diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a76a2cf0..933fbc55 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
   "browser": {
     "./src/node/index.js": "./src/client.js",
     "./lib/node/index.js": "./lib/client.js",
-    "./test/support/server.js": "./test/support/blank.js",
-    "re2": false
+    "./test/support/server.js": "./test/support/blank.js"
   },
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/ladjs/superagent/issues"
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@
     "formidable": "^3.5.1",
     "methods": "^1.1.2",
     "mime": "2.6.0",
-    "qs": "^6.11.0",
-    "re2": "^1.21.3"
+    "qs": "^6.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.20.7",
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index fc3514cc..fc1314c1 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-let RE2;
-let hasRE2 = true;
-
-try {
-  RE2 = require('re2');
-} catch {
-  hasRE2 = false;
-}
-
-const SafeRegExp = hasRE2 ? RE2 : RegExp;
-
 
 /**
  * Return the mime type for the given `str`.
@@ -125,7 +114,7 @@ exports.mixin = (target, source) => {
  */
 
 exports.isGzipOrDeflateEncoding = (res) => {
-  return new SafeRegExp(/^\s*(?:deflate|gzip)\s*$/).test(res.headers['content-encoding']);
+  return new RegExp(/^\s*(?:deflate|gzip)\s*$/).test(res.headers['content-encoding']);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -135,5 +124,5 @@ exports.isGzipOrDeflateEncoding = (res) => {
  */
 
 exports.isBrotliEncoding = (res) => {
-  return new SafeRegExp(/^\s*(?:br)\s*$/).test(res.headers['content-encoding']);
+  return new RegExp(/^\s*(?:br)\s*$/).test(res.headers['content-encoding']);
 };