diff --git a/packaging/torchtext/meta.yaml b/packaging/torchtext/meta.yaml
index 2ec9bdf5b9..9d7502200d 100644
--- a/packaging/torchtext/meta.yaml
+++ b/packaging/torchtext/meta.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - requests
     - tqdm
-    - regex
     {{ environ.get('CONDA_PYTORCH_CONSTRAINT') }}
 
 build:
diff --git a/torchtext/transforms.py b/torchtext/transforms.py
index 4212d6839f..e34ec17bf6 100644
--- a/torchtext/transforms.py
+++ b/torchtext/transforms.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import json
+import re
 from copy import deepcopy
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Any, List, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
-import regex as re
 import torch
 import torchtext  # noqa: F401
 from torch import Tensor