diff --git a/lib/router.js b/lib/router.js
index 6fcd94ff..1a23891c 100644
--- a/lib/router.js
+++ b/lib/router.js
@@ -422,9 +422,8 @@ Router.prototype._handlePaths = function(rootNode, spec, scope) {
 
     // Handle paths
     // Sequence the build process with `.each` to avoid race conditions
-    // while building the tree. Also sort(), so that fixed path segments sort
-    // before patterns (by virtue of `[a-zA-Z/] < '{'`).
-    return P.each(Object.keys(paths).sort(), function(pathPattern) {
+    // while building the tree.
+    return P.each(Object.keys(paths), function(pathPattern) {
         var pathSpec = paths[pathPattern];
         var pathURI = new URI(pathPattern, {}, true);
         var path = pathURI.path;
@@ -473,6 +472,9 @@ Router.prototype._handlePaths = function(rootNode, spec, scope) {
                 } else if (segment.modifier === '/') {
                     // Since this path segment is optional, the parent node
                     // has the same value.
+                    // FIXME: Properly handle the case where paths overlap, as
+                    // in /foo and /foo{/bar}, possibly by merging methods
+                    // after initializing them with _handleSwaggerPathSpec().
                     branchNode.value = value;
                 }