diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index 490c5bf7dc..8852d93b84 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ module GitHub extend self
 
   def issues_matching(query)
     uri = ISSUES_URI.dup
-    uri.query = "q=#{uri_escape(query)}+repo:Homebrew/homebrew&per_page=100"
+    uri.query = "q=#{uri_escape(query)}+repo:Homebrew/homebrew+in:title&per_page=100"
     open(uri) { |json| json["items"] }
   end
 
@@ -305,9 +305,7 @@ module GitHub extend self
 
   def issues_for_formula name
     # don't include issues that just refer to the tool in their body
-    issues_matching(name).select { |issue|
-      issue["state"] == "open" && issue["title"].include?(name)
-    }
+    issues_matching(name).select { |issue| issue["state"] == "open" }
   end
 
   def find_pull_requests rx
@@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ module GitHub extend self
     query = rx.source.delete('.*').gsub('\\', '')
 
     open_or_closed_prs = issues_matching(query).select do |issue|
-      rx === issue["title"] && issue["pull_request"]["html_url"]
+      issue["pull_request"]["html_url"]
     end
 
     open_prs = open_or_closed_prs.select {|i| i["state"] == "open" }