diff --git a/src/house.cpp b/src/house.cpp
index 0864b09..244f2a1 100644
--- a/src/house.cpp
+++ b/src/house.cpp
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ void AccessList::parseList(const std::string& list)
 {
 	playerList.clear();
 	guildList.clear();
-	expressionList.clear();
-	regExList.clear();
+	allowEveryone = false;
 	this->list = list;
 	if (list.empty()) {
 		return;
@@ -402,7 +401,12 @@ void AccessList::parseList(const std::string& list)
 	std::istringstream listStream(list);
 	std::string line;
 
+	int lineNo = 1;
 	while (getline(listStream, line)) {
+		if (++lineNo > 100) {
+			break;
+		}
+
 		trimString(line);
 		trim_left(line, '\t');
 		trim_right(line, '\t');
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ void AccessList::parseList(const std::string& list)
 		if (at_pos != std::string::npos) {
 			addGuild(line.substr(at_pos + 1));
 		} else if (line.find("!") != std::string::npos || line.find("*") != std::string::npos || line.find("?") != std::string::npos) {
-			addExpression(line);
+			continue; // regexp no longer supported
 		} else {
 			addPlayer(line);
 		}
@@ -446,50 +450,10 @@ void AccessList::addGuild(const std::string& name)
 	}
 }
 
-void AccessList::addExpression(const std::string& expression)
-{
-	if (std::find(expressionList.begin(), expressionList.end(), expression) != expressionList.end()) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	std::string outExp;
-	outExp.reserve(expression.length());
-
-	std::string metachars = ".[{}()\\+|^$";
-	for (const char c : expression) {
-		if (metachars.find(c) != std::string::npos) {
-			outExp.push_back('\\');
-		}
-		outExp.push_back(c);
-	}
-
-	replaceString(outExp, "*", ".*");
-	replaceString(outExp, "?", ".?");
-
-	try {
-		if (!outExp.empty()) {
-			expressionList.push_back(outExp);
-
-			if (outExp.front() == '!') {
-				if (outExp.length() > 1) {
-					regExList.emplace_front(std::regex(outExp.substr(1)), false);
-				}
-			} else {
-				regExList.emplace_back(std::regex(outExp), true);
-			}
-		}
-	} catch (...) {}
-}
-
 bool AccessList::isInList(const Player* player)
 {
-	std::string name = asLowerCaseString(player->getName());
-	std::cmatch what;
-
-	for (const auto& it : regExList) {
-		if (std::regex_match(name.c_str(), what, it.first)) {
-			return it.second;
-		}
+	if (allowEveryone) {
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	auto playerIt = playerList.find(player->getGUID());
diff --git a/src/house.h b/src/house.h
index 3d9b543..54fa7df 100644
--- a/src/house.h
+++ b/src/house.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef FS_HOUSE_H_EB9732E7771A438F9CD0EFA8CB4C58C4
 #define FS_HOUSE_H_EB9732E7771A438F9CD0EFA8CB4C58C4
 
-#include <regex>
 #include <set>
 
 #include "container.h"
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ class AccessList
 		void parseList(const std::string& list);
 		void addPlayer(const std::string& name);
 		void addGuild(const std::string& name);
-		void addExpression(const std::string& expression);
 
 		bool isInList(const Player* player);
 
@@ -47,8 +45,7 @@ class AccessList
 		std::string list;
 		std::unordered_set<uint32_t> playerList;
 		std::unordered_set<uint32_t> guildList; // TODO: include ranks
-		std::list<std::string> expressionList;
-		std::list<std::pair<std::regex, bool>> regExList;
+		bool allowEveryone = false;
 };
 
 class Door final : public Item