diff --git a/src/common/logging/backend.cpp b/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
index f0062779b..d440d910a 100644
--- a/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <regex>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -253,13 +254,15 @@ Entry CreateEntry(Class log_class, Level log_level, const char* filename, unsign
     using std::chrono::duration_cast;
     using std::chrono::steady_clock;
 
+    // matches from the beginning up to the last '../' or 'src/'
+    static const std::regex trim_source_path(R"(.*([\/\\]|^)((\.\.)|(src))[\/\\])");
     static steady_clock::time_point time_origin = steady_clock::now();
 
     Entry entry;
     entry.timestamp = duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(steady_clock::now() - time_origin);
     entry.log_class = log_class;
     entry.log_level = log_level;
-    entry.filename = Common::TrimSourcePath(filename, {R"(\.\.)", "src"}).data();
+    entry.filename = std::regex_replace(filename, trim_source_path, "");
     entry.line_num = line_nr;
     entry.function = function;
     entry.message = std::move(message);
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.cpp b/src/common/string_util.cpp
index 9306c8bed..f3c64884a 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/string_util.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <codecvt>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <locale>
-#include <regex>
 #include <sstream>
 #include "common/common_paths.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
@@ -210,18 +209,4 @@ std::string StringFromFixedZeroTerminatedBuffer(const char* buffer, std::size_t
 
     return std::string(buffer, len);
 }
-
-std::string TrimSourcePath(const std::string& file_path, const std::vector<std::string>& roots) {
-    // match from beginning of path to dir sep
-    std::string regex_src = R"(.*([\/\\]|^)()";
-    // plus the last occurrence of any root
-    for (auto root = roots.begin(); root < roots.end() - 1; ++root) {
-        regex_src += '(' + *root + ")|";
-    }
-    regex_src += '(' + roots.back() + ')';
-    // plus dir sep
-    regex_src += R"()[\/\\])";
-    std::regex regex(regex_src);
-    return std::regex_replace(file_path, regex, "");
-}
 } // namespace Common
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.h b/src/common/string_util.h
index aa0d147a4..110715dce 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.h
+++ b/src/common/string_util.h
@@ -64,16 +64,4 @@ bool ComparePartialString(InIt begin, InIt end, const char* other) {
  */
 std::string StringFromFixedZeroTerminatedBuffer(const char* buffer, std::size_t max_len);
 
-/**
- * Attempts to trim an arbitrary prefix from `path`, leaving only the part starting at `root`. It's
- * intended to be used to strip a system-specific build directory from the `__FILE__` macro,
- * leaving only the path relative to the sources root.
- *
- * @param path The input file path as a string
- * @param roots The name of the root source directorys as a vector of strings. Path up to and
- *             including the last occurrence of these names will be stripped
- * @return The trimmed path as a string
- */
-std::string TrimSourcePath(const std::string& file_path, const std::vector<std::string>& roots);
-
 } // namespace Common