diff --git a/NgxExport/Tools/PCRE.hs b/NgxExport/Tools/PCRE.hs
index d4c9533..4c5f673 100644
--- a/NgxExport/Tools/PCRE.hs
+++ b/NgxExport/Tools/PCRE.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell, BangPatterns, OverloadedStrings #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface, CApiFFI #-}
-
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-dodgy-foreign-imports #-}
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
@@ -43,16 +40,10 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import           Data.List
 import           Data.Maybe
 import           Data.IORef
-import           Text.Regex.PCRE.Light hiding (compile, compileM)
-import           Text.Regex.PCRE.Light.Base
-import           Text.Regex.PCRE.Heavy hiding (compileM)
+import           Text.Regex.PCRE.Light
+import           Text.Regex.PCRE.Heavy
 import           Control.Exception (Exception, throwIO)
 import           Control.Arrow
-import           Foreign.Ptr
-import           Foreign.ForeignPtr
-import           Foreign.C.String
-import           Foreign.Storable
-import           Foreign.Marshal.Alloc
 import           System.IO.Unsafe
 
 -- $matchingPCRE
@@ -173,34 +164,6 @@ declareRegexes = ignitionService $ const $ return ""
 
 ngxExportSimpleServiceTyped 'declareRegexes ''InputRegexes SingleShotService
 
-
-{- SPLICE: compile with pcre_free finalizer, mostly adopted from pcre-light -}
-
-foreign import capi "pcre.h value pcre_free" c_pcre_free' :: FinalizerPtr a
-
-compile :: ByteString -> [PCREOption] -> Regex
-compile s o = case compileM s o of
-    Right r -> r
-    Left e -> error ("Text.Regex.PCRE.Light: Error in regex: " ++ e)
-
-compileM :: ByteString -> [PCREOption] -> Either String Regex
-compileM str os = unsafePerformIO $
-    C8.useAsCString str $ \ptn ->
-        alloca $ \errptr ->
-            alloca $ \erroffset -> do
-                pcre_ptr <- c_pcre_compile ptn (combineOptions os)
-                    errptr erroffset nullPtr
-                if pcre_ptr == nullPtr
-                    then do
-                        err <- peekCString =<< peek errptr
-                        return (Left err)
-                    else do
-                        reg <- newForeignPtr c_pcre_free' pcre_ptr
-                        return (Right (Regex reg str))
-
-{- SPLICE: END -}
-
-
 compileRegexes :: ByteString -> IO L.ByteString
 compileRegexes = const $ do
     !inputRegexes <- fromJust <$> readIORef storage_InputRegexes_declareRegexes
diff --git a/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal b/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal
index a20a87c..bfc9dc3 100644
--- a/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal
+++ b/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ library
                           , aeson >= 1.0.0.0 && < 2.0.0.0
 
   if flag(PCRE)
-    build-depends:          pcre-light >= 0.4
+    build-depends:          pcre-light >= 0.4.1.2
                           , pcre-heavy
 
   exposed-modules:          NgxExport.Tools.Aggregate