diff --git a/buildtools/re2/Dockerfile b/buildtools/re2/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 17d7d6e02269..000000000000
--- a/buildtools/re2/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 The OWASP Coraza contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-FROM ghcr.io/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/buildtools-wasi-sdk:main
-
-RUN apt-get install -y patch
-
-# Use post-release commit for now as it includes support for no-threads
-RUN mkdir -p /re2 && curl -L https://github.com/google/re2/archive/954656f47fe8fb505d4818da1e128417a79ea500.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components 1 -C /re2
-WORKDIR /re2
-ENV RE2_CXXFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -I. -DRE2_NO_THREADS
-RUN make obj/libre2.a
-
-RUN mkdir -p /cre2 && curl -L https://bitbucket.org/marcomaggi/cre2/downloads/cre2-0.4.0-devel.2.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components 1 -C /cre2
-WORKDIR /cre2
-ADD cre2.patch cre2.patch
-RUN patch -p1 < cre2.patch
-# host is required by configure but not used so set it arbitrarily
-RUN RE2_CFLAGS=-I/re2 RE2_LIBS=/re2/obj ./configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --enable-shared=false && \
-    make
-
-CMD ["bash", "-c", "cp /re2/obj/libre2.a /out/libre2.a && cp /cre2/.libs/libcre2.a /out/libcre2.a"]
diff --git a/buildtools/re2/cre2.patch b/buildtools/re2/cre2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ef08f3c16eb..000000000000
--- a/buildtools/re2/cre2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/cre2.cpp b/src/cre2.cpp
-index 5a63b93..54152ff 100644
---- a/src/cre2.cpp
-+++ b/src/cre2.cpp
-@@ -288,6 +288,27 @@ cre2_match (const cre2_regexp_t *re , const char *text,
-   }
-   return (retval)? 1 : 0;
- }
-+
-+int
-+cre2_match8 (const cre2_regexp_t *re , const char *text,
-+            int textlen, int startpos, int endpos, cre2_anchor_t anchor,
-+            cre2_string_t *match, int nmatch)
-+{
-+  re2::StringPiece	text_re2(text, textlen);
-+  re2::StringPiece match_re2[8];
-+  RE2::Anchor		anchor_re2 = to_cre2_anchor(anchor);
-+  bool			retval; // 0 for no match
-+  // 1 for successful matching
-+  retval = TO_CONST_RE2(re)->Match(text_re2, startpos, endpos, anchor_re2, match_re2, 8);
-+  if (retval) {
-+    for (int i=0; i<8; i++) {
-+      match[i].data   = match_re2[i].data();
-+      match[i].length = match_re2[i].length();
-+    }
-+  }
-+  return (retval)? 1 : 0;
-+}
-+
- int
- cre2_easy_match (const char * pattern, int pattern_len,
- 		 const char *text, int text_len,
-@@ -462,7 +483,6 @@ DEFINE_MATCH_REX_FUN2(cre2_find_and_consume_re,FindAndConsumeN)
- int
- cre2_replace (const char * pattern, cre2_string_t * text_and_target, cre2_string_t * rewrite)
- {
--  try {
-     std::string		S(text_and_target->data, text_and_target->length);
-     re2::StringPiece	R(rewrite->data, rewrite->length);
-     char *		buffer; /* this exists to make GCC shut up about const */
-@@ -477,12 +497,6 @@ cre2_replace (const char * pattern, cre2_string_t * text_and_target, cre2_string
-     } else
-       return -1;
-     return int(retval);
--  } catch(const std::exception &e) {
--    // e.what();
--    return -1;
--  } catch(...) {
--    return -1;
--  }
- }
- int
- cre2_replace_re (cre2_regexp_t * rex, cre2_string_t * text_and_target, cre2_string_t * rewrite)
-diff --git a/src/cre2.h b/src/cre2.h
-index 92eaf65..a34051f 100644
---- a/src/cre2.h
-+++ b/src/cre2.h
-@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ cre2_decl int cre2_match	(const cre2_regexp_t * re,
- 				 int startpos, int endpos, cre2_anchor_t anchor,
- 				 cre2_string_t * match, int nmatch);
- 
-+cre2_decl int cre2_match8	(const cre2_regexp_t * re,
-+                             const char * text, int textlen,
-+                             int startpos, int endpos, cre2_anchor_t anchor,
-+                             cre2_string_t * match, int nmatch);
-+
- cre2_decl int cre2_easy_match	(const char * pattern, int pattern_len,
- 				 const char * text, int text_len,
- 				 cre2_string_t * match, int nmatch);
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4c276f280d6..14260ae0069d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tetratelabs/proxy-wasm-go-sdk v0.20.1-0.20221031045735-89d180d022a5
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.3
+	github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v0.0.0-20221219074959-3ec67f9038f0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/petar-dambovaliev/aho-corasick v0.0.0-20211021192214-5ab2d9280aa9 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.3 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.4.0.20221213074253-2e13f57f56a1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a67871b6890a..44bbba3fae29 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PK
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/tetratelabs/proxy-wasm-go-sdk v0.20.1-0.20221031045735-89d180d022a5 h1:gbsZkzeu+H7oX9xJA97eIuNHCuXfppuJh32mX2Cpeqc=
 github.com/tetratelabs/proxy-wasm-go-sdk v0.20.1-0.20221031045735-89d180d022a5/go.mod h1:A0osZ5uU1yRt5ZOdRRzIHxJZf8xzsxvEkeL8Ae698+s=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.3 h1:Z5fbogMUGcERzaQb9mQU8+yJSy0bVvv2ce3dfR4wcZg=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.3/go.mod h1:M8UDNECGm/HVjOfq0EOe4QfCY9Les1eq54IChMLETbc=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.4.0.20221213074253-2e13f57f56a1 h1:L+/AG1GzZc8u7tIl7ijAl508T/FHu9esMf+E3hZ1JVA=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.4.0.20221213074253-2e13f57f56a1/go.mod h1:u8wrFmpdrykiFK0DFPiFm5a4+0RzsdmXYVtijBKqUVo=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.3 h1:9jvXn7olKEHU1S9vwoMGliaT8jq1vJ7IH/n9zD9Dnlw=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.3/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JT
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
+github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v0.0.0-20221219074959-3ec67f9038f0 h1:+dy0jRJ7Y0sMNJPUkTeZ8qC9qc9tNWJ/Noha+L6w2ZE=
+github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v0.0.0-20221219074959-3ec67f9038f0/go.mod h1:9YbcVrlaRryN9yCvk1fAjJTn5MLKPEd9/LnCJPkGWxY=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 h1:6zppjxzCulZykYSLyVDYbneBfbaBIQPYMevg0bEwv2s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.1.0 h1:hZ/3BUoy5aId7sCpA/Tc5lt8DkFgdVS2onTpJsZ/fl0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
diff --git a/init_tinygo.go b/init_tinygo.go
index b3a514d46957..5e6382531696 100644
--- a/init_tinygo.go
+++ b/init_tinygo.go
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ package main
 
 import _ "github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/internal/gc"
 
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: lib/libinjection.a lib/libre2.a lib/libcre2.a lib/libc++.a lib/libc++abi.a lib/libaho_corasick.a lib/libmimalloc.a lib/libgc.a
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: lib/libinjection.a lib/libaho_corasick.a lib/libmimalloc.a lib/libgc.a
 import "C"
diff --git a/internal/operators/rx.go b/internal/operators/rx.go
index f40b72934e78..a6d332757407 100644
--- a/internal/operators/rx.go
+++ b/internal/operators/rx.go
@@ -6,44 +6,41 @@
 package operators
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/rules"
-
-	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/internal/re2"
+	re2 "github.com/wasilibs/go-re2"
 )
 
 type rx struct {
-	re    re2.RegExp
-	debug bool
+	re *re2.Regexp
 }
 
 var _ rules.Operator = (*rx)(nil)
 
 func newRX(options rules.OperatorOptions) (rules.Operator, error) {
-	o := &rx{}
 	data := options.Arguments
 
-	if data == `(?:\$(?:\((?:\(.*\)|.*)\)|\{.*})|\/\w*\[!?.+\]|[<>]\(.*\))` {
-		o.debug = true
-		fmt.Println("enabling rx debug!")
-	}
-
 	re, err := re2.Compile(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	o.re = re
-	return o, err
+	return &rx{re: re}, nil
 }
 
 func (o *rx) Evaluate(tx rules.TransactionState, value string) bool {
-	res := o.re.FindStringSubmatch8(value, func(i int, match string) {
-		tx.CaptureField(i, match)
-	})
-	if o.debug {
-		fmt.Println(res)
+
+	if tx.Capturing() {
+		match := o.re.FindStringSubmatch(value)
+		if len(match) == 0 {
+			return false
+		}
+		for i, c := range match {
+			if i == 9 {
+				return true
+			}
+			tx.CaptureField(i, c)
+		}
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return o.re.MatchString(value)
 	}
-	return res
 }
diff --git a/internal/re2/re2.go b/internal/re2/re2.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 08414f1a22c9..000000000000
--- a/internal/re2/re2.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OWASP Coraza contributors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-//go:build tinygo
-
-package re2
-
-import (
-	"reflect"
-	"runtime"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-//export cre2_new
-func cre2New(patternPtr unsafe.Pointer, patternLen uint32, opts unsafe.Pointer) unsafe.Pointer
-
-//export cre2_delete
-func cre2Delete(rePtr unsafe.Pointer)
-
-//export cre2_opt_new
-func cre2OptNew() unsafe.Pointer
-
-//export cre2_opt_delete
-func cre2OptDelete(ptr unsafe.Pointer)
-
-//export cre2_opt_set_max_mem
-func cre2OptSetMaxMem(ptr unsafe.Pointer, maxMem uint64)
-
-//export cre2_match
-func cre2Match(rePtr unsafe.Pointer, textPtr unsafe.Pointer, textLen uint32, startPos uint32, endPos uint32,
-	anchor uint32, matchArrPtr unsafe.Pointer, nmatch uint32) uint32
-
-//export cre2_match8
-func cre2Match8(rePtr unsafe.Pointer, textPtr unsafe.Pointer, textLen uint32, startPos uint32, endPos uint32,
-	anchor uint32, matchArrPtr unsafe.Pointer, nmatch uint32) uint32
-
-type RegExp struct {
-	ptr unsafe.Pointer
-}
-
-func Compile(pattern string) (RegExp, error) {
-	sh := (*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&pattern))
-	opts := cre2OptNew()
-	defer cre2OptDelete(opts)
-	cre2OptSetMaxMem(opts, 8<<20 /* 8MB */)
-	rePtr := cre2New(unsafe.Pointer(sh.Data), uint32(sh.Len), opts)
-	runtime.KeepAlive(pattern)
-	// TODO(anuraaga): Propagate compilation errors from re2.
-	return RegExp{ptr: rePtr}, nil
-}
-
-func (re RegExp) FindStringSubmatch8(text string, f func(int, string)) bool {
-	sh := (*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&text))
-	// Array of cre2_string_t, which is const char* and int, easiest way to get it is an array of ints.
-	var matchArr [16]uint32
-	matchArrPtr := unsafe.Pointer(&matchArr[0])
-	res := cre2Match8(re.ptr, unsafe.Pointer(sh.Data), uint32(sh.Len), 0, uint32(sh.Len), 0, matchArrPtr, 8)
-	if res == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// Pointer math! re2 will return matches which are memory pointers into memory corresponding to text.
-	// GC semantics are clearest if we convert them to indexes within text rather than dereference the
-	// pointers directly.
-	textPtr := uint32(sh.Data)
-
-	for i := 0; i < 8; i++ {
-		sPtr := matchArr[2*i]
-		if sPtr == 0 {
-			break
-		}
-		sLen := matchArr[2*i+1]
-
-		textIdx := sPtr - textPtr
-		f(i, text[textIdx:textIdx+sLen])
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/lib/libc++.a b/lib/libc++.a
deleted file mode 100644
index 07f697ee7732..000000000000
Binary files a/lib/libc++.a and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/libc++abi.a b/lib/libc++abi.a
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fff4b7d8462..000000000000
Binary files a/lib/libc++abi.a and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/libcre2.a b/lib/libcre2.a
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf839c1d9cf..000000000000
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diff --git a/magefiles/magefile.go b/magefiles/magefile.go
index 852f2f0ce9c3..832e9a9cc0cb 100644
--- a/magefiles/magefile.go
+++ b/magefiles/magefile.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ tinygo build -gc=custom -opt=2 -o %s -scheduler=none -target=wasi %s`, filepath.
 
 // UpdateLibs updates the C++ filter dependencies.
 func UpdateLibs() error {
-	libs := []string{"aho-corasick", "bdwgc", "libinjection", "mimalloc", "re2"}
+	libs := []string{"aho-corasick", "bdwgc", "libinjection", "mimalloc"}
 	for _, lib := range libs {
 		if err := sh.RunV("docker", "build", "-t", "ghcr.io/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/buildtools-"+lib, filepath.Join("buildtools", lib)); err != nil {
 			return err