diff --git a/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionBooleanTextMatch.java b/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionBooleanTextMatch.java
index e7d561b..d9f2aa5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionBooleanTextMatch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionBooleanTextMatch.java
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ public Boolean apply(final List<Object> parameters,
 
         return Predicates.globPatterns(
                 pattern,
-                CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE,
-                '\\'
+                CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE
         ).test(text);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionNumberIfPredicate.java b/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionNumberIfPredicate.java
index eacc059..1a2e369 100644
--- a/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionNumberIfPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/walkingkooka/spreadsheet/expression/function/SpreadsheetExpressionFunctionNumberIfPredicate.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ private static Predicate<Object> criteriaFilter(final String value,
     private static Predicate<Object> equalsString(final String expression,
                                                   final SpreadsheetExpressionEvaluationContext context) {
         return (v) ->
-                CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE.globPattern(expression, '~')
+                CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE.globPattern(expression)
                         .test(
                                 context.convertOrFail(
                                         context.evaluate(