diff --git a/rfc3986.rl b/rfc3986.rl
index c11abd0f..b8da3e5b 100644
--- a/rfc3986.rl
+++ b/rfc3986.rl
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@
 
     URI = (
         absolute_uri | uri_reference
-    ) >uri_begin %uri_end;
+    );
 }%%
diff --git a/uri.cpp.rl b/uri.cpp.rl
index 79d15d6a..759f4153 100644
--- a/uri.cpp.rl
+++ b/uri.cpp.rl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
     include rfc3986 'rfc3986.rl';
 
-    impl := URI
+    impl := URI >uri_begin %uri_end
     %success
     $!failure
     $trace;