) => {
-                    if inst.matches(at.char()).is_some() {
+                    if inst.matches(at.char()) {
                         pc += 1;
                         at = self.input.at(at.next_pos());
                     } else {
diff --git a/src/nfa.rs b/src/nfa.rs
index 2759dabeb2..88a7711e22 100644
--- a/src/nfa.rs
+++ b/src/nfa.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl<'r, 't> Nfa<'r, 't> {
                 false
             }
             Ranges(ref inst) => {
-                if inst.matches(at.char()).is_some() {
+                if inst.matches(at.char()) {
                     self.add(nlist, thread_caps, pc+1, at_next);
                 }
                 false
diff --git a/src/program.rs b/src/program.rs
index ae0a4fd22d..2bd54bdf71 100644
--- a/src/program.rs
+++ b/src/program.rs
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@ impl CharRanges {
 
     /// Tests whether the given input character matches this instruction.
     #[inline(always)] // About ~5-15% more throughput then `#[inline]`
-    pub fn matches(&self, c: Char) -> Option<usize> {
+    pub fn matches(&self, c: Char) -> bool {
         // This speeds up the `match_class_unicode` benchmark by checking
         // some common cases quickly without binary search. e.g., Matching
         // a Unicode class on predominantly ASCII text.
-        for (i, r) in self.ranges.iter().take(4).enumerate() {
+        for r in self.ranges.iter().take(4) {
             if c < r.0 {
-                return None;
+                return false;
             }
             if c <= r.1 {
-                return Some(i);
+                return true;
             }
         }
         self.ranges.binary_search_by(|r| {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl CharRanges {
             } else {
                 Ordering::Equal
             }
-        }).ok()
+        }).is_ok()
     }
 }