diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 06297c95..5e9c1703 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ endif()
 
 include(cxxopts)
 
-# Lpeg
-include(lpeg)
-
 # libyaml
 include(libyaml)
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/lpeg.cmake b/cmake/modules/lpeg.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 58df982c..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/lpeg.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-set(LPEG_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lpeg-prefix/src/lpeg")
-set(LPEG_LIB "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lpeg-prefix/src/lpeg/build/lpeg.a")
-message(STATUS "Using bundled lpeg in '${LPEG_SRC}'")
-set(LPEG_DEPENDENCIES "")
-list(APPEND LPEG_DEPENDENCIES "luajit")
-ExternalProject_Add(
-  lpeg
-  DEPENDS ${LPEG_DEPENDENCIES}
-  URL "http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg-1.0.2.tar.gz"
-  URL_HASH "SHA256=48d66576051b6c78388faad09b70493093264588fcd0f258ddaab1cdd4a15ffe"
-  BUILD_COMMAND LUA_INCLUDE=${LUAJIT_INCLUDE} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/build-lpeg.sh" "${LPEG_SRC}/build"
-  BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${LPEG_LIB}
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-  INSTALL_COMMAND "")
diff --git a/scripts/build-lpeg.sh b/scripts/build-lpeg.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6f924d88..00000000
--- a/scripts/build-lpeg.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
-#
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-set -ex
-
-PREFIX=$1
-
-if [ -z "$PREFIX" ]; then
-    PREFIX=.
-fi
-
-mkdir -p $PREFIX
-
-gcc -O2 -fPIC -I"$LUA_INCLUDE" -c lpcap.c -o $PREFIX/lpcap.o
-gcc -O2 -fPIC -I"$LUA_INCLUDE" -c lpcode.c -o $PREFIX/lpcode.o
-gcc -O2 -fPIC -I"$LUA_INCLUDE" -c lpprint.c -o $PREFIX/lpprint.o
-gcc -O2 -fPIC -I"$LUA_INCLUDE" -c lptree.c -o $PREFIX/lptree.o
-gcc -O2 -fPIC -I"$LUA_INCLUDE" -c lpvm.c -o $PREFIX/lpvm.o
-
-
-# For building lpeg.so, which we don't need now that we're statically linking lpeg.a into falco
-#gcc -shared -o lpeg.so -L/usr/local/lib lpcap.o lpcode.o lpprint.o lptree.o lpvm.o
-#gcc -shared -o lpeg.so -L/usr/local/lib lpcap.o lpcode.o lpprint.o lptree.o lpvm.o
-
-pushd $PREFIX
-/usr/bin/ar cr lpeg.a lpcap.o lpcode.o lpprint.o lptree.o lpvm.o
-/usr/bin/ranlib lpeg.a
-popd
-
-chmod ug+w re.lua
diff --git a/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e1ceced..40a8d106 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set(FALCO_ENGINE_SOURCE_FILES
     formats.cpp)
 
 add_library(falco_engine STATIC ${FALCO_ENGINE_SOURCE_FILES})
-add_dependencies(falco_engine njson lyaml lpeg string-view-lite)
+add_dependencies(falco_engine njson lyaml string-view-lite)
 
 if(USE_BUNDLED_DEPS)
   add_dependencies(falco_engine libyaml)
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ else()
       "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/userspace/engine/lua")
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(falco_engine "${FALCO_SINSP_LIBRARY}" "${LPEG_LIB}" "${LYAML_LIB}" "${LIBYAML_LIB}" luafiles)
+target_link_libraries(falco_engine "${FALCO_SINSP_LIBRARY}" "${LYAML_LIB}" "${LIBYAML_LIB}" luafiles)
diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
index 3944e7f0..c9934c60 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ falco_engine::falco_engine(bool seed_rng)
 	  m_sampling_ratio(1), m_sampling_multiplier(0),
 	  m_replace_container_info(false)
 {
-	luaopen_lpeg(m_ls);
 	luaopen_yaml(m_ls);
 
 	falco_common::init();
diff --git a/userspace/engine/lpeg.h b/userspace/engine/lpeg.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 88601b00..00000000
--- a/userspace/engine/lpeg.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "lua.h"
-
-int luaopen_lpeg (lua_State *L);
-
diff --git a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
index 34010155..c6634851 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ set(
   libyaml
   b64
   luajit
-  lpeg
   lyaml
   cxxopts
 )