diff --git a/opteryx/__version__.py b/opteryx/__version__.py
index b5de5538..8ab44407 100644
--- a/opteryx/__version__.py
+++ b/opteryx/__version__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__build__ = 970
+__build__ = 971
 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/opteryx/compiled/functions/vectors.pyx b/opteryx/compiled/functions/vectors.pyx
index ca54d90b..ba6cc985 100644
--- a/opteryx/compiled/functions/vectors.pyx
+++ b/opteryx/compiled/functions/vectors.pyx
@@ -313,8 +313,4 @@ cpdef inline bytes lemmatize(char* word, int word_len):
     if word_len > 2 and strncmp(word + word_len - 1, b"s", 1) == 0:
         return word[:word_len - 1]
 
-    # Check 'e' ending
-    if word_len > 2 and strncmp(word + word_len - 1, b"e", 1) == 0:
-        return word[:word_len - 1]
-
     return word  # Return the original if no suffix matches