diff --git a/base/broadcast.jl b/base/broadcast.jl
index 194bbd489a515..8dd85622b55e3 100644
--- a/base/broadcast.jl
+++ b/base/broadcast.jl
@@ -605,11 +605,9 @@ julia> Broadcast.broadcastable("hello") # Strings break convention of matching i
 Base.RefValue{String}("hello")
 ```
 """
-broadcastable(x::Union{Symbol,AbstractString,Function,UndefInitializer,Nothing,RoundingMode,Missing,Val}) = Ref(x)
-broadcastable(x::Ptr) = Ref(x)
+broadcastable(x::Union{Symbol,AbstractString,Function,UndefInitializer,Nothing,RoundingMode,Missing,Val,Ptr,Regex}) = Ref(x)
 broadcastable(::Type{T}) where {T} = Ref{Type{T}}(T)
 broadcastable(x::Union{AbstractArray,Number,Ref,Tuple,Broadcasted}) = x
-broadcastable(r::Regex) = Ref(r)
 # Default to collecting iterables — which will error for non-iterables
 broadcastable(x) = collect(x)
 broadcastable(::Union{AbstractDict, NamedTuple}) = throw(ArgumentError("broadcasting over dictionaries and `NamedTuple`s is reserved"))