diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java
index 50ab3fca614..4ccd60391ec 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				if (!hasSuffix(pattern) && this.pathMatcher.match(pattern + ".*", lookupPath)) {
+				boolean hasSuffix = pattern.indexOf('.') != -1;
+				if (!hasSuffix && this.pathMatcher.match(pattern + ".*", lookupPath)) {
 					return pattern + ".*";
 				}
 			}
@@ -265,28 +266,6 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	private boolean hasSuffix(String pattern) {
-		boolean uriVarMode = false;
-		for (int i = pattern.length(); i > 0; i--) {
-			char c = pattern.charAt(i-1);
-			if (c == '}') {
-				uriVarMode = true;
-			}
-			else if (c == '{') {
-				uriVarMode = false;
-			}
-			else if (c == '/') {
-				return false;
-			}
-			else {
-				if (!uriVarMode && c == '.') {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Compare the two conditions based on the URL patterns they contain.
 	 * Patterns are compared one at a time, from top to bottom via
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java
index 6e58a1a743b..749d6314aaf 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -115,26 +115,6 @@ public class PatternsRequestConditionTests {
 		assertEquals("/{foo}", match.getPatterns().iterator().next());
 	}
 
-	// SPR-11532
-
-	@Test
-	public void matchSuffixPatternWithUriVariables() {
-		testSuffixPattern("/employees/{areaOfResponsibility.owner.id}", "/employees/976685.json", false);
-		testSuffixPattern("/establishments/{establishmentId}", "/establishments/123456789.json", false);
-		testSuffixPattern("/a.b/c", "/a.b/c.json", false);
-		testSuffixPattern("/a/b.json", "/a/b.json", true);
-		testSuffixPattern("/a/{b}.{c}", "/a/b.c", true);
-	}
-
-	public void testSuffixPattern(String pattern, String url, boolean patternHasSuffix) {
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", url);
-		PatternsRequestCondition condition = new PatternsRequestCondition(pattern);
-		PatternsRequestCondition match = condition.getMatchingCondition(request);
-
-		assertNotNull(match);
-		assertEquals((patternHasSuffix ? pattern : pattern + ".*"), match.getPatterns().iterator().next());
-	}
-
 	// SPR-8410
 
 	@Test