diff --git a/src/standard/notify-path.html b/src/standard/notify-path.html
index 43301e4d51..8933ff1c6a 100644
--- a/src/standard/notify-path.html
+++ b/src/standard/notify-path.html
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
         var effectArg = effect.trigger.name;
         return (effectArg == path) ||
           (effectArg.indexOf(path + '.') === 0) ||
-          (effect.trigger.wildcard && path.indexOf(effectArg + '.') === 0);
+          (effect.trigger.wildcard && path.indexOf(effectArg) === 0);
       },
 
       /**
diff --git a/test/unit/notify-path.html b/test/unit/notify-path.html
index 922928239f..6d1e02889e 100644
--- a/test/unit/notify-path.html
+++ b/test/unit/notify-path.html
@@ -950,38 +950,6 @@
     arraysEqual(el.array, [-1, 99, 2, 3]);
   });
 
-  test('patch matches effect', function() {
-    var effect = {
-      trigger: {
-        name: 'foo.bar'
-      }
-    };
-
-    assert.isTrue(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo', effect));
-    assert.isTrue(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.bar', effect));
-
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('bar', effect));
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('foobar', effect));
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.bar.baz', effect));
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.baz', effect));
-
-    effect = {
-      trigger: {
-        name: 'foo.bar',
-        wildcard: true
-      }
-    };
-
-    assert.isTrue(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo', effect));
-    assert.isTrue(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.bar', effect));
-    assert.isTrue(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.bar.baz', effect));
-
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('foobar', effect));
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.bars', effect));
-    assert.notOk(el._pathMatchesEffect('foo.baz', effect));
-
-  });
-
 });
 
 suite('malformed observers', function() {