diff --git a/include/services.h b/include/services.h
index 55b9a2a4a..552688411 100644
--- a/include/services.h
+++ b/include/services.h
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ class Anope
 	 * @param str The string to check against the pattern (e.g. foobar)
 	 * @param case_sensitive Whether or not the match is case sensitive, default false.
 	 */
-	CoreExport static bool Anope::Match(const std::string &str, const std::string &mask, bool case_sensitive = false);
+	CoreExport static bool Match(const std::string &str, const std::string &mask, bool case_sensitive = false);
 };
 
 /*************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/wildcard.cpp b/src/wildcard.cpp
index f2e9d5e9f..65916d038 100644
--- a/src/wildcard.cpp
+++ b/src/wildcard.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static bool match_internal(const unsigned char *str, const unsigned char *mask,
 	return !*wild;
 }
 
-CoreExport bool Anope::Match(const std::string &str, const std::string &mask, bool case_sensitive = false)
+CoreExport bool Anope::Match(const std::string &str, const std::string &mask, bool case_sensitive)
 {
-	return match_internal(str.c_str(), mask.c_str(), case_sensitive);
+	return match_internal((const unsigned char *)str.c_str(), (const unsigned char *)mask.c_str(), case_sensitive);
 }