2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/template.js b/lib/template.js
index 187df87..3e6364d 100644
--- a/lib/template.js
+++ b/lib/template.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ var _ = require("lodash");
 var Q = require("q");
 var path = require("path");
 var nunjucks = require("nunjucks");
+var escapeStringRegexp = require("escape-string-regexp");
 
 var git = require("./utils/git");
-var stringUtils = require("./utils/string");
 var fs = require("./utils/fs");
 var batch = require("./utils/batch");
 var pkg = require("../package.json");
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ TemplateEngine.prototype.addBlock = function(name, block) {
 TemplateEngine.prototype._applyShortcut = function(parser, content, shortcut) {
     if (!_.contains(shortcut.parsers, parser)) return content;
     var regex = new RegExp(
-        stringUtils.escapeRegex(shortcut.start) + "([\\s\\S]*?[^\\$])" + stringUtils.escapeRegex(shortcut.end),
+        escapeStringRegexp(shortcut.start) + "([\\s\\S]*?[^\\$])" + escapeStringRegexp(shortcut.end),
        'g'
     );
     return content.replace(regex, function(all, match) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/string.js b/lib/utils/string.js
index 588f4d9..72a9ca0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/string.js
+++ b/lib/utils/string.js
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ function optionsToShellArgs(options) {
     .join(" ");
 }
 
-function escapeRegex(str) {
-    return str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
-}
-
 module.exports = {
-    escapeRegex: escapeRegex,
     escapeShellArg: escapeShellArg,
     optionsToShellArgs: optionsToShellArgs,
     toLowerCase: String.prototype.toLowerCase.call.bind(String.prototype.toLowerCase)