diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f98e2296..23a64f9b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ target_link_libraries(maidsafe_common
     ${BoostChronoLibs}
     ${BoostDateTimeLibs}
     ${BoostFilesystemLibs}
-    ${BoostLocaleLibs}
-    ${BoostRegexLibs}
     ${BoostSystemLibs}
     ${BoostThreadLibs}
     ${BoostProgramOptionsLibs}
diff --git a/include/maidsafe/common/authentication/detail/secure_string.h b/include/maidsafe/common/authentication/detail/secure_string.h
index 9e3e3857..bb7b1717 100644
--- a/include/maidsafe/common/authentication/detail/secure_string.h
+++ b/include/maidsafe/common/authentication/detail/secure_string.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <functional>
 
-#include "boost/regex.hpp"
+#include <regex>
 
 // Include this first to avoid having to wrap the cryptopp includes in a pragma to disable warnings
 #include "maidsafe/common/crypto.h"  // NOLINT
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class SecureInputString {
 
   bool IsInitialised() const;
   bool IsFinalised() const;
-  bool IsValid(const boost::regex& regex) const;
+  bool IsValid(const std::regex& regex) const;
 
   template <typename HashType>
   SecureString::Hash Hash() const;
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ class SecureInputString {
   SafeString Encrypt(const StringType& decrypted_chars) const;
   SafeString Encrypt(const char& decrypted_char) const;
   SafeString Decrypt(const SafeString& encrypted_char) const;
-  bool ValidateEncryptedChars(const boost::regex& regex) const;
-  bool ValidateSecureString(const boost::regex& regex) const;
+  bool ValidateEncryptedChars(const std::regex& regex) const;
+  bool ValidateSecureString(const std::regex& regex) const;
 
   std::map<size_type, SafeString> encrypted_chars_;
   SafeString phrase_;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::IsFinalised() const {
 }
 
 template <typename Predicate, SecureString::size_type Size, typename Tag>
-bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::IsValid(const boost::regex& regex) const {
+bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::IsValid(const std::regex& regex) const {
   return IsFinalised() ? ValidateSecureString(regex) : ValidateEncryptedChars(regex);
 }
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ SafeString SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::Decrypt(
 
 template <typename Predicate, SecureString::size_type Size, typename Tag>
 bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::ValidateEncryptedChars(
-    const boost::regex& regex) const {
+    const std::regex& regex) const {
   if (!Predicate()(encrypted_chars_.size(), Size))
     return false;
   uint32_t counter(0);
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::ValidateEncryptedChars(
     if (encrypted_char.first != counter)
       return false;
     SafeString decrypted_char(Decrypt(encrypted_char.second));
-    if (!boost::regex_search(decrypted_char, regex))
+    if (!std::regex_search(decrypted_char, regex))
       return false;
     ++counter;
   }
@@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::ValidateEncryptedChars(
 
 template <typename Predicate, SecureString::size_type Size, typename Tag>
 bool SecureInputString<Predicate, Size, Tag>::ValidateSecureString(
-    const boost::regex& regex) const {
+    const std::regex& regex) const {
   SafeString decrypted_string(string());
   size_type decrypted_string_size(decrypted_string.size());
   if (!Predicate()(decrypted_string_size, Size))
     return false;
   for (size_type i = 0; i != decrypted_string_size; ++i) {
-    if (!boost::regex_search(SafeString(1, decrypted_string[i]), regex))
+    if (!std::regex_search(SafeString(1, decrypted_string[i]), regex))
       return false;
   }
   return true;
diff --git a/src/maidsafe/common/authentication/tests/secure_string_test.cc b/src/maidsafe/common/authentication/tests/secure_string_test.cc
index 3510e485..3faafbd8 100644
--- a/src/maidsafe/common/authentication/tests/secure_string_test.cc
+++ b/src/maidsafe/common/authentication/tests/secure_string_test.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "maidsafe/common/authentication/detail/secure_string.h"
 
-#include "boost/regex.hpp"
+#include <regex>
 
 #include "maidsafe/common/error.h"
 #include "maidsafe/common/log.h"
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ TEST(SecureStringTest, BEH_CheckPasswordIsValidForAllChars) {
   for (size_t i(0); i != 23; ++i)
     EXPECT_NO_THROW(password.Insert(i, static_cast<char>(RandomInt32())));
 
-  ASSERT_TRUE(password.IsValid(boost::regex(".")));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(password.IsValid(std::regex(".")));
 
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(password.Finalise());
 }
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ TEST(SecureStringTest, BEH_InsertInvalidPinValue) {
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(pin.Finalise());
 
   ASSERT_EQ(SafeString("a123"), pin.string());
-  EXPECT_TRUE(pin.IsValid(boost::regex(".")));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(pin.IsValid(std::regex(".")));
   EXPECT_THROW(pin.Value(), std::exception);
 
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(pin.Remove(0, 1));
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(pin.Insert(0, '0'));
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(pin.Finalise());
-  EXPECT_TRUE(pin.IsValid(boost::regex(".")));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(pin.IsValid(std::regex(".")));
 
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(pin.Finalise());
   ASSERT_EQ(123, pin.Value());