diff --git a/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh b/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh
index 1abf0a954..795f1db85 100644
--- a/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _phing_does_target_list_need_generating () {
 _phing () {
   if [ -f build.xml ]; then
     if _phing_does_target_list_need_generating; then
-      phing -l |grep -v ":" |grep -v "^$"|grep -v "\-" > .phing_targets
+      phing -l |grep -v ":$" |grep -v "^-*$" > .phing_targets
     fi
     compadd `cat .phing_targets`
   fi