diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
index d6baa76ec3803b73a3479b12ed2259465d871bcb..f94f106bc87286074798a2cbae0f1aeea91d4c40 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
@@ -1728,9 +1728,6 @@ Quick check to determine if VATES is installed.
 */
 bool ConfigServiceImpl::quickVatesCheck() const
 {
-  using boost::regex;
-  using boost::regex_search;
-
   std::string path = this->getDirectoryOfExecutable();
 
   Poco::File dir(path);
@@ -1744,8 +1741,8 @@ bool ConfigServiceImpl::quickVatesCheck() const
   while(it != files.end())
   {
     std::string file = *it;
-    regex expression("^(VatesSimpleGui)", boost::regex::icase);
-    if(regex_search(file, expression))
+    boost::regex expression("^(VatesSimpleGui)", boost::regex::icase);
+    if(boost::regex_search(file, expression))
     {
       found = true;
       break;