diff --git a/ionic/platform/platform.ts b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
index cba958b23e..90d050833b 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/platform.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ export class Platform {
    * @returns {boolean} TODO
    */
   testNavigatorPlatform(navigatorPlatformExpression) {
-    let rgx = new RegExp(navigatorPlatformExpression, 'i');
-    return rgx.test(this._bPlt || '');
+    return navigatorPlatformExpression.test(this._bPlt || '');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ionic/platform/registry.ts b/ionic/platform/registry.ts
index f9481695b8..57233170df 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/registry.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/registry.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Platform.register({
       // however, under-powered devices shouldn't use ripple
       // if this a linux device, and is using Android Chrome v36 (Android 5.0)
       // or above then use ripple, otherwise do not use a ripple effect
-      if (p.testNavigatorPlatform('linux')) {
+      if (p.testNavigatorPlatform('/linux/i')) {
         let chromeVersion = p.matchUserAgentVersion(/Chrome\/(\d+).(\d+)?/);
         if (chromeVersion) {
           // linux android device using modern android chrome browser gets ripple
@@ -175,5 +175,5 @@ function isIOSDevice(p) {
   // checks navigator.platform to see if it's an actual iOS device
   // this does not use the user-agent string because it is often spoofed
   // an actual iPad will return true, a chrome dev tools iPad will return false
-  return p.testNavigatorPlatform(/iphone|ipad|ipod/);
+  return p.testNavigatorPlatform(/iphone|ipad|ipod/i);
 }