diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexMatcher.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexMatcher.cpp
index d6d9db077b..16fa1b4ec1 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexMatcher.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexMatcher.cpp
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ Optional<bool> Matcher<Parser>::execute(MatchInput const& input, MatchState& sta
                         (*it) = state;
                         it->instruction_position = state.fork_at_position;
                         it->initiating_fork = *input.fork_to_replace;
+                        it->capture_group_matches = state.capture_group_matches;
+                        it->matches = state.matches;
                         found = true;
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp
index 2dbd96eb1c..8dd7335463 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibRegex/RegexOptimizer.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ void Regex<Parser>::attempt_rewrite_loops_as_atomic_groups(BasicBlockList const&
     //     -------------------------
     //     bb1       |  RE1
     // can be rewritten as:
-    //     loop.hdr  | ForkStay bb1 (if RE1 matches _something_, empty otherwise)
     //     -------------------------
     //     bb0       | RE0
     //               | ForkReplaceX bb0
@@ -371,15 +370,6 @@ void Regex<Parser>::attempt_rewrite_loops_as_atomic_groups(BasicBlockList const&
         } else {
             VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
         }
-
-        if (candidate.form == AlternateForm::DirectLoopWithoutHeader) {
-            if (candidate.new_target_block.has_value()) {
-                // Insert a fork-stay targeted at the second block.
-                bytecode.insert(candidate.forking_block.start, (ByteCodeValueType)OpCodeId::ForkStay);
-                bytecode.insert(candidate.forking_block.start + 1, candidate.new_target_block->start - candidate.forking_block.start + 2);
-                needed_patches.insert(candidate.forking_block.start, 2u);
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     if (!needed_patches.is_empty()) {