diff --git a/django_codemod/visitors/urls.py b/django_codemod/visitors/urls.py
index bcb8cef0..8fbb2187 100644
--- a/django_codemod/visitors/urls.py
+++ b/django_codemod/visitors/urls.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def update_call_to_path(self, updated_node: Call):
         self.check_not_simple_string(first_arg)
         # Extract the URL pattern from the first argument
         pattern = first_arg.value.evaluated_value
-        self.check_missing_start(pattern)
         # If we reach this point, we might be able to use `path()`
         call = self.build_path_call(pattern, other_args)
         AddImportsVisitor.add_needed_import(
@@ -64,11 +63,6 @@ def check_not_simple_string(self, first_arg: Arg):
         if not m.matches(first_arg, m.Arg(value=m.SimpleString())):
             raise PatternNotSupported()
 
-    def check_missing_start(self, pattern):
-        """Patterns that do not match the start of the string with caret."""
-        if not pattern.startswith("^"):
-            raise PatternNotSupported()
-
     def build_path_call(self, pattern, other_args):
         """Build the `Call` node using Django 2.0's `path()` function."""
         route = self.build_route(pattern)
diff --git a/tests/visitors/test_urls.py b/tests/visitors/test_urls.py
index 873766c2..77758899 100644
--- a/tests/visitors/test_urls.py
+++ b/tests/visitors/test_urls.py
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def test_simple_substitution(self) -> None:
         """
         self.assertCodemod(before, after)
 
-    def test_starting_caret(self) -> None:
-        """Patterns not starting with '^' are migrated to re_path."""
+    def test_no_starting_caret(self) -> None:
+        """Patterns not starting with '^' are also migrated to path."""
         before = """
             from django.conf.urls import url
 
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ def test_starting_caret(self) -> None:
             ]
         """
         after = """
-            from django.urls import re_path
+            from django.urls import path
 
             urlpatterns = [
-                re_path(r'about/$', views.about, name='about'),
+                path('about/', views.about, name='about'),
             ]
         """
         self.assertCodemod(before, after)