diff --git a/anki/importing/csvfile.py b/anki/importing/csvfile.py
index bb6585e9c..c80119139 100644
--- a/anki/importing/csvfile.py
+++ b/anki/importing/csvfile.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from anki.lang import _
 class TextImporter(NoteImporter):
 
     needDelimiter = True
-    patterns = ("\t", "|", ",", ";", ":")
+    patterns = "\t|,;:"
 
     def __init__(self, col, file):
         NoteImporter.__init__(self, col, file)