diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 799173f1f9e0a0463b20927f6e4a925f1c65fd2e..517fed7b7a7c33c0e92f8d719fb272954c84119d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ IF(WIN32)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
-find_package(Boost COMPONENTS regex REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
 
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ SET (CGoGN_EXT_INCLUDES
 	${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR}
 	${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-	${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 # define libs for external libs
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ SET (CGoGN_EXT_LIBS
 	${OPENGL_LIBRARY}
 	${GLEW_LIBRARIES}
 	${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
-	${Boost_REGEX_LIBRARY}
 	tinyxml2
 )
 
diff --git a/include/Utils/shaderMutator.h b/include/Utils/shaderMutator.h
index e2a9f9e813ef7e1fdceb90712a32bb05f9fbaccf..9e359a06f4ca02912c2cc7a128b7f4db705f49a1 100644
--- a/include/Utils/shaderMutator.h
+++ b/include/Utils/shaderMutator.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #undef toupper
 
 #include "Utils/cgognStream.h"
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include <string>
 #include <sstream>
 
diff --git a/src/Utils/shaderMutator.cpp b/src/Utils/shaderMutator.cpp
index 8e19c4ded4fb7ea81d94fd46ed4788a7cc63eb99..54c8a46d7b674575b063677643d5a0ca5b7b54e3 100644
--- a/src/Utils/shaderMutator.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils/shaderMutator.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 *******************************************************************************/
 
 #include "Utils/shaderMutator.h"
+#include <regex>
 
 namespace CGoGN
 {
@@ -451,15 +452,15 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcContainsVariableDeclaration(const std::string& variableNa
 {
 	// Regular expression for variable declaration
 	// <',' OR white-space[1 or more times]> <variableName> <',' OR ';' OR white-space>
-	boost::regex var_re("(,|\\s+)" + variableName + "(,|;|\\s)");
+	std::regex var_re("(,|\\s+)" + variableName + "(,|;|\\s)");
 	
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 	
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = src.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = src.end();
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, var_re, boost::format_first_only))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, var_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(src.begin(), matches[0].first);
@@ -480,10 +481,10 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcSetMinShadingLanguageVersion(int version, std::string& mo
 {
 	// Regular expression for shading language version
 	// <#version> <white-space>[1 or more times] <digit>[1 or more times]
-	boost::regex version_re("#version\\s+(\\d+)");
+	std::regex version_re("#version\\s+(\\d+)");
 
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 
 	// Build the version string
 	std::string versionStr;
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcSetMinShadingLanguageVersion(int version, std::string& mo
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = modifiedSrc.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = modifiedSrc.end();
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, version_re, boost::format_first_only))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, version_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(modifiedSrc.begin(), matches[0].first);
@@ -535,10 +536,10 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcChangeIntConstantValue(int newVal, const std::string& con
 {
 	// Regular expression for constant expression
 	// <#define> <white-space>[1 or more times] <constant name> <white-space>[1 or more times] <digit>[1 or more times]
-	boost::regex const_re("#define\\s+" + constantName + "\\s+(\\d+)");
+	std::regex const_re("#define\\s+" + constantName + "\\s+(\\d+)");
 
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 
 	// Build the constant value string
 	std::string newValStr;
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcChangeIntConstantValue(int newVal, const std::string& con
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = modifiedSrc.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = modifiedSrc.end();
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, const_re, boost::format_first_only))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, const_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(modifiedSrc.begin(), matches[0].first);
@@ -582,10 +583,10 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcChangeFloatConstantValue(float newVal, const std::string&
 	// Regular expression for constant expression
 	// <#define> <white-space>[1 or more times] <constant name> <white-space>[1 or more times]
 	// <digit>[1 or more times] <.>[0 or 1 time] <digit>[0 or more times]
-	boost::regex const_re("#define\\s+" + constantName + "\\s+(\\d+\\.?\\d*)");
+	std::regex const_re("#define\\s+" + constantName + "\\s+(\\d+\\.?\\d*)");
 
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 
 	// Build the constant value string
 	std::string newValStr;
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcChangeFloatConstantValue(float newVal, const std::string&
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = modifiedSrc.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = modifiedSrc.end();
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, const_re, boost::format_first_only))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, const_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(modifiedSrc.begin(), matches[0].first);
@@ -628,15 +629,15 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcInsertCodeBeforeMainFunction(const std::string& insertedC
 {
 	// Regular expression for main function
 	// <void> <white-space>[1 or more times] <main> <white-space>[0 or more times] <'('>
-	boost::regex main_re("(void)\\s+(main)\\s*\\(");
+	std::regex main_re("(void)\\s+(main)\\s*\\(");
 	
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 	
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = modifiedSrc.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = modifiedSrc.end();
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, main_re, boost::format_first_only))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, main_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(modifiedSrc.begin(), matches[0].first);
@@ -664,15 +665,15 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcInsertCodeAtMainFunctionBeginning(const std::string& inse
 	// <void> <white-space>[1 or more times] <main> <white-space>[0 or more times]
 	// <'('> <white-space>[0 or more times] <')'>
 	// <white-space>[0 or more times] <'{'>
-	boost::regex main_re("(void)\\s+(main)\\s*\\(\\s*\\)\\s*\\{");
+	std::regex main_re("(void)\\s+(main)\\s*\\(\\s*\\)\\s*\\{");
 	
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 	
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = modifiedSrc.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = modifiedSrc.end();
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, main_re, boost::format_first_only))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, main_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(modifiedSrc.begin(), matches[0].first);
@@ -703,16 +704,16 @@ bool ShaderMutator::srcInsertCodeAtMainFunctionEnd(const std::string& insertedCo
 	// <void> <white-space>[1 or more times] <main> <white-space>[0 or more times]
 	// <'('> <white-space>[0 or more times] <')'>
 	// <white-space>[0 or more times] <'{'>
-	boost::regex main_re("(void)\\s+(main)\\s*\\(\\s*\\)\\s*\\{");
+	std::regex main_re("(void)\\s+(main)\\s*\\(\\s*\\)\\s*\\{");
 	
 	// Matches results
-	boost::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
+	std::match_results <std::string::iterator> matches;
 	
 	// Search for the first expression that matches and isn't commented
 	std::string::iterator start = modifiedSrc.begin();
 	std::string::iterator end = modifiedSrc.end();
 	size_t mainFirstBracePos = 0;  // The aim is first to find this position
-	while (regex_search(start, end, matches, main_re, boost::format_first_only) && (mainFirstBracePos == 0))
+	while (std::regex_search(start, end, matches, main_re, std::regex_constants::format_first_only) && (mainFirstBracePos == 0))
 	{
 		// Start position of the match
 		size_t startPosition = std::distance(modifiedSrc.begin(), matches[0].first);