diff --git a/lib/src/url.dart b/lib/src/url.dart
index f38482d..b209b43 100644
--- a/lib/src/url.dart
+++ b/lib/src/url.dart
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ bool _hasSigil(String text) {
 // count. 64 is well above any real chat density.
 const int _kMaxMatchesPerMessage = 64;
 
-/// Drop phone candidates that don't look like real phones. Three checks:
+/// Drop phone candidates that don't look like real phones. Two checks:
 ///   1. The character immediately before the match (if any) must be
 ///      whitespace. Anything else — letter, digit, `-`, `:`, `/`, … —
 ///      means the digits are glued to surrounding text (identifiers
@@ -262,16 +262,13 @@ const int _kMaxMatchesPerMessage = 64;
 ///   2. The slice must start with `(`, `+`, or `0`. International
 ///      numbers begin with `+`, US-style begins with `(area)`, most
 ///      domestic formats outside the US use a `0` trunk prefix.
-///   3. The slice must look formatted: either a leading `+` (E.164) or
-///      a digit-separator-digit transition (`555-1234`). A bare digit
-///      run with no internal separator stays unmatched.
 List<UrlMatch> _tightenPhoneMatches(List<UrlMatch> matches, String text) {
   if (matches.isEmpty) return matches;
   final out = <UrlMatch>[];
   for (final m in matches) {
     if (m.kind == UrlMatchKind.phone &&
         (!_phoneLeftBoundaryOk(text, m.start) ||
-            !_phoneSliceIsFormatted(text, m.start, m.end))) {
+            !_phoneLeadingCharOk(text, m.start, m.end))) {
       continue;
     }
     out.add(m);
@@ -292,36 +289,14 @@ bool _phoneLeftBoundaryOk(String text, int start) {
       c == 0x2029 /* paragraph separator */;
 }
 
-bool _phoneSliceIsFormatted(String text, int start, int end) {
+bool _phoneLeadingCharOk(String text, int start, int end) {
   final hi = end > text.length ? text.length : end;
   final lo = start < 0 ? 0 : start;
   if (lo >= hi) return false;
   final first = text.codeUnitAt(lo);
-  if (first != 0x28 /* ( */ &&
-      first != 0x2B /* + */ &&
-      first != 0x30 /* 0 */) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (first == 0x2B /* + */) return true;
-  // 0 = pre-digit, 1 = digit run, 2 = separator after digit.
-  int state = 0;
-  for (int i = lo; i < hi; i++) {
-    final c = text.codeUnitAt(i);
-    final isDigit = c >= 0x30 && c <= 0x39;
-    final isSep = c == 0x20 /* space */ ||
-        c == 0x2D /* - */ ||
-        c == 0x28 /* ( */ ||
-        c == 0x29 /* ) */ ||
-        c == 0x2E /* . */;
-    if (state == 0 && isDigit) {
-      state = 1;
-    } else if (state == 1 && isSep) {
-      state = 2;
-    } else if (state == 2 && isDigit) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
+  return first == 0x28 /* ( */ ||
+      first == 0x2B /* + */ ||
+      first == 0x30 /* 0 */;
 }
 
 List<UrlMatch> _decode(Uint8List buf) {