diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d55c2ac3..325a9225a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ implemented in C++11, currently targeting iOS, OS X, and Ubuntu Linux.
  - [`libuv 0.10+`](https://github.com/joyent/libuv)
  - [`glfw 3.1+`](http://www.glfw.org/)
  - [`libcurl`](http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) (depends on OpenSSL; Linux only)
- - `libboost_regex` (Linux only)
  - Apple Command Line Tools (for build on OS X; available at [Apple Developer](https://developer.apple.com/downloads))
  - `pkg-config` (for build only)
  - [Homebrew](http://brew.sh) (for build on OS X)
@@ -85,11 +84,11 @@ Finally, install Boost. If you're running Ubuntu 12.04 or older, you need to ins
 
 	sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:boost-latest/ppa
 	sudo apt-get update
-	sudo apt-get install libboost1.55-dev libboost-regex1.55-dev
+	sudo apt-get install libboost1.55-dev
 
 Otherwise, you can just install
 
-	sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev
+	sudo apt-get install libboost-dev
 
 Once you're done installing the build dependencies, you can get started by running
 
diff --git a/include/mbgl/util/token.hpp b/include/mbgl/util/token.hpp
index 786654133..0f045f434 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/util/token.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/util/token.hpp
@@ -1,38 +1,36 @@
 #ifndef MBGL_UTIL_TOKEN
 #define MBGL_UTIL_TOKEN
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-namespace regex_impl = boost;
-#else
-#include <regex>
-namespace regex_impl = std;
-#endif
-
 #include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace mbgl {
 namespace util {
 
-namespace detail {
-const regex_impl::regex tokenRegex("\\{([\\w-]+)\\}");
-const regex_impl::sregex_token_iterator tokensEnd = regex_impl::sregex_token_iterator();
-}
-
+// Replaces {tokens} in a string by calling the lookup function.
 template <typename Lookup>
 std::string replaceTokens(const std::string &source, const Lookup &lookup) {
     std::string result;
     result.reserve(source.size());
 
-    bool token = false;
-    for (auto token_it = regex_impl::sregex_token_iterator(source.begin(), source.end(),
-                                                           detail::tokenRegex, {-1, 1});
-        token_it != detail::tokensEnd; ++token_it, token = !token) {
-        if (!token_it->matched) {
-            continue;
-        }
+    auto pos = source.begin();
+    const auto end = source.end();
 
-        result += token ? lookup(token_it->str()) : token_it->str();
+    while (pos != end) {
+        auto brace = std::find(pos, end, '{');
+        result.append(pos, brace);
+        pos = brace;
+        if (pos != end) {
+            for (brace++; brace != end && std::isalnum(*brace); brace++);
+            if (brace != end && *brace == '}') {
+                result.append(lookup({ pos + 1, brace }));
+                pos = brace + 1;
+            } else {
+                result.append(pos, brace);
+                pos = brace;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return result;
diff --git a/linux/mapboxgl-app.gyp b/linux/mapboxgl-app.gyp
index 75ad23552..913a1fac4 100644
--- a/linux/mapboxgl-app.gyp
+++ b/linux/mapboxgl-app.gyp
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
         '<@(curl_ldflags)',
         '<@(zlib_ldflags)',
       ],
-      'conditions': [
-        ['OS == "linux"', {
-            'libraries':[ '-L<(boost_root)/lib','-lboost_regex' ]
-        }]
-      ],
       'dependencies': [
         '../mapboxgl.gyp:mbgl-standalone',
         '../mapboxgl.gyp:mbgl-linux',
diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index 2668a2ddb..cdeb63d97 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     mapbox_time "install_build_tools" \
     sudo apt-get -y install git build-essential zlib1g-dev automake gdb \
                             libtool xutils-dev make cmake pkg-config python-pip \
-                            libboost1.55-dev libboost-regex1.55-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+                            libboost1.55-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
                             libpng-dev libsqlite3-dev
 
     mapbox_time "install_mesa_deps" \
diff --git a/src/map/tile_parser.cpp b/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
index 72f97096a..e707cde62 100644
--- a/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
 
 #include <locale>
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-namespace regex_impl = boost;
-#else
-#include <regex>
-namespace regex_impl = std;
-#endif
-
 namespace mbgl {
 
 // Note: This destructor is seemingly empty, but we need to declare it anyway
diff --git a/test/test.gyp b/test/test.gyp
index 0261df837..74f4139a9 100644
--- a/test/test.gyp
+++ b/test/test.gyp
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
       '<@(curl_ldflags)',
       '<@(png_ldflags)'
     ],
-    'conditions': [
-      ['OS == "linux"', {
-          'ldflags':[ '-L<(boost_root)/lib','-lboost_regex' ]
-      }]
-    ],
   },
   'targets': [
     { 'target_name': 'rotation_range',