diff --git a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/pairlist_helpers.py b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/pairlist_helpers.py
index 5967b1dfa..ca8fdc200 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/pairlist_helpers.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/pairlist_helpers.py
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ def expand_pairlist(wildcardpl: List[str], available_pairs: List[str],
             except re.error as err:
                 raise ValueError(f"Wildcard error in {pair_wc}, {err}")
 
-        for element in result:
-            if not re.fullmatch(r'^[A-Za-z0-9:/-]+$', element):
-                result.remove(element)
+        result = [element for element in result if re.fullmatch(r'^[A-Za-z0-9:/-]+$', element)]
+
     else:
         for pair_wc in wildcardpl:
             try:
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py b/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
index a718a0e8d..f930bc066 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
@@ -1373,6 +1373,9 @@ def test_expand_pairlist(wildcardlist, pairs, expected):
     (['BTC/USDT:USDT'],
      ['BTC/USDT:USDT', 'BTC/USDT'],
      ['BTC/USDT:USDT']),
+    (['BB_BTC/USDT', 'CC_BTC/USDT', 'AA_ETH/USDT', 'XRP/USDT', 'ETH/USDT', 'XX_BTC/USDT'],
+     ['BTC/USDT', 'ETH/USDT'],
+     ['XRP/USDT', 'ETH/USDT']),
 ])
 def test_expand_pairlist_keep_invalid(wildcardlist, pairs, expected):
     if expected is None: