diff --git a/modules/lang/web/+html.el b/modules/lang/web/+html.el
index cec94b1b1..5c896e08c 100644
--- a/modules/lang/web/+html.el
+++ b/modules/lang/web/+html.el
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
                        unless (string-match-p "^[a-z-]" (cdr pair))
                        collect (cons (car pair)
                                      ;; TODO Replace with `string-trim-right' (Emacs 26+)
-                                     (if (string-match "\\(?:>\\|]\\|}\\)+\\'" string)
-                                         (replace-match "" t t string)
-                                       string)))))
+                                     (let ((string (cdr pair)))
+                                       (if (string-match "\\(?:>\\|]\\|}\\)+\\'" string)
+                                           (replace-match "" t t string)
+                                         string))))))
     (setf (alist-get nil web-mode-engines-auto-pairs) nil))
 
   (map! :map web-mode-map