diff --git a/packages/core/src/convert/toTokenizedValue.js b/packages/core/src/convert/toTokenizedValue.js
index 65bd4f99..dafda17c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/convert/toTokenizedValue.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/convert/toTokenizedValue.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const toTokenizedValue = (
 	/** @type {string} */
 	scale,
 ) => value.replace(
-	/([+-])?((?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?)?(\$|(?<!url\(.*)--|--(?!.*\)))([$\w-]+)/g,
+	/([+-])?((?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?)?(\$|--)([$\w-]+)/g,
 	($0, direction, multiplier, separator, token) => (
 		separator == "$" == !!multiplier
 			? $0
diff --git a/packages/core/tests/issue-986.js b/packages/core/tests/issue-986.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3267c795..00000000
--- a/packages/core/tests/issue-986.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import { toTokenizedValue } from '../src/convert/toTokenizedValue.js'
-
-describe('Issue #986', () => {
-	const sampleURL = 'https://example.com/images/some-url-string-1--Version-6.jpg'
-
-	test('url only', () => {
-		const tokenizedUrlOnly = toTokenizedValue(`url(${sampleURL})`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedUrlOnly).toBe(`url(${sampleURL})`)
-	})
-	
-	test('url with additional properties before or after', () => {
-		const tokenizedConstantSuffix = toTokenizedValue(`url(${sampleURL}) fixed`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedConstantSuffix).toBe(`url(${sampleURL}) fixed`)
-
-		const tokenizedConstantPrefix = toTokenizedValue(`repeat url(${sampleURL})`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedConstantPrefix).toBe(`repeat url(${sampleURL})`)
-
-		const tokenizedVariableSuffix = toTokenizedValue(`url(${sampleURL}) -1--Version-6`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedVariableSuffix).toBe(`url(${sampleURL}) calc(var(--Version-6)*-1)`)
-
-		const tokenizedVariablePrefix = toTokenizedValue(`-1--Version-6 url(${sampleURL})`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedVariablePrefix).toBe(`calc(var(--Version-6)*-1) url(${sampleURL})`)
-	})
-
-	test('url with additional properties both before and after', () => {
-		const tokenizedConstantPrePostfix = toTokenizedValue(`repeat url(${sampleURL}) fixed`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedConstantPrePostfix).toBe(`repeat url(${sampleURL}) fixed`)
-
-		const tokenizedVariablePrePostfix = toTokenizedValue(`-1--Version-6 url(${sampleURL}) -1--Version-7`, '', '')
-		expect(tokenizedVariablePrePostfix).toBe(`calc(var(--Version-6)*-1) url(${sampleURL}) calc(var(--Version-7)*-1)`)
-
-	})
-})