diff --git a/utils/user.go b/utils/user.go
index 5f7f4e9..2b68ebe 100644
--- a/utils/user.go
+++ b/utils/user.go
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@ func WildcardUserPatternsToRegexPatterns(wildCardPatterns []string) (*[]*regexp.
 
 // MatchUserWithAllowedRegexes tells if the given user id is allowed to use the bot, according to the given whitelist
 // An empty whitelist means "everyone is allowed"
-func MatchUserWithAllowedRegexes(userID string, allowed []*regexp.Regexp) (bool, error) {
+func MatchUserWithAllowedRegexes(userID string, allowed []*regexp.Regexp) bool {
 	// No whitelisted users means everyone is whitelisted
 	if len(allowed) == 0 {
-		return true, nil
+		return true
 	}
 
 	for _, regex := range allowed {
 		if regex.MatchString(userID) {
-			return true, nil
+			return true
 		}
 	}
 
-	return false, nil
+	return false
 }
 
 // parseAllowedUserRule parses a user whitelisting rule and returns a regular expression which corresponds to it
diff --git a/utils/user_test.go b/utils/user_test.go
index 93d4329..ed6de85 100644
--- a/utils/user_test.go
+++ b/utils/user_test.go
@@ -202,10 +202,7 @@ func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Error(err)
 				}
 
-				actualResult, err := MatchUserWithAllowedRegexes(testData.checkedValue, *allowedUserRegexes)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Error(err)
-				}
+				actualResult := MatchUserWithAllowedRegexes(testData.checkedValue, *allowedUserRegexes)
 
 				if actualResult == testData.expectedResult {
 					return