diff --git a/system/core/Router.php b/system/core/Router.php
index 0c793e4..eb868cd 100644
--- a/system/core/Router.php
+++ b/system/core/Router.php
@@ -372,26 +372,6 @@
 		// Get HTTP verb
 		$http_verb = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) ? strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) : 'cli';
 
-		// Is there a literal match?  If so we're done
-		if (isset($this->routes[$uri]))
-		{
-			// Is it an HTTP verb-based route?
-			if (is_array($this->routes[$uri]))
-			{
-				$route = array_change_key_case($this->routes[$uri], CASE_LOWER);
-				if (isset($route[$http_verb]))
-				{
-					$this->_set_request(explode('/', $route[$http_verb]));
-					return;
-				}
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$this->_set_request(explode('/', $this->routes[$uri]));
-				return;
-			}
-		}
-
 		// Loop through the route array looking for wildcards
 		foreach ($this->routes as $key => $val)
 		{
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 971a234..061efe8 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 -------------------
 
 -  Fixed a bug (#2284) - :doc:`Database <database/index>` method ``protect_identifiers()`` breaks when :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` isn't enabled.
+-  Fixed a bug (#4052) - :doc:`Routing <general/routing>` with anonymous functions didn't work for routes that don't use regular expressions.
 
 Version 3.0.1
 =============