diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/openapi/openapi31.py b/sphinxcontrib/openapi/openapi31.py
index 1c943fa..eb3a7e0 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/openapi/openapi31.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/openapi/openapi31.py
@@ -473,11 +473,9 @@ def openapihttpdomain(spec, **options):
     # Remove paths matching regexp
     if "exclude" in options:
         _paths = []
-        for e in options["exclude"]:
-            er = re.compile(e)
-            for path in paths:
-                if not er.match(path):
-                    _paths.append(path)
+        for path in paths:
+            if not any(re.match(pattern, path) for pattern in options["exclude"]):
+                _paths.append(path)
         paths = _paths
 
     render_request = False