diff --git a/bin/autojump b/bin/autojump
index 13e8783..b562eec 100755
--- a/bin/autojump
+++ b/bin/autojump
@@ -272,11 +272,8 @@ def match_consecutive(needles, haystack, ignore_case=False):
             (path="/moo/foo/baz", weight=10),
             (path="/foo/baz", weight=10)]
     """
-    if is_windows():
-        # The normal \\ separator needs to be escaped again for use in regex.
-        sep = '\\\\'
-    else:
-        sep = os.sep
+    # The normal \\ separator needs to be escaped again for use in regex.
+    sep = '\\\\' if is_windows() else os.sep
     regex_no_sep = '[^' + sep + ']*'
     regex_no_sep_end = regex_no_sep + '$'
     regex_one_sep = regex_no_sep + sep + regex_no_sep