From 9bf76c135252674d204c81b3f8c9a6ce62d7cbca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:44:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] replace 'util.re()' with 'text.re()'

remove unnecessary 'util' imports
---
 gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py           |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/arcalive.py        |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py          |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/blogger.py         |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py      | 10 +++++-----
 gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py    |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/everia.py          |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/fanbox.py          |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py    |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/generic.py         |  8 ++++----
 gallery_dl/extractor/girlswithmuscle.py |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/hatenablog.py      |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/hentai2read.py     |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/hentaihere.py      |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/hiperdex.py        |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/imagebam.py        |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/imgbox.py          |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py       |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/kemono.py          |  8 ++++----
 gallery_dl/extractor/komikcast.py       |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/mangahere.py       |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/mangapark.py       |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/mangaread.py       |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/moebooru.py        |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/newgrounds.py      |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/pillowfort.py      |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py           |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/plurk.py           |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/postmill.py        |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/realbooru.py       |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py       |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/rule34us.py        |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py         |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/sankakucomplex.py  |  6 +++---
 gallery_dl/extractor/speakerdeck.py     |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/subscribestar.py   |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py          | 10 +++++-----
 gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py         |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py              |  4 ++--
 gallery_dl/extractor/xasiat.py          | 10 +++++-----
 gallery_dl/extractor/zerochan.py        |  2 +-
 gallery_dl/ytdl.py                      |  4 ++--
 42 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py
index f8777ea3..be4517a7 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/agnph.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://agn.ph/"""
 
 from . import booru
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 import collections
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?agn\.ph"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class AgnphExtractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
             return
 
         tags = collections.defaultdict(list)
-        pattern = util.re(r'class="(.)typetag">([^<]+)')
+        pattern = text.re(r'class="(.)typetag">([^<]+)')
         for tag_type, tag_name in pattern.findall(tag_container):
             tags[tag_type].append(text.unquote(tag_name).replace(" ", "_"))
         for key, value in tags.items():
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/arcalive.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/arcalive.py
index 51f54aa8..802e0fc2 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/arcalive.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/arcalive.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ArcalivePostExtractor(ArcaliveExtractor):
     def _extract_files(self, post):
         files = []
 
-        for video, media in util.re(r"<(?:img|vide(o)) ([^>]+)").findall(
+        for video, media in text.re(r"<(?:img|vide(o)) ([^>]+)").findall(
                 post["content"]):
             if not self.emoticons and 'class="arca-emoticon"' in media:
                 continue
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py
index 0d35540c..1042d789 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class BatotoChapterExtractor(BatotoBase, ChapterExtractor):
             info = text.remove_html(extr('link-hover">', "</"))
         info = text.unescape(info)
 
-        match = util.re(
+        match = text.re(
             r"(?i)(?:(?:Volume|S(?:eason)?)\s*(\d+)\s+)?"
             r"(?:Chapter|Episode)\s*(\d+)([\w.]*)").match(info)
         if match:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/blogger.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/blogger.py
index 33d0ed39..8ca17de5 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/blogger.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/blogger.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from .. import text, util
 
 
 def original(url):
-    return (util.re(r"(/|=)(?:[sw]\d+|w\d+-h\d+)(?=/|$)")
+    return (text.re(r"(/|=)(?:[sw]\d+|w\d+-h\d+)(?=/|$)")
             .sub(r"\1s0", url)
             .replace("http:", "https:", 1))
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class BloggerExtractor(BaseExtractor):
         self.videos = self.config("videos", True)
 
         if self.videos:
-            self.findall_video = util.re(
+            self.findall_video = text.re(
                 r"""src=["'](https?://www\.blogger\.com"""
                 r"""/video\.g\?token=[^"']+)""").findall
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class BloggerExtractor(BaseExtractor):
         blog["date"] = self.parse_datetime_iso(blog["published"])
         del blog["selfLink"]
 
-        findall_image = util.re(
+        findall_image = text.re(
             r'src="(https?://(?:'
             r'blogger\.googleusercontent\.com/img|'
             r'lh\d+(?:-\w+)?\.googleusercontent\.com|'
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
index de510d23..5f03a82a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ class DeviantartExtractor(Extractor):
         if self.quality:
             if self.quality == "png":
                 self.quality = "-fullview.png?"
-                self.quality_sub = util.re(r"-fullview\.[a-z0-9]+\?").sub
+                self.quality_sub = text.re(r"-fullview\.[a-z0-9]+\?").sub
             else:
                 self.quality = f",q_{self.quality}"
-                self.quality_sub = util.re(r",q_\d+").sub
+                self.quality_sub = text.re(r",q_\d+").sub
 
         if self.intermediary:
-            self.intermediary_subn = util.re(r"(/f/[^/]+/[^/]+)/v\d+/.*").subn
+            self.intermediary_subn = text.re(r"(/f/[^/]+/[^/]+)/v\d+/.*").subn
 
         if isinstance(self.original, str) and \
                 self.original.lower().startswith("image"):
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class DeviantartExtractor(Extractor):
             )
 
         # filename metadata
-        sub = util.re(r"\W").sub
+        sub = text.re(r"\W").sub
         deviation["filename"] = "".join((
             sub("_", deviation["title"].lower()), "_by_",
             sub("_", deviation["author"]["username"].lower()), "-d",
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ x2="45.4107524%" y2="71.4898596%" id="app-root-3">\
 
     def _find_folder(self, folders, name, uuid):
         if uuid.isdecimal():
-            match = util.re(
+            match = text.re(
                 "(?i)" + name.replace("-", "[^a-z0-9]+") + "$").match
             for folder in folders:
                 if match(folder["name"]):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py
index 6d808d9b..1ce92a67 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/dynastyscans.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class DynastyscansChapterExtractor(DynastyscansBase, ChapterExtractor):
 
     def metadata(self, page):
         extr = text.extract_from(page)
-        match = util.re(
+        match = text.re(
             r"(?:<a[^>]*>)?([^<]+)(?:</a>)?"  # manga name
             r"(?: ch(\d+)([^:<]*))?"  # chapter info
             r"(?:: (.+))?"  # title
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/everia.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/everia.py
index 91672bb2..785fff5c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/everia.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/everia.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://everia.club"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?everia\.club"
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class EveriaExtractor(Extractor):
         return self._pagination(self.groups[0])
 
     def _pagination(self, path, params=None, pnum=1):
-        find_posts = util.re(r'thumbnail">\s*<a href="([^"]+)').findall
+        find_posts = text.re(r'thumbnail">\s*<a href="([^"]+)').findall
 
         while True:
             if pnum == 1:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class EveriaPostExtractor(EveriaExtractor):
         url = self.root + self.groups[0] + "/"
         page = self.request(url).text
         content = text.extr(page, 'itemprop="text">', "<h3")
-        urls = util.re(r'img.*?lazy-src="([^"]+)').findall(content)
+        urls = text.re(r'img.*?lazy-src="([^"]+)').findall(content)
 
         data = {
             "title": text.unescape(
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/fanbox.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/fanbox.py
index 18747b0a..babfe766 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/fanbox.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/fanbox.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class FanboxExtractor(Extractor):
     def _get_urls_from_post(self, content_body, post):
         num = 0
         if cover_image := post.get("coverImageUrl"):
-            cover_image = util.re("/c/[0-9a-z_]+").sub("", cover_image)
+            cover_image = text.re("/c/[0-9a-z_]+").sub("", cover_image)
             final_post = post.copy()
             final_post["isCoverImage"] = True
             final_post["fileUrl"] = cover_image
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py
index 2d3a0dc9..3a4b9208 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru_v02.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class GelbooruV02Extractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
         params["pid"] = self.page_start * self.per_page
 
         data = {}
-        find_ids = util.re(r"\sid=\"p(\d+)").findall
+        find_ids = text.re(r"\sid=\"p(\d+)").findall
 
         while True:
             page = self.request(url, params=params).text
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class GelbooruV02Extractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
             return
 
         tags = collections.defaultdict(list)
-        pattern = util.re(r"(?s)tag-type-([^\"' ]+).*?[?;]tags=([^\"'&]+)")
+        pattern = text.re(r"(?s)tag-type-([^\"' ]+).*?[?;]tags=([^\"'&]+)")
         for tag_type, tag_name in pattern.findall(tag_container):
             tags[tag_type].append(text.unescape(text.unquote(tag_name)))
         for key, value in tags.items():
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/generic.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 407e4787..242f3cb8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Generic information extractor"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import config, text, util
+from .. import config, text
 import os.path
 
 
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ class GenericExtractor(Extractor):
             r"(?:[^\"'<>\s]*)?"            # optional query and fragment
         )
 
-        imageurls_src = util.re(imageurl_pattern_src).findall(page)
-        imageurls_ext = util.re(imageurl_pattern_ext).findall(page)
+        imageurls_src = text.re(imageurl_pattern_src).findall(page)
+        imageurls_ext = text.re(imageurl_pattern_ext).findall(page)
         imageurls = imageurls_src + imageurls_ext
 
         # Resolve relative urls
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class GenericExtractor(Extractor):
         # by prepending a suitable base url.
         #
         # If the page contains a <base> element, use it as base url
-        basematch = util.re(
+        basematch = text.re(
             r"(?i)(?:<base\s.*?href=[\"']?)(?P<url>[^\"' >]+)").search(page)
         if basematch:
             self.baseurl = basematch['url'].rstrip('/')
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/girlswithmuscle.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/girlswithmuscle.py
index 23773875..08970f75 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/girlswithmuscle.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/girlswithmuscle.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util, exception
+from .. import text, exception
 from ..cache import cache
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?girlswithmuscle\.com"
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class GirlswithmuscleSearchExtractor(GirlswithmuscleExtractor):
             raise exception.AuthorizationError(msg)
         page = response.text
 
-        match = util.re(r"Page (\d+) of (\d+)").search(page)
+        match = text.re(r"Page (\d+) of (\d+)").search(page)
         current, total = match.groups()
         current, total = text.parse_int(current), text.parse_int(total)
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/hatenablog.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/hatenablog.py
index a6d2d329..39506ac7 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/hatenablog.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/hatenablog.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://hatenablog.com"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 
 BASE_PATTERN = (
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class HatenablogExtractor(Extractor):
         self.domain = match[1] or match[2]
 
     def _init(self):
-        self._find_img = util.re(r'<img +([^>]+)').finditer
+        self._find_img = text.re(r'<img +([^>]+)').finditer
 
     def _handle_article(self, article: str):
         extr = text.extract_from(article)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class HatenablogEntriesExtractor(HatenablogExtractor):
 
     def _init(self):
         HatenablogExtractor._init(self)
-        self._find_pager_url = util.re(
+        self._find_pager_url = text.re(
             r' class="pager-next">\s*<a href="([^"]+)').search
 
     def items(self):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/hentai2read.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/hentai2read.py
index ac4cd029..0e4c0408 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/hentai2read.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/hentai2read.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Hentai2readChapterExtractor(Hentai2readBase, ChapterExtractor):
         chapter_id, pos = text.extract(page, 'data-cid="', '"', pos)
         chapter, sep, minor = self.groups[1].partition(".")
 
-        match = util.re(
+        match = text.re(
             r"Reading (.+) \(([^)]+)\) Hentai(?: by (.*))? - "
             r"([^:]+): (.+) . Page 1 ").match(title)
         if match:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/hentaihere.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/hentaihere.py
index b894d77d..ef723666 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/hentaihere.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/hentaihere.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class HentaihereChapterExtractor(HentaihereBase, ChapterExtractor):
         title = text.extr(page, "<title>", "</title>")
         chapter_id = text.extr(page, 'report/C', '"')
         chapter, sep, minor = self.chapter.partition(".")
-        match = util.re(
+        match = text.re(
             r"Page 1 \| (.+) \(([^)]+)\) - Chapter \d+: (.+) by "
             r"(.+) at ").match(title)
         return {
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/hiperdex.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/hiperdex.py
index a75eee0c..a07a6b51 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/hiperdex.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/hiperdex.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://hiperdex.com/"""
 
 from .common import ChapterExtractor, MangaExtractor
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 from ..cache import memcache
 
 BASE_PATTERN = (r"((?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class HiperdexChapterExtractor(HiperdexBase, ChapterExtractor):
         return self.chapter_data(self.chapter)
 
     def images(self, page):
-        pattern = util.re(r'id="image-\d+"\s+(?:data-)?src="([^"]+)')
+        pattern = text.re(r'id="image-\d+"\s+(?:data-)?src="([^"]+)')
         return [
             (url.strip(), None)
             for url in pattern.findall(page)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/imagebam.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/imagebam.py
index abba9dfb..aeceec6c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/imagebam.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/imagebam.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://www.imagebam.com/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 
 class ImagebamExtractor(Extractor):
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ImagebamGalleryExtractor(ImagebamExtractor):
             page, 'id="gallery-name">', '<').strip())}
 
     def images(self, page):
-        findall = util.re(r'<a href="https://www\.imagebam\.com'
+        findall = text.re(r'<a href="https://www\.imagebam\.com'
                           r'(/(?:image/|view/M)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)').findall
         paths = []
         while True:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/imgbox.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/imgbox.py
index 5def88d4..62c38f24 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/imgbox.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/imgbox.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://imgbox.com/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message, AsynchronousMixin
-from .. import text, util, exception
+from .. import text, exception
 
 
 class ImgboxExtractor(Extractor):
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ImgboxGalleryExtractor(AsynchronousMixin, ImgboxExtractor):
         page = self.request(self.root + "/g/" + self.gallery_key).text
         if "The specified gallery could not be found." in page:
             raise exception.NotFoundError("gallery")
-        self.image_keys = util.re(
+        self.image_keys = text.re(
             r'<a href="/([^"]+)"><img alt="').findall(page)
 
         title = text.extr(page, "<h1>", "</h1>")
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py
index a93b05f2..c25d1eab 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class InstagramExtractor(Extractor):
     def _init(self):
         self.www_claim = "0"
         self.csrf_token = util.generate_token()
-        self._find_tags = util.re(r"#\w+").findall
+        self._find_tags = text.re(r"#\w+").findall
         self._logged_in = True
         self._cursor = None
         self._user = None
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/kemono.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/kemono.py
index 97cc3c05..7339b007 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/kemono.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/kemono.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class KemonoExtractor(Extractor):
         order = self.config("order-revisions")
         self.revisions_reverse = order[0] in ("r", "a") if order else False
 
-        self._find_inline = util.re(
+        self._find_inline = text.re(
             r'src="(?:https?://(?:kemono\.cr|coomer\.st))?(/inline/[^"]+'
             r'|/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{64}\.[^"]+)').findall
         self._json_dumps = json.JSONEncoder(
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class KemonoExtractor(Extractor):
             sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode
 
     def items(self):
-        find_hash = util.re(HASH_PATTERN).match
+        find_hash = text.re(HASH_PATTERN).match
         generators = self._build_file_generators(self.config("files"))
         announcements = True if self.config("announcements") else None
         archives = True if self.config("archives") else False
@@ -413,10 +413,10 @@ class KemonoDiscordExtractor(KemonoExtractor):
             "parent_id"    : channel["parent_channel_id"],
         }
 
-        find_inline = util.re(
+        find_inline = text.re(
             r"https?://(?:cdn\.discordapp.com|media\.discordapp\.net)"
             r"(/[A-Za-z0-9-._~:/?#\[\]@!$&'()*+,;%=]+)").findall
-        find_hash = util.re(HASH_PATTERN).match
+        find_hash = text.re(HASH_PATTERN).match
 
         if (order := self.config("order-posts")) and order[0] in ("r", "d"):
             posts = self.api.discord_channel(channel_id, channel["post_count"])
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/komikcast.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/komikcast.py
index 816bc3dc..fad63c94 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/komikcast.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/komikcast.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://komikcast.li/"""
 
 from .common import ChapterExtractor, MangaExtractor
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 BASE_PATTERN = (r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?"
                 r"komikcast\d*\.(?:l(?:i|a|ol)|com|cz|site|mo?e)")
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class KomikcastBase():
         if data is None:
             data = {}
 
-        pattern = util.re(r"(?:(.*) Chapter )?0*(\d+)([^ ]*)(?: (?:- )?(.+))?")
+        pattern = text.re(r"(?:(.*) Chapter )?0*(\d+)([^ ]*)(?: (?:- )?(.+))?")
         match = pattern.match(text.unescape(chapter_string))
         manga, chapter, data["chapter_minor"], title = match.groups()
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class KomikcastChapterExtractor(KomikcastBase, ChapterExtractor):
     def images(self, page):
         readerarea = text.extr(
             page, '<div class="main-reading-area', '</div')
-        pattern = util.re(r"<img[^>]* src=[\"']([^\"']+)")
+        pattern = text.re(r"<img[^>]* src=[\"']([^\"']+)")
         return [
             (text.unescape(url), None)
             for url in pattern.findall(readerarea)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/mangahere.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/mangahere.py
index 151e8093..9b3a3a14 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/mangahere.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/mangahere.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://www.mangahere.cc/"""
 
 from .common import ChapterExtractor, MangaExtractor
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 
 class MangahereBase():
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class MangahereMangaExtractor(MangahereBase, MangaExtractor):
             info, pos = text.extract(page, 'class="title3">', '<', pos)
             date, pos = text.extract(page, 'class="title2">', '<', pos)
 
-            match = util.re(
+            match = text.re(
                 r"(?:Vol\.0*(\d+) )?Ch\.0*(\d+)(\S*)(?: - (.*))?").match(info)
             if match:
                 volume, chapter, minor, title = match.groups()
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/mangapark.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/mangapark.py
index b63426e9..35fbf190 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/mangapark.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/mangapark.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MangaparkBase():
     category = "mangapark"
 
     def _parse_chapter_title(self, title):
-        match = util.re(
+        match = text.re(
             r"(?i)"
             r"(?:vol(?:\.|ume)?\s*(\d+)\s*)?"
             r"ch(?:\.|apter)?\s*(\d+)([^\s:]*)"
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/mangaread.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/mangaread.py
index a3bdf392..82fddde3 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/mangaread.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/mangaread.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://mangaread.org/"""
 
 from .common import ChapterExtractor, MangaExtractor
-from .. import text, util, exception
+from .. import text, exception
 
 
 class MangareadBase():
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class MangareadBase():
     root = "https://www.mangaread.org"
 
     def parse_chapter_string(self, chapter_string, data):
-        match = util.re(
+        match = text.re(
             r"(?:(.+)\s*-\s*)?[Cc]hapter\s*(\d+)(\.\d+)?(?:\s*-\s*(.+))?"
         ).match(text.unescape(chapter_string).strip())
         manga, chapter, minor, title = match.groups()
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/moebooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/moebooru.py
index e4c8f1c7..27704bcf 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/moebooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/moebooru.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for Moebooru based sites"""
 
 from .booru import BooruExtractor
-from .. import text, util, dt
+from .. import text, dt
 import collections
 
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class MoebooruExtractor(BooruExtractor):
             return
 
         tags = collections.defaultdict(list)
-        pattern = util.re(r"tag-type-([^\"' ]+).*?[?;]tags=([^\"'+]+)")
+        pattern = text.re(r"tag-type-([^\"' ]+).*?[?;]tags=([^\"'+]+)")
         for tag_type, tag_name in pattern.findall(tag_container):
             tags[tag_type].append(text.unquote(tag_name))
         for key, value in tags.items():
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/newgrounds.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/newgrounds.py
index 525b7bae..072868a9 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/newgrounds.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/newgrounds.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class NewgroundsExtractor(Extractor):
         self.user_root = f"https://{self.user}.newgrounds.com"
 
     def _init(self):
-        self._extract_comment_urls = util.re(
+        self._extract_comment_urls = text.re(
             r'(?:<img |data-smartload-)src="([^"]+)').findall
         self.flash = self.config("flash", True)
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class NewgroundsExtractor(Extractor):
 
     def _video_formats(self, sources):
         src = sources["360p"][0]["src"]
-        sub = util.re(r"\.360p\.\w+").sub
+        sub = text.re(r"\.360p\.\w+").sub
 
         for fmt in self.format:
             try:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/pillowfort.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/pillowfort.py
index 637b0b9a..3d6b9599 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/pillowfort.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/pillowfort.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
 from ..cache import cache
-from .. import text, util, exception
+from .. import text, exception
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?www\.pillowfort\.social"
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class PillowfortExtractor(Extractor):
         external = self.config("external", False)
 
         if inline:
-            inline = util.re(r'src="(https://img\d+\.pillowfort\.social'
+            inline = text.re(r'src="(https://img\d+\.pillowfort\.social'
                              r'/posts/[^"]+)').findall
 
         for post in self.posts():
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py
index f7537018..4e44dbf3 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class PixivExtractor(Extractor):
         self.meta_captions = self.config("captions")
 
         if self.sanity_workaround or self.meta_captions:
-            self.meta_captions_sub = util.re(
+            self.meta_captions_sub = text.re(
                 r'<a href="/jump\.php\?([^"]+)').sub
 
     def items(self):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/plurk.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/plurk.py
index ed7e0105..76ca59f7 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/plurk.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/plurk.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PlurkExtractor(Extractor):
         if not data:
             raise exception.NotFoundError("user")
         return util.json_loads(
-            util.re(r"new Date\(([^)]+)\)").sub(r"\1", data))
+            text.re(r"new Date\(([^)]+)\)").sub(r"\1", data))
 
 
 class PlurkTimelineExtractor(PlurkExtractor):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/postmill.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/postmill.py
index 2f9af413..eecf80ed 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/postmill.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/postmill.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Extractors for Postmill instances"""
 
 from .common import BaseExtractor, Message
-from .. import text, util, exception
+from .. import text, exception
 
 
 class PostmillExtractor(BaseExtractor):
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class PostmillExtractor(BaseExtractor):
     def _init(self):
         self.instance = self.root.partition("://")[2]
         self.save_link_post_body = self.config("save-link-post-body", False)
-        self._search_canonical_url = util.re(r"/f/([\w\d_]+)/(\d+)/").search
-        self._search_image_tag = util.re(
+        self._search_canonical_url = text.re(r"/f/([\w\d_]+)/(\d+)/").search
+        self._search_image_tag = text.re(
             r'<a href="[^"]+"\n +class="submission__image-link"').search
 
     def items(self):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/realbooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/realbooru.py
index d1cf0244..4d78fd09 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/realbooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/realbooru.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class RealbooruExtractor(booru.BooruExtractor):
         page = post["_html"]
         tag_container = text.extr(page, 'id="tagLink"', '</div>')
         tags = collections.defaultdict(list)
-        pattern = util.re(r'<a class="(?:tag-type-)?([^"]+).*?;tags=([^"&]+)')
+        pattern = text.re(r'<a class="(?:tag-type-)?([^"]+).*?;tags=([^"&]+)')
         for tag_type, tag_name in pattern.findall(tag_container):
             tags[tag_type].append(text.unescape(text.unquote(tag_name)))
         for key, value in tags.items():
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py
index c553fec6..0bf17d3d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Recursive extractor"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 
 class RecursiveExtractor(Extractor):
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ class RecursiveExtractor(Extractor):
         else:
             page = self.request(text.ensure_http_scheme(url)).text
 
-        for match in util.re(r"https?://[^\s\"']+").finditer(page):
+        for match in text.re(r"https?://[^\s\"']+").finditer(page):
             yield Message.Queue, match[0], {}
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34us.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34us.py
index a43ea4cc..cd6e8b3b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34us.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/rule34us.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://rule34.us/"""
 
 from .booru import BooruExtractor
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 import collections
 
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Rule34usExtractor(BooruExtractor):
     per_page = 42
 
     def _init(self):
-        self._find_tags = util.re(
+        self._find_tags = text.re(
             r'<li class="([^-"]+)-tag"[^>]*><a href="[^;"]+;q=([^"]+)').findall
 
     def _parse_post(self, post_id):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py
index f23b0423..419b299e 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/sankaku.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class SankakuExtractor(BooruExtractor):
         self.api = SankakuAPI(self)
         if self.config("tags") == "extended":
             self._tags = self._tags_extended
-            self._tags_findall = util.re(
+            self._tags_findall = text.re(
                 r"tag-type-([^\"' ]+).*?\?tags=([^\"'&]+)").findall
 
     def _file_url(self, post):
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ class SankakuTagExtractor(SankakuExtractor):
 
         if "date:" in self.tags:
             # rewrite 'date:' tags (#1790)
-            self.tags = util.re(
+            self.tags = text.re(
                 r"date:(\d\d)[.-](\d\d)[.-](\d\d\d\d)(?!T)").sub(
                 r"date:\3-\2-\1T00:00", self.tags)
-            self.tags = util.re(
+            self.tags = text.re(
                 r"date:(\d\d\d\d)[.-](\d\d)[.-](\d\d)(?!T)").sub(
                 r"date:\1-\2-\3T00:00", self.tags)
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/sankakucomplex.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/sankakucomplex.py
index 5426f934..eebd412a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/sankakucomplex.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/sankakucomplex.py
@@ -64,19 +64,19 @@ class SankakucomplexArticleExtractor(SankakucomplexExtractor):
             yield Message.Url, url, file
 
     def _extract_images(self, content):
-        orig_sub = util.re(r"-\d+x\d+\.").sub
+        orig_sub = text.re(r"-\d+x\d+\.").sub
         return [
             orig_sub(".", url) for url in
             util.unique(text.extract_iter(content, 'data-lazy-src="', '"'))
         ]
 
     def _extract_videos(self, content):
-        return util.re(r"<source [^>]*src=[\"']([^\"']+)").findall(content)
+        return text.re(r"<source [^>]*src=[\"']([^\"']+)").findall(content)
 
     def _extract_embeds(self, content):
         return [
             "ytdl:" + url for url in
-            util.re(r"<iframe [^>]*src=[\"']([^\"']+)").findall(content)
+            text.re(r"<iframe [^>]*src=[\"']([^\"']+)").findall(content)
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/speakerdeck.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/speakerdeck.py
index b809b7fa..412b3b75 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/speakerdeck.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/speakerdeck.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://speakerdeck.com/"""
 
 from .common import GalleryExtractor
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 
 
 class SpeakerdeckPresentationExtractor(GalleryExtractor):
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class SpeakerdeckPresentationExtractor(GalleryExtractor):
     def images(self, _):
         url = f"{self.root}/player/{self.presentation_id}"
         page = self.request(url).text
-        page = util.re(r"\s+").sub(" ", page)
+        page = text.re(r"\s+").sub(" ", page)
         return [
             (url, None)
             for url in text.extract_iter(page, 'js-sd-slide" data-url="', '"')
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/subscribestar.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/subscribestar.py
index b3cf9e88..bc0179a0 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/subscribestar.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/subscribestar.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class SubscribestarExtractor(Extractor):
         attachments = text.extr(
             html, 'class="uploads-docs"', 'class="post-edit_form"')
         if attachments:
-            for att in util.re(r'class="doc_preview[" ]').split(
+            for att in text.re(r'class="doc_preview[" ]').split(
                     attachments)[1:]:
                 media.append({
                     "id"  : text.parse_int(text.extr(
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class SubscribestarExtractor(Extractor):
         audios = text.extr(
             html, 'class="uploads-audios"', 'class="post-edit_form"')
         if audios:
-            for audio in util.re(r'class="audio_preview-data[" ]').split(
+            for audio in text.re(r'class="audio_preview-data[" ]').split(
                     audios)[1:]:
                 media.append({
                     "id"  : text.parse_int(text.extr(
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
index f68808b8..5b77878a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@ class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
         blog = None
 
         # pre-compile regular expressions
-        self._sub_video = util.re(
+        self._sub_video = text.re(
             r"https?://((?:vt|vtt|ve)(?:\.media)?\.tumblr\.com"
             r"/tumblr_[^_]+)_\d+\.([0-9a-z]+)").sub
         if self.inline:
-            self._sub_image = util.re(
+            self._sub_image = text.re(
                 r"https?://(\d+\.media\.tumblr\.com(?:/[0-9a-f]+)?"
                 r"/tumblr(?:_inline)?_[^_]+)_\d+\.([0-9a-z]+)").sub
-            self._subn_orig_image = util.re(r"/s\d+x\d+/").subn
-            _findall_image = util.re('<img src="([^"]+)"').findall
-            _findall_video = util.re('<source src="([^"]+)"').findall
+            self._subn_orig_image = text.re(r"/s\d+x\d+/").subn
+            _findall_image = text.re('<img src="([^"]+)"').findall
+            _findall_video = text.re('<source src="([^"]+)"').findall
 
         for post in self.posts():
             if self.date_min > post["timestamp"]:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index fd10cd6f..a92dfdb2 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class TwitterExtractor(Extractor):
         seen_tweets = set() if self.config("unique", True) else None
 
         if self.twitpic:
-            self._find_twitpic = util.re(
+            self._find_twitpic = text.re(
                 r"https?(://twitpic\.com/(?!photos/)\w+)").findall
 
         tweets = self.tweets()
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
index 2ef24a8a..b019fa3c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://vk.com/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util, exception
+from .. import text, exception
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https://)?(?:www\.|m\.)?vk\.com"
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class VkExtractor(Extractor):
         return num
 
     def items(self):
-        subn = util.re(r"/imp[fg]/").subn
+        subn = text.re(r"/imp[fg]/").subn
         sizes = "wzyxrqpo"
 
         data = self.metadata()
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/xasiat.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/xasiat.py
index 6aa31685..396c3bc1 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/xasiat.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/xasiat.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://www.xasiat.com"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text, util
+from .. import text
 import time
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?xasiat\.com((?:/fr|/ja)?/albums"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class XasiatExtractor(Extractor):
 
     def _pagination(self, path, pnum=1):
         url = f"{self.root}{path}/"
-        find_posts = util.re(r'class="item  ">\s*<a href="([^"]+)').findall
+        find_posts = text.re(r'class="item  ">\s*<a href="([^"]+)').findall
 
         while True:
             params = {
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ class XasiatAlbumExtractor(XasiatExtractor):
 
         data = {
             "title": text.unescape(title),
-            "model": util.re(
+            "model": text.re(
                 r'top_models1"></i>\s*(.+)\s*</span').findall(info),
-            "tags": util.re(
+            "tags": text.re(
                 r'tags/[^"]+\">\s*(.+)\s*</a').findall(info),
-            "album_category": util.re(
+            "album_category": text.re(
                 r'categories/[^"]+\">\s*(.+)\s*</a').findall(info)[0],
             "album_url": response.url,
             "album_id": text.parse_int(album_id),
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/zerochan.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/zerochan.py
index 35222da9..44497cfb 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/zerochan.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/zerochan.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class ZerochanExtractor(BooruExtractor):
         return data
 
     def _parse_json(self, txt):
-        txt = util.re(r"[\x00-\x1f\x7f]").sub("", txt)
+        txt = text.re(r"[\x00-\x1f\x7f]").sub("", txt)
         main, _, tags = txt.partition('tags": [')
 
         item = {}
diff --git a/gallery_dl/ytdl.py b/gallery_dl/ytdl.py
index b7ee1caf..090d5fc6 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/ytdl.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/ytdl.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def parse_command_line(module, argv):
         else module.match_filter_func(opts.match_filter))
 
     if cookiesfrombrowser := getattr(opts, "cookiesfrombrowser", None):
-        pattern = util.re(r"""(?x)
+        pattern = text.re(r"""(?x)
             (?P<name>[^+:]+)
             (?:\s*\+\s*(?P<keyring>[^:]+))?
             (?:\s*:\s*(?!:)(?P<profile>.+?))?
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def legacy_postprocessors(opts, module, ytdlp, compat_opts):
             if len(dur) == 2 and all(t is not None for t in dur):
                 remove_ranges.append(tuple(dur))
                 continue
-        remove_chapters_patterns.append(util.re(regex))
+        remove_chapters_patterns.append(text.re(regex))
     if opts.remove_chapters or sponsorblock_query:
         postprocessors.append({
             "key": "ModifyChapters",