diff --git a/fdroidserver/scanner.py b/fdroidserver/scanner.py
index b0783bfa..9aa16bb7 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/scanner.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/scanner.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import itertools
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import re
 import stat
+import re
 import sys
 import traceback
 import urllib.parse
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def get_gradle_compile_commands_without_catalog(build):
 
 def get_gradle_compile_commands_with_catalog(build, prefix):
     return [
-        re.compile(rf"""\s*\S*{c}\S*\s*\(?{prefix}\.([a-z0-9.]+)""", re.IGNORECASE)
+        re.compile(rf'\s*{c}.*\s*\(?{prefix}\.([a-z0-9.]+)', re.IGNORECASE)
         for c in get_gradle_compile_commands(build)
     ]
 
diff --git a/tests/source-files/catalog.test/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/tests/source-files/catalog.test/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 944d53d4..40eeaa54 100644
--- a/tests/source-files/catalog.test/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tests/source-files/catalog.test/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(libs.plugins.androidApplication.asLibraryDependency)
-    "playImplementation"(libs.firebase.core)
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_scanner.py b/tests/test_scanner.py
index 99eea021..96f477ac 100755
--- a/tests/test_scanner.py
+++ b/tests/test_scanner.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class ScannerTest(SetUpTearDownMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             'se.manyver': 3,
             'lockfile.test': 1,
             'com.lolo.io.onelist': 6,
-            'catalog.test': 23,
+            'catalog.test': 22,
         }
         for d in (basedir / 'source-files').iterdir():
             build = fdroidserver.metadata.Build()