diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/CaptureVariablePathElement.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/CaptureVariablePathElement.java
index db2daaec01..510f31894c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/CaptureVariablePathElement.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/CaptureVariablePathElement.java
@@ -111,10 +111,7 @@ class CaptureVariablePathElement extends PathElement {
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			if (matchingContext.isMatchStartMatching && pathIndex == matchingContext.pathLength) {
-				match = true;  // no more data but matches up to this point
-			}
-			else if (this.next != null) {
+			if (this.next != null) {
 				match = this.next.matches(pathIndex, matchingContext);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/LiteralPathElement.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/LiteralPathElement.java
index a6b9b23f58..6482b030ef 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/LiteralPathElement.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/LiteralPathElement.java
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ class LiteralPathElement extends PathElement {
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			if (matchingContext.isMatchStartMatching && pathIndex == matchingContext.pathLength) {
-				return true;  // no more data but everything matched so far
-			}
 			return (this.next != null && this.next.matches(pathIndex, matchingContext));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
index 3e54c740f1..738b03e824 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
@@ -581,8 +581,6 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 
 		final int pathLength;
 
-		boolean isMatchStartMatching = false;
-
 		@Nullable
 		private Map<String, String> extractedUriVariables;
 
@@ -613,10 +611,6 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 			return matchOptionalTrailingSeparator;
 		}
 
-		public void setMatchStartMatching(boolean b) {
-			isMatchStartMatching = b;
-		}
-
 		public void set(String key, String value, MultiValueMap<String,String> parameters) {
 			if (this.extractedUriVariables == null) {
 				this.extractedUriVariables = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/RegexPathElement.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/RegexPathElement.java
index 3f5eaa028a..45a3326e97 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/RegexPathElement.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/RegexPathElement.java
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ class RegexPathElement extends PathElement {
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				if (matchingContext.isMatchStartMatching && (pathIndex + 1 >= matchingContext.pathLength)) {
-					return true;  // no more data but matches up to this point
-				}
 				matches = (this.next != null && this.next.matches(pathIndex + 1, matchingContext));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SeparatorPathElement.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SeparatorPathElement.java
index 8290a89d0d..48a0535d74 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SeparatorPathElement.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SeparatorPathElement.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ class SeparatorPathElement extends PathElement {
 			}
 			else {
 				pathIndex++;
-				if (matchingContext.isMatchStartMatching && pathIndex == matchingContext.pathLength) {
-					return true;  // no more data but matches up to this point
-				}
 				return (this.next != null && this.next.matches(pathIndex, matchingContext));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SingleCharWildcardedPathElement.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SingleCharWildcardedPathElement.java
index 681f4dd6d9..bd6d94030f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SingleCharWildcardedPathElement.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/SingleCharWildcardedPathElement.java
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ class SingleCharWildcardedPathElement extends PathElement {
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			if (matchingContext.isMatchStartMatching && pathIndex == matchingContext.pathLength) {
-				return true;  // no more data but everything matched so far
-			}
 			return (this.next != null && this.next.matches(pathIndex, matchingContext));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/WildcardPathElement.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/WildcardPathElement.java
index 2b07954e57..f267b4a6e2 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/WildcardPathElement.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/WildcardPathElement.java
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ class WildcardPathElement extends PathElement {
 			}
 		}
 		else { 
-			if (matchingContext.isMatchStartMatching && pathIndex == matchingContext.pathLength) {
-				return true; // no more data but matches up to this point
-			}
 			// Within a path (e.g. /aa/*/bb) there must be at least one character to match the wildcard
 			if (segmentData == null || segmentData.length() == 0) {
 				return false;