diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ea7a6c4..0cb88702 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ find_package(Ogg REQUIRED)    #TODO: Not required if we aren't building the clie
 find_package(Vorbis REQUIRED) #TODO: Not required if we aren't building the client
 find_package(Speex REQUIRED)  #TODO: Not required if we aren't building the client
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
-find_package(PCRE REQUIRED)
 
 if(WIN32)
     find_package(PhysX REQUIRED)  #TODO: Not required if we aren't building the client
@@ -64,12 +63,6 @@ if(CURL_IS_STATIC)
     add_definitions(-DCURL_STATICLIB)
 endif(CURL_IS_STATIC)
 
-#libpcre isn't smart enough to detect this either
-option(PCRE_IS_STATIC "Using the static version of libpcre?" ON)
-if(PCRE_IS_STATIC)
-    add_definitions(-DPCRE_STATIC)
-endif(PCRE_IS_STATIC)
-
 option(PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE "Is this release intended for the general public?" OFF)
 if(PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE)
     add_definitions(-DPLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09f92506..9f5ea57b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Plasma currently requires the following third-party libraries:
 - libPNG - http://www.libpng.org/
 - speex - http://www.speex.org/downloads/
 - zlib - http://zlib.net/
-- PCRE - http://www.pcre.org/
 - libcurl - http://curl.haxx.se/
 
 The following libraries are optional:
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/CMakeLists.txt
index cc169b75..cea36c49 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include_directories(${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
 add_definitions(-D_LIB)
 
 add_definitions(-DPRODUCT_BRANCH_ID=${PRODUCT_BRANCH_ID})
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ set(CoreLib_HEADERS
 
 use_precompiled_header(_CoreLibPch.h Pch.cpp CoreLib_HEADERS CoreLib_SOURCES)
 add_library(CoreLib STATIC ${CoreLib_SOURCES} ${CoreLib_HEADERS})
-target_link_libraries(CoreLib ${PCRE_LIBRARY})
 
 if(UNIX)
     target_link_libraries(CoreLib pthread)
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
index cf7103ca..0ff20c19 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 #pragma hdrstop
 
 #include "plString.h"
-#include <pcre.h>
+#include <regex>
 
 const plString plString::Null;
 
@@ -605,66 +605,44 @@ ssize_t plString::Find(const char *str, CaseSensitivity sense) const
 
 bool plString::REMatch(const char *pattern, CaseSensitivity sense) const
 {
-    int opts = PCRE_UTF8;
+    auto opts = std::regex_constants::ECMAScript;
     if (sense == kCaseInsensitive)
-        opts |= PCRE_CASELESS;
-
-    plString pat_full = plString::Format("(?:%s)\\z", pattern);
-    const char *errptr;
-    int erroffs;
-    std::unique_ptr<pcre, std::function<void (pcre *)>>
-        re(pcre_compile(pat_full.c_str(), opts, &errptr, &erroffs, nullptr), pcre_free);
-    if (!re.get()) {
-        hsAssert(0, plString::Format("Invalid Regex pattern: %s (at %d)", errptr, erroffs).c_str());
-        return false;
-    }
+        opts |= std::regex_constants::icase;
 
-    int result = pcre_exec(re.get(), nullptr, c_str(), GetSize(), 0,
-                           PCRE_ANCHORED, nullptr, 0);
-    if (result >= 0)
-        return true;
+    std::regex re;
+    try {
+        re = std::regex(pattern, opts);
+        if (std::regex_match(c_str(), re))
+            return true;
+    } catch (const std::regex_error& e) {
+        hsAssert(0, plString::Format("Regex match error: %s", e.what()).c_str());
+    }
 
-    hsAssert(result == PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH, plString::Format("Regex match error: %d", result).c_str());
     return false;
 }
 
 std::vector<plString> plString::RESearch(const char *pattern,
                                          CaseSensitivity sense) const
 {
-    int opts = PCRE_UTF8;
+    auto opts = std::regex_constants::ECMAScript;
     if (sense == kCaseInsensitive)
-        opts |= PCRE_CASELESS;
-
-    const char *errptr;
-    int erroffs;
-    std::unique_ptr<pcre, std::function<void (pcre *)>>
-        re(pcre_compile(pattern, opts, &errptr, &erroffs, nullptr), pcre_free);
-    if (!re.get()) {
-        hsAssert(0, plString::Format("Invalid Regex pattern: %s (at %d)", errptr, erroffs).c_str());
-        return std::vector<plString>();
-    }
+        opts |= std::regex_constants::icase;
 
-    int ncaps = 0;
-    pcre_fullinfo(re.get(), nullptr, PCRE_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT, &ncaps);
-
-    ncaps += 1;     // For the whole-pattern capture
-    std::unique_ptr<int> outvec(new int[ncaps * 3]);
-    memset(outvec.get(), -1, sizeof(int) * ncaps * 3);
-    int result = pcre_exec(re.get(), nullptr, c_str(), GetSize(), 0, 0,
-                           outvec.get(), ncaps * 3);
-    if (result >= 0) {
-        std::vector<plString> caps;
-        caps.resize(ncaps);
-        for (int i = 0; i < ncaps; ++i) {
-            int start = outvec.get()[i*2], end = outvec.get()[i*2+1];
-            if (start >= 0)
-                caps[i] = Substr(start, end - start);
-        }
-        return caps;
+    std::vector<plString> substrings;
+
+    try {
+        std::regex re(pattern, opts);
+        std::cmatch matches;
+        std::regex_search(c_str(), matches, re);
+        substrings.resize(matches.size());
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < matches.size(); ++i)
+            substrings[i] = matches[i].str().c_str();
+    } catch (const std::regex_error& e) {
+        hsAssert(0, plString::Format("Regex search error: %s", e.what()).c_str());
     }
 
-    hsAssert(result == PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH, plString::Format("Regex search error: %d", result).c_str());
-    return std::vector<plString>();
+    return substrings;
 }
 
 static bool in_set(char key, const char *charset)