diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 19d796955..def29dd46 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -579,9 +579,7 @@ Makefile: Makefile.in
 
 ifeq "$(REBAR_VER)" "3"
 dialyzer:
-	find src/*_opt.erl -type f \! -regex ".*git.*" -exec sed -i 's/re:mp/  tuple/g' {} \;
 	$(REBAR) dialyzer
-	find src/*_opt.erl -type f \! -regex ".*git.*" -exec sed -i 's/  tuple/re:mp/g' {} \;
 else
 deps := $(wildcard $(DEPSDIR)/*/ebin)
 
diff --git a/include/logger.hrl b/include/logger.hrl
index 20bd50c09..5518f5a1a 100644
--- a/include/logger.hrl
+++ b/include/logger.hrl
@@ -62,7 +62,5 @@
             _ -> 'Elixir.Logger':bare_log(error, io_lib:format(Format, Args), [?MODULE])
         end).
 
--type re_mp() :: {re_pattern, _, _, _, _}. % Copied from re.erl
-
 %% Uncomment if you want to debug p1_fsm/gen_fsm
 %%-define(DBGFSM, true).
diff --git a/src/acl.erl b/src/acl.erl
index b1f12c82f..88ea0119e 100644
--- a/src/acl.erl
+++ b/src/acl.erl
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 -type acl_rule() :: {user, {binary(), binary()} | binary()} |
 		    {server, binary()} |
 		    {resource, binary()} |
-		    {user_regexp, {re_mp(), binary()} | re_mp()} |
-		    {server_regexp, re_mp()} |
-		    {resource_regexp, re_mp()} |
-		    {node_regexp, {re_mp(), re_mp()}} |
-		    {user_glob, {re_mp(), binary()} | re_mp()} |
-		    {server_glob, re_mp()} |
-		    {resource_glob, re_mp()} |
-		    {node_glob, {re_mp(), re_mp()}} |
+		    {user_regexp, {misc:re_mp(), binary()} | misc:re_mp()} |
+		    {server_regexp, misc:re_mp()} |
+		    {resource_regexp, misc:re_mp()} |
+		    {node_regexp, {misc:re_mp(), misc:re_mp()}} |
+		    {user_glob, {misc:re_mp(), binary()} | misc:re_mp()} |
+		    {server_glob, misc:re_mp()} |
+		    {resource_glob, misc:re_mp()} |
+		    {node_glob, {misc:re_mp(), misc:re_mp()}} |
 		    {shared_group, {binary(), binary()} | binary()} |
 		    {ip, ip_mask()}.
 -type access() :: [{action(), [access_rule()]}].
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ node_validator(UV, SV) ->
 %%%===================================================================
 %%% Aux
 %%%===================================================================
--spec match_regexp(iodata(), re_mp()) -> boolean().
+-spec match_regexp(iodata(), misc:re_mp()) -> boolean().
 match_regexp(Data, RegExp) ->
     re:run(Data, RegExp) /= nomatch.
 
diff --git a/src/misc.erl b/src/misc.erl
index 52a2fb15f..26c3c4c2d 100644
--- a/src/misc.erl
+++ b/src/misc.erl
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 -include_lib("xmpp/include/xmpp.hrl").
 -include_lib("kernel/include/file.hrl").
 
+%% Copied from erlang/otp/lib/stdlib/src/re.erl
+-type re_mp() :: {re_pattern, _, _, _, _}.
+-export_type([re_mp/0]).
+
 -type distance_cache() :: #{{string(), string()} => non_neg_integer()}.
 
 -spec uri_parse(binary()|string()) -> {ok, string(), string(), string(), number(), string(), string()} | {error, term()}.
diff --git a/src/mod_shared_roster_ldap.erl b/src/mod_shared_roster_ldap.erl
index 2e294140b..0cabc0809 100644
--- a/src/mod_shared_roster_ldap.erl
+++ b/src/mod_shared_roster_ldap.erl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
          user_desc = <<"">>                           :: binary(),
          user_uid = <<"">>                            :: binary(),
          uid_format = <<"">>                          :: binary(),
-	 uid_format_re                                :: undefined | re_mp(),
+	 uid_format_re                                :: undefined | misc:re_mp(),
          filter = <<"">>                              :: binary(),
          ufilter = <<"">>                             :: binary(),
          rfilter = <<"">>                             :: binary(),
diff --git a/tools/opt_types.sh b/tools/opt_types.sh
index 71d69a5d4..5c8761f82 100755
--- a/tools/opt_types.sh
+++ b/tools/opt_types.sh
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ spec(ip_mask, 0, _, _) ->
 spec(port, 0, _, _) ->
     erl_types:t_from_range(1, 65535);
 spec(re, A, _, _) when A == 0; A == 1 ->
-    t_remote(re, mp);
+    t_remote(misc, re_mp);
 spec(glob, A, _, _) when A == 0; A == 1 ->
-    t_remote(re, mp);
+    t_remote(misc, re_mp);
 spec(path, 0, _, _) ->
     erl_types:t_binary();
 spec(binary_sep, 1, _, _) ->