diff --git a/src/ast/rewriter/seq_rewriter.cpp b/src/ast/rewriter/seq_rewriter.cpp
index dd07362b6..5dae6921d 100644
--- a/src/ast/rewriter/seq_rewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/rewriter/seq_rewriter.cpp
@@ -3094,15 +3094,8 @@ br_status seq_rewriter::mk_str_in_regexp(expr* a, expr* b, expr_ref& result) {
 
 bool seq_rewriter::has_fixed_length_constraint(expr* a, unsigned& len) {
     unsigned minl = re().min_length(a), maxl = re().max_length(a);
-    if (minl == maxl) {
-        len = minl;
-        return true;
-    }
-    expr* b = nullptr, *c = nullptr;
-    if (re().is_intersection(a, b, c)) {
-        return has_fixed_length_constraint(b, len) || has_fixed_length_constraint(c, len);
-    }
-    return false;
+    len = minl;
+    return minl == maxl;
 }
 
 br_status seq_rewriter::mk_str_to_regexp(expr* a, expr_ref& result) {