diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/contains/CaseInsensitiveWorkarounds.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/contains/CaseInsensitiveWorkarounds.java
index 5965c6eb4f..e4089a4f53 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/contains/CaseInsensitiveWorkarounds.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/contains/CaseInsensitiveWorkarounds.java
@@ -50,18 +50,9 @@ public class CaseInsensitiveWorkarounds {
     }
 
     public boolean processRegionMatches(String localSrc, String localDest) {
-        final char firstLo = Character.toLowerCase(localDest.charAt(0));
-        final char firstUp = Character.toUpperCase(localDest.charAt(0));
-
-        for (int i = localSrc.length() - localDest.length(); i >= 0; i--) {
-            final char ch = localSrc.charAt(i);
-            if (ch != firstLo && ch != firstUp)
-                continue;
-
+        for (int i = localSrc.length() - localDest.length(); i >= 0; i--)
             if (localSrc.regionMatches(true, i, localDest, 0, localDest.length()))
                 return true;
-        }
-
         return false;        
     }