diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/Utils.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/Utils.java
index bdad852fe7..09e3dcba36 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/Utils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/Utils.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import java.text.Bidi;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.SynchronousQueue;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 
 import app.revanced.integrations.shared.settings.BooleanSetting;
 import app.revanced.integrations.shared.settings.preference.ReVancedAboutPreference;
-import kotlin.text.Regex;
 
 public class Utils {
 
@@ -474,14 +474,14 @@ static Sort fromKey(@Nullable String key, @NonNull Sort defaultSort) {
         }
     }
 
-    private static final Regex punctuationRegex = new Regex("\\p{P}+");
+    private static final Pattern punctuationPattern = Pattern.compile("\\p{P}+");
 
     /**
      * Strips all punctuation and converts to lower case.  A null parameter returns an empty string.
      */
     public static String removePunctuationConvertToLowercase(@Nullable CharSequence original) {
         if (original == null) return "";
-        return punctuationRegex.replace(original, "").toLowerCase();
+        return punctuationPattern.matcher(original).replaceAll("").toLowerCase();
     }
 
     /**