diff --git a/baystation12.dme b/baystation12.dme
index bfa7dff4dd6..238a4935310 100644
--- a/baystation12.dme
+++ b/baystation12.dme
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "code\setup.dm"
 #include "code\stylesheet.dm"
 #include "code\world.dm"
-#include "code\__HELPERS\bygex.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\files.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\game.dm"
 #include "code\__HELPERS\global_lists.dm"
diff --git a/bygex.dll b/bygex.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index e7bdd9f9a78..00000000000
Binary files a/bygex.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/bygex.dm b/code/__HELPERS/bygex.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index 0955b107508..00000000000
--- a/code/__HELPERS/bygex.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef LIBREGEX_LIBRARY
-	#define LIBREGEX_LIBRARY "bygex"
-#endif
-
-proc
-	regEx_compare(str, exp)
-		return new /datum/regex(str, exp, call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regEx_compare")(str, exp))
-
-	regex_compare(str, exp)
-		return new /datum/regex(str, exp, call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regex_compare")(str, exp))
-
-	regEx_find(str, exp)
-		return new /datum/regex(str, exp, call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regEx_find")(str, exp))
-
-	regex_find(str, exp)
-		return new /datum/regex(str, exp, call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regex_find")(str, exp))
-
-	regEx_replaceall(str, exp, fmt)
-		return call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regEx_replaceall")(str, exp, fmt)
-
-	regex_replaceall(str, exp, fmt)
-		return call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regex_replaceall")(str, exp, fmt)
-
-	replacetextEx(str, exp, fmt)
-		return call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regEx_replaceallliteral")(str, exp, fmt)
-
-	replacetext(str, exp, fmt)
-		return call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regex_replaceallliteral")(str, exp, fmt)
-
-	regEx_replace(str, exp, fmt)
-		return call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regEx_replace")(str, exp, fmt)
-
-	regex_replace(str, exp, fmt)
-		return call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regex_replace")(str, exp, fmt)
-
-	regEx_findall(str, exp)
-		return new /datum/regex(str, exp, call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regEx_findall")(str, exp))
-
-	regex_findall(str, exp)
-		return new /datum/regex(str, exp, call(LIBREGEX_LIBRARY, "regex_findall")(str, exp))
-
-
-//upon calling a regex match or search, a /datum/regex object is created with str(haystack) and exp(needle) variables set
-//it also contains a list(matches) of /datum/match objects, each of which holds the position and length of the match
-//matched strings are not returned from the dll, in order to save on memory allocation for large numbers of strings
-//instead, you can use regex.str(matchnum) to fetch this string as needed.
-//likewise you can also use regex.pos(matchnum) and regex.len(matchnum) as shorthands
-/datum/regex
-	var/str
-	var/exp
-	var/error
-	var/anchors = 0
-	var/list/matches = list()
-
-	New(str, exp, results)
-		src.str = str
-		src.exp = exp
-
-		if(findtext(results, "Err", 1, 4))	//error message
-			src.error = results
-		else
-			var/list/L = params2list(results)
-			var/list/M
-			var{i;j}
-			for(i in L)
-				M = L[i]
-				for(j=2, j<=M.len, j+=2)
-					matches += new /datum/match(text2num(M[j-1]),text2num(M[j]))
-			anchors = (j-2)/2
-		return matches
-
-	proc
-		str(i)
-			if(!i)	return str
-			var/datum/match/M = matches[i]
-			return copytext(str, M.pos, M.pos+M.len)
-
-		pos(i)
-			if(!i)	return 1
-			var/datum/match/M = matches[i]
-			return M.pos
-
-		len(i)
-			if(!i)	return length(str)
-			var/datum/match/M = matches[i]
-			return M.len
-
-		end(i)
-			if(!i) return length(str)
-			var/datum/match/M = matches[i]
-			return M.pos + M.len
-
-		report()	//debug tool
-			. = ":: RESULTS ::\n:: str :: [html_encode(str)]\n:: exp :: [html_encode(exp)]\n:: anchors :: [anchors]"
-			if(error)
-				. += "\n<font color='red'>[error]</font>"
-				return
-			for(var/i=1, i<=matches.len, ++i)
-				. += "\nMatch[i]\n\t[html_encode(str(i))]\n\tpos=[pos(i)] len=[len(i)]"
-
-/datum/match
-	var/pos
-	var/len
-
-	New(pos, len)
-		src.pos = pos
-		src.len = len
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index d33f976fe76..a493aa9d080 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -194,7 +194,35 @@ proc/checkhtml(var/t)
 /*
  * Text modification
  */
- //Adds 'u' number of zeros ahead of the text 't'
+/proc/replacetext(text, find, replacement)
+	var/find_len = length(find)
+	if(find_len < 1)	return text
+	. = ""
+	var/last_found = 1
+	while(1)
+		var/found = findtext(text, find, last_found, 0)
+		. += copytext(text, last_found, found)
+		if(found)
+			. += replacement
+			last_found = found + find_len
+			continue
+		return .
+
+/proc/replacetextEx(text, find, replacement)
+	var/find_len = length(find)
+	if(find_len < 1)	return text
+	. = ""
+	var/last_found = 1
+	while(1)
+		var/found = findtextEx(text, find, last_found, 0)
+		. += copytext(text, last_found, found)
+		if(found)
+			. += replacement
+			last_found = found + find_len
+			continue
+		return .
+
+//Adds 'u' number of zeros ahead of the text 't'
 /proc/add_zero(t, u)
 	while (length(t) < u)
 		t = "0[t]"