diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/helpers.h b/src/backend/helpers/helpers.h
index 145340bf..e2ec49f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/helpers.h
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/helpers.h
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 #define __LOOT_HELPERS__
 
 #include <string>
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <regex>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 namespace loot {
     /// Array used to try each of the expressions defined using
     /// an iteration for each of them.
-    extern const std::vector<boost::regex> version_checks;
+    extern const std::vector<std::regex> version_checks;
 
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Helper functions
diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/json.h b/src/backend/helpers/json.h
index dfb13131..1e30b965 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/json.h
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/json.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ along with LOOT.  If not, see
 
 #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
 
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <regex>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 
 namespace loot {
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ namespace loot {
 
             // Using the definition at <http://www.json.org/>.
             // Version numbers and revision IDs should be kept as strings though.
-            boost::regex numbers("\"(?!version|revision)([^\"]+)\": \"(-?(?:0|[1-9]\\d*)(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\\d+)?)\"", boost::regex::ECMAScript);
+            std::regex numbers("\"(?!version|revision)([^\"]+)\": \"(-?(?:0|[1-9]\\d*)(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\\d+)?)\"", std::regex::ECMAScript);
 
-            json = boost::regex_replace(json, numbers, "\"$1\": $2");
+            json = std::regex_replace(json, numbers, "\"$1\": $2");
 
             return json;
         }
diff --git a/src/backend/helpers/version.cpp b/src/backend/helpers/version.cpp
index 6438655c..bb022f4e 100644
--- a/src/backend/helpers/version.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/helpers/version.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-
 #include <alphanum.hpp>
 
+#include <regex>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@
 
 namespace loot {
     using namespace std;
-    using boost::regex;
-    using boost::regex_match;
 
     Version::Version() {}
 
@@ -159,4 +156,4 @@ namespace loot {
     bool Version::operator != (const Version& ver) const {
         return !(*this == ver);
     }
-        }
+    }
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/condition_grammar.h b/src/backend/metadata/condition_grammar.h
index 5936e476..ea1b2cef 100644
--- a/src/backend/metadata/condition_grammar.h
+++ b/src/backend/metadata/condition_grammar.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "../error.h"
 
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <regex>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/regex.hpp>
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ namespace loot {
 
             BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Checking to see if any files matching the regex \"" << regexStr << "\" exist.";
 
-            boost::regex sepReg("/|(\\\\\\\\)", boost::regex::ECMAScript | boost::regex::icase);
+            std::regex sepReg("/|(\\\\\\\\)", std::regex::ECMAScript | std::regex::icase);
 
             std::vector<std::string> components;
-            boost::sregex_token_iterator it(regexStr.begin(), regexStr.end(), sepReg, -1);
-            boost::sregex_token_iterator itend;
+            std::sregex_token_iterator it(regexStr.begin(), regexStr.end(), sepReg, -1);
+            std::sregex_token_iterator itend;
             for (; it != itend; ++it) {
                 components.push_back(*it);
             }
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ namespace loot {
                 return;
             }
 
-            boost::regex reg;
+            std::regex reg;
             try {
-                reg = boost::regex(filename, boost::regex::ECMAScript | boost::regex::icase);
+                reg = std::regex(filename, std::regex::ECMAScript | std::regex::icase);
             }
             catch (std::exception& /*e*/) {
                 BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Invalid regex string:" << filename;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace loot {
             }
 
             for (boost::filesystem::directory_iterator itr(parent_path); itr != boost::filesystem::directory_iterator(); ++itr) {
-                if (boost::regex_match(itr->path().filename().string(), reg)) {
+                if (std::regex_match(itr->path().filename().string(), reg)) {
                     result = true;
                     BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(trace) << "Matching file found: " << itr->path();
                     return;
diff --git a/src/backend/metadata/plugin_metadata.cpp b/src/backend/metadata/plugin_metadata.cpp
index 187ed89c..0f965dce 100644
--- a/src/backend/metadata/plugin_metadata.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/metadata/plugin_metadata.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@
 #include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale.hpp>
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <regex>
 
 using namespace std;
-using boost::regex;
-using boost::regex_match;
-using boost::regex_search;
-using boost::smatch;
 
 namespace loot {
     PluginMetadata::PluginMetadata() : enabled(true), _isPriorityExplicit(false), priority(0) {}
diff --git a/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp b/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp
index f4651014..8a323b77 100644
--- a/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@
 #include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale.hpp>
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <regex>
 
 using namespace std;
-using boost::regex;
-using boost::regex_match;
-using boost::regex_search;
-using boost::smatch;
 
 namespace loot {
     /// REGEX expression definition
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ namespace loot {
 
     /// Array used to try each of the expressions defined above using
     /// an iteration for each of them.
-    const std::vector<boost::regex> version_checks({
+    const vector<regex> version_checks({
         regex(regex1, regex::ECMAScript | regex::icase),
         regex(regex2, regex::ECMAScript | regex::icase),
         regex(regex3, regex::ECMAScript | regex::icase),