diff --git a/qa/qa/page/element.rb b/qa/qa/page/element.rb
index af93a575cb6..23e1b10fe33 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/element.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/element.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module QA
 
       def initialize(name, pattern = nil)
         @name = name
-        @pattern = pattern || "qa-#{@name.to_s.gsub('_', '-')}"
+        @pattern = pattern || "qa-#{@name.to_s.tr('_', '-')}"
       end
 
       def expression