diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_script.c b/src/http/ngx_http_script.c
index f793457..b809e2b 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_script.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_script.c
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@
             {
             ngx_uint_t  n;
 
-            /* NGX_HTTP_MAX_CAPTURES is 9 */
-
             if (sc->source->data[i] >= '1' && sc->source->data[i] <= '9') {
 
                 n = sc->source->data[i] - '0';
@@ -828,20 +826,9 @@
         e->line.data = e->sp->data;
     }
 
-    if (code->ncaptures && r->captures == NULL) {
+    rc = ngx_http_regex_exec(r, code->regex, &e->line);
 
-        r->captures = ngx_palloc(r->pool,
-                                 (NGX_HTTP_MAX_CAPTURES + 1) * 3 * sizeof(int));
-        if (r->captures == NULL) {
-            e->ip = ngx_http_script_exit;
-            e->status = NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    rc = ngx_regex_exec(code->regex, &e->line, r->captures, code->ncaptures);
-
-    if (rc == NGX_REGEX_NO_MATCHED) {
+    if (rc == NGX_DECLINED) {
         if (e->log || (r->connection->log->log_level & NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP)) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, r->connection->log, 0,
                           "\"%V\" does not match \"%V\"",
@@ -870,11 +857,7 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    if (rc < 0) {
-        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, r->connection->log, 0,
-                      ngx_regex_exec_n " failed: %d on \"%V\" using \"%V\"",
-                      rc, &e->line, &code->name);
-
+    if (rc == NGX_ERROR) {
         e->ip = ngx_http_script_exit;
         e->status = NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
         return;
@@ -885,9 +868,6 @@
                       "\"%V\" matches \"%V\"", &code->name, &e->line);
     }
 
-    r->ncaptures = code->ncaptures;
-    r->captures_data = e->line.data;
-
     if (code->test) {
         if (code->negative_test) {
             e->sp->len = 0;