diff --git a/lisp/org-element.el b/lisp/org-element.el
index 0c959c0ce..a67cc3cc6 100644
--- a/lisp/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org-element.el
@@ -3890,8 +3890,7 @@ element it has to parse."
 	      (goto-char (car affiliated))
 	      (org-element-keyword-parser limit nil))
 	     ;; LaTeX Environment.
-	     ((looking-at
-	       "[ \t]*\\\\begin{[A-Za-z0-9*]+}\\(\\[.*?\\]\\|{.*?}\\)*[ \t]*$")
+	     ((looking-at "[ \t]*\\\\begin{\\([A-Za-z0-9]+\\*?\\)}")
 	      (org-element-latex-environment-parser limit affiliated))
 	     ;; Drawer and Property Drawer.
 	     ((looking-at org-drawer-regexp)