diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index d7182c48d..a8bfd52e3 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 #include "DataMigrationTask.h"
 #include "java/JavaInstallList.h"
 #include "net/PasteUpload.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/MultiMatcher.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/SimplePrefixMatcher.h"
 #include "tasks/Task.h"
 #include "tools/GenericProfiler.h"
 #include "ui/InstanceWindow.h"
@@ -1985,22 +1983,23 @@ bool Application::handleDataMigration(const QString& currentData,
 
     if (!currentExists) {
         // Migrate!
-        auto matcher = std::make_shared<MultiMatcher>();
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>(configFile));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>(
-            BuildConfig.LAUNCHER_CONFIGFILE));  // it's possible that we already used that directory before
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("logs/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("accounts.json"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("accounts/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("assets/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("icons/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("instances/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("libraries/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("mods/"));
-        matcher->add(std::make_shared<SimplePrefixMatcher>("themes/"));
+        using namespace Filters;
+
+        QList<Filter> filters;
+        filters.append(equals(configFile));
+        filters.append(equals(BuildConfig.LAUNCHER_CONFIGFILE));  // it's possible that we already used that directory before
+        filters.append(startsWith("logs/"));
+        filters.append(equals("accounts.json"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("accounts/"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("assets/"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("icons/"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("instances/"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("libraries/"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("mods/"));
+        filters.append(startsWith("themes/"));
 
         ProgressDialog diag;
-        DataMigrationTask task(oldData, currentData, matcher);
+        DataMigrationTask task(oldData, currentData, any(std::move(filters)));
         if (diag.execWithTask(&task)) {
             qDebug() << "<> Migration succeeded";
             setDoNotMigrate();
diff --git a/launcher/BaseInstance.h b/launcher/BaseInstance.h
index 6baac4ce8..a542b76eb 100644
--- a/launcher/BaseInstance.h
+++ b/launcher/BaseInstance.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 #include "BaseVersionList.h"
 #include "MessageLevel.h"
 #include "minecraft/auth/MinecraftAccount.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h"
 #include "settings/INIFile.h"
 
 #include "net/Mode.h"
diff --git a/launcher/CMakeLists.txt b/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
index 194694d7f..2d1c62269 100644
--- a/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ set(CORE_SOURCES
 
     # String filters
     Filter.h
-    Filter.cpp
 
     # JSON parsing helpers
     Json.h
@@ -108,15 +107,6 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT CYGWIN AND NOT APPLE)
     )
 endif()
 
-set(PATHMATCHER_SOURCES
-    # Path matchers
-    pathmatcher/FSTreeMatcher.h
-    pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h
-    pathmatcher/MultiMatcher.h
-    pathmatcher/RegexpMatcher.h
-    pathmatcher/SimplePrefixMatcher.h
-)
-
 set(NET_SOURCES
     # network stuffs
     net/ByteArraySink.h
@@ -760,7 +750,6 @@ endif()
 
 set(LOGIC_SOURCES
     ${CORE_SOURCES}
-    ${PATHMATCHER_SOURCES}
     ${NET_SOURCES}
     ${LAUNCH_SOURCES}
     ${UPDATE_SOURCES}
diff --git a/launcher/DataMigrationTask.cpp b/launcher/DataMigrationTask.cpp
index 18decc7c3..9677f868e 100644
--- a/launcher/DataMigrationTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/DataMigrationTask.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 
-DataMigrationTask::DataMigrationTask(const QString& sourcePath, const QString& targetPath, const IPathMatcher::Ptr pathMatcher)
+DataMigrationTask::DataMigrationTask(const QString& sourcePath, const QString& targetPath, Filter pathMatcher)
     : Task(), m_sourcePath(sourcePath), m_targetPath(targetPath), m_pathMatcher(pathMatcher), m_copy(sourcePath, targetPath)
 {
     m_copy.matcher(m_pathMatcher).whitelist(true);
diff --git a/launcher/DataMigrationTask.h b/launcher/DataMigrationTask.h
index fc613cd5e..9a2b0adb8 100644
--- a/launcher/DataMigrationTask.h
+++ b/launcher/DataMigrationTask.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "FileSystem.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h"
+#include "Filter.h"
 #include "tasks/Task.h"
 
 #include <QFuture>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 class DataMigrationTask : public Task {
     Q_OBJECT
    public:
-    explicit DataMigrationTask(const QString& sourcePath, const QString& targetPath, IPathMatcher::Ptr pathmatcher);
+    explicit DataMigrationTask(const QString& sourcePath, const QString& targetPath, Filter pathmatcher);
     ~DataMigrationTask() override = default;
 
    protected:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DataMigrationTask : public Task {
    private:
     const QString& m_sourcePath;
     const QString& m_targetPath;
-    const IPathMatcher::Ptr m_pathMatcher;
+    const Filter m_pathMatcher;
 
     FS::copy m_copy;
     int m_toCopy = 0;
diff --git a/launcher/FileSystem.cpp b/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
index 308f8620e..e987fa59a 100644
--- a/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/launcher/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ bool copy::operator()(const QString& offset, bool dryRun)
 
     // Function that'll do the actual copying
     auto copy_file = [this, dryRun, src, dst, opt, &err](QString src_path, QString relative_dst_path) {
-        if (m_matcher && (m_matcher->matches(relative_dst_path) != m_whitelist))
+        if (m_matcher && (m_matcher(relative_dst_path) != m_whitelist))
             return;
 
         auto dst_path = PathCombine(dst, relative_dst_path);
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ void create_link::make_link_list(const QString& offset)
 
         // Function that'll do the actual linking
         auto link_file = [this, dst](QString src_path, QString relative_dst_path) {
-            if (m_matcher && (m_matcher->matches(relative_dst_path) != m_whitelist)) {
+            if (m_matcher && (m_matcher(relative_dst_path) != m_whitelist)) {
                 qDebug() << "path" << relative_dst_path << "in black list or not in whitelist";
                 return;
             }
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ bool clone::operator()(const QString& offset, bool dryRun)
 
     // Function that'll do the actual cloneing
     auto cloneFile = [this, dryRun, dst, &err](QString src_path, QString relative_dst_path) {
-        if (m_matcher && (m_matcher->matches(relative_dst_path) != m_whitelist))
+        if (m_matcher && (m_matcher(relative_dst_path) != m_whitelist))
             return;
 
         auto dst_path = PathCombine(dst, relative_dst_path);
diff --git a/launcher/FileSystem.h b/launcher/FileSystem.h
index 0e573a09e..b0d9ae2e8 100644
--- a/launcher/FileSystem.h
+++ b/launcher/FileSystem.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "Exception.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h"
+#include "Filter.h"
 
 #include <system_error>
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ class copy : public QObject {
         m_followSymlinks = follow;
         return *this;
     }
-    copy& matcher(IPathMatcher::Ptr filter)
+    copy& matcher(Filter filter)
     {
-        m_matcher = filter;
+        m_matcher = std::move(filter);
         return *this;
     }
     copy& whitelist(bool whitelist)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class copy : public QObject {
 
    private:
     bool m_followSymlinks = true;
-    IPathMatcher::Ptr m_matcher = nullptr;
+    Filter m_matcher = nullptr;
     bool m_whitelist = false;
     bool m_overwrite = false;
     QDir m_src;
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ class create_link : public QObject {
         m_useHardLinks = useHard;
         return *this;
     }
-    create_link& matcher(IPathMatcher::Ptr filter)
+    create_link& matcher(Filter filter)
     {
-        m_matcher = filter;
+        m_matcher = std::move(filter);
         return *this;
     }
     create_link& whitelist(bool whitelist)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class create_link : public QObject {
 
    private:
     bool m_useHardLinks = false;
-    IPathMatcher::Ptr m_matcher = nullptr;
+    Filter m_matcher = nullptr;
     bool m_whitelist = false;
     bool m_recursive = true;
 
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ class clone : public QObject {
         m_src.setPath(src);
         m_dst.setPath(dst);
     }
-    clone& matcher(IPathMatcher::Ptr filter)
+    clone& matcher(Filter filter)
     {
-        m_matcher = filter;
+        m_matcher = std::move(filter);
         return *this;
     }
     clone& whitelist(bool whitelist)
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class clone : public QObject {
     bool operator()(const QString& offset, bool dryRun = false);
 
    private:
-    IPathMatcher::Ptr m_matcher = nullptr;
+    Filter m_matcher = nullptr;
     bool m_whitelist = false;
     QDir m_src;
     QDir m_dst;
diff --git a/launcher/Filter.cpp b/launcher/Filter.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index adeb2209e..000000000
--- a/launcher/Filter.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#include "Filter.h"
-
-ContainsFilter::ContainsFilter(const QString& pattern) : pattern(pattern) {}
-bool ContainsFilter::accepts(const QString& value)
-{
-    return value.contains(pattern);
-}
-
-ExactFilter::ExactFilter(const QString& pattern) : pattern(pattern) {}
-bool ExactFilter::accepts(const QString& value)
-{
-    return value == pattern;
-}
-
-ExactIfPresentFilter::ExactIfPresentFilter(const QString& pattern) : pattern(pattern) {}
-bool ExactIfPresentFilter::accepts(const QString& value)
-{
-    return value.isEmpty() || value == pattern;
-}
-
-RegexpFilter::RegexpFilter(const QString& regexp, bool invert) : invert(invert)
-{
-    pattern.setPattern(regexp);
-    pattern.optimize();
-}
-bool RegexpFilter::accepts(const QString& value)
-{
-    auto match = pattern.match(value);
-    bool matched = match.hasMatch();
-    return invert ? (!matched) : (matched);
-}
-
-ExactListFilter::ExactListFilter(const QStringList& pattern) : m_pattern(pattern) {}
-bool ExactListFilter::accepts(const QString& value)
-{
-    return m_pattern.isEmpty() || m_pattern.contains(value);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/launcher/Filter.h b/launcher/Filter.h
index ae835e724..317f5b067 100644
--- a/launcher/Filter.h
+++ b/launcher/Filter.h
@@ -3,59 +3,52 @@
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QString>
 
-class Filter {
-   public:
-    virtual ~Filter() = default;
-    virtual bool accepts(const QString& value) = 0;
-};
+using Filter = std::function<bool(const QString&)>;
 
-class ContainsFilter : public Filter {
-   public:
-    ContainsFilter(const QString& pattern);
-    virtual ~ContainsFilter() = default;
-    bool accepts(const QString& value) override;
+namespace Filters {
+inline Filter inverse(Filter filter)
+{
+    return [filter = std::move(filter)](const QString& src) { return !filter(src); };
+}
 
-   private:
-    QString pattern;
-};
+inline Filter any(QList<Filter> filters)
+{
+    return [filters = std::move(filters)](const QString& src) {
+        for (auto& filter : filters)
+            if (filter(src))
+                return true;
 
-class ExactFilter : public Filter {
-   public:
-    ExactFilter(const QString& pattern);
-    virtual ~ExactFilter() = default;
-    bool accepts(const QString& value) override;
+        return false;
+    };
+}
 
-   private:
-    QString pattern;
-};
+inline Filter equals(QString pattern)
+{
+    return [pattern = std::move(pattern)](const QString& src) { return src == pattern; };
+}
 
-class ExactIfPresentFilter : public Filter {
-   public:
-    ExactIfPresentFilter(const QString& pattern);
-    virtual ~ExactIfPresentFilter() override = default;
-    bool accepts(const QString& value) override;
+inline Filter equalsAny(QStringList patterns = {})
+{
+    return [patterns = std::move(patterns)](const QString& src) { return patterns.isEmpty() || patterns.contains(src); };
+}
 
-   private:
-    QString pattern;
-};
+inline Filter equalsOrEmpty(QString pattern)
+{
+    return [pattern = std::move(pattern)](const QString& src) { return src.isEmpty() || src == pattern; };
+}
 
-class RegexpFilter : public Filter {
-   public:
-    RegexpFilter(const QString& regexp, bool invert);
-    virtual ~RegexpFilter() = default;
-    bool accepts(const QString& value) override;
+inline Filter contains(QString pattern)
+{
+    return [pattern = std::move(pattern)](const QString& src) { return src.contains(pattern); };
+}
 
-   private:
-    QRegularExpression pattern;
-    bool invert = false;
-};
+inline Filter startsWith(QString pattern)
+{
+    return [pattern = std::move(pattern)](const QString& src) { return src.startsWith(pattern); };
+}
 
-class ExactListFilter : public Filter {
-   public:
-    ExactListFilter(const QStringList& pattern = {});
-    virtual ~ExactListFilter() = default;
-    bool accepts(const QString& value) override;
-
-   private:
-    QStringList m_pattern;
-};
+inline Filter regexp(QRegularExpression pattern)
+{
+    return [pattern = std::move(pattern)](const QString& src) { return pattern.match(src).hasMatch(); };
+}
+}  // namespace Filters
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp b/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp
index fb5963532..eba1a1339 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #include <QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <memory>
 #include "FileSystem.h"
+#include "Filter.h"
 #include "NullInstance.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/RegexpMatcher.h"
 #include "settings/INISettingsObject.h"
 #include "tasks/Task.h"
 
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ InstanceCopyTask::InstanceCopyTask(InstancePtr origInstance, const InstanceCopyP
     if (!filters.isEmpty()) {
         // Set regex filter:
         // FIXME: get this from the original instance type...
-        auto matcherReal = new RegexpMatcher(filters);
-        matcherReal->caseSensitive(false);
-        m_matcher.reset(matcherReal);
+        QRegularExpression regexp(filters, QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption);
+        m_matcher = Filters::regexp(regexp);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.h b/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.h
index 3aba13e5c..ef4120bc6 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.h
+++ b/launcher/InstanceCopyTask.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 #include "BaseInstance.h"
 #include "BaseVersion.h"
+#include "Filter.h"
 #include "InstanceCopyPrefs.h"
 #include "InstanceTask.h"
 #include "net/NetJob.h"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class InstanceCopyTask : public InstanceTask {
     InstancePtr m_origInstance;
     QFuture<bool> m_copyFuture;
     QFutureWatcher<bool> m_copyFutureWatcher;
-    IPathMatcher::Ptr m_matcher;
+    Filter m_matcher;
     bool m_keepPlaytime;
     bool m_useLinks = false;
     bool m_useHardLinks = false;
diff --git a/launcher/MMCZip.cpp b/launcher/MMCZip.cpp
index 0b1a2b39e..dfe397930 100644
--- a/launcher/MMCZip.cpp
+++ b/launcher/MMCZip.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 namespace MMCZip {
 // ours
-bool mergeZipFiles(QuaZip* into, QFileInfo from, QSet<QString>& contained, const FilterFunction& filter)
+bool mergeZipFiles(QuaZip* into, QFileInfo from, QSet<QString>& contained, const Filter& filter)
 {
     QuaZip modZip(from.filePath());
     modZip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip);
diff --git a/launcher/MMCZip.h b/launcher/MMCZip.h
index fe0c79de2..e23d29d65 100644
--- a/launcher/MMCZip.h
+++ b/launcher/MMCZip.h
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@
 #if defined(LAUNCHER_APPLICATION)
 #include "minecraft/mod/Mod.h"
 #endif
+#include "Filter.h"
 #include "tasks/Task.h"
 
 namespace MMCZip {
-using FilterFunction = std::function<bool(const QString&)>;
 using FilterFileFunction = std::function<bool(const QFileInfo&)>;
 
 /**
  * Merge two zip files, using a filter function
  */
-bool mergeZipFiles(QuaZip* into, QFileInfo from, QSet<QString>& contained, const FilterFunction& filter = nullptr);
+bool mergeZipFiles(QuaZip* into, QFileInfo from, QSet<QString>& contained, const Filter& filter = nullptr);
 
 /**
  * Compress directory, by providing a list of files to compress
diff --git a/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.cpp b/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.cpp
index 5cb3cd0be..b0137fb5c 100644
--- a/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.cpp
+++ b/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ QStringList RecursiveFileSystemWatcher::scanRecursive(const QDir& directory)
     }
     for (const QString& file : directory.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Hidden)) {
         auto relPath = m_root.relativeFilePath(directory.absoluteFilePath(file));
-        if (m_matcher->matches(relPath)) {
+        if (m_matcher(relPath)) {
             ret.append(relPath);
         }
     }
diff --git a/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.h b/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.h
index 7f96f5cd0..0a71e64c2 100644
--- a/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.h
+++ b/launcher/RecursiveFileSystemWatcher.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
-#include "pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h"
+#include "Filter.h"
 
 class RecursiveFileSystemWatcher : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class RecursiveFileSystemWatcher : public QObject {
     void setWatchFiles(bool watchFiles);
     bool watchFiles() const { return m_watchFiles; }
 
-    void setMatcher(IPathMatcher::Ptr matcher) { m_matcher = matcher; }
+    void setMatcher(Filter matcher) { m_matcher = std::move(matcher); }
 
     QStringList files() const { return m_files; }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RecursiveFileSystemWatcher : public QObject {
     QDir m_root;
     bool m_watchFiles = false;
     bool m_isEnabled = false;
-    IPathMatcher::Ptr m_matcher;
+    Filter m_matcher;
 
     QFileSystemWatcher* m_watcher;
 
diff --git a/launcher/VersionProxyModel.cpp b/launcher/VersionProxyModel.cpp
index 165dd4cb7..950b2276a 100644
--- a/launcher/VersionProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/VersionProxyModel.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class VersionFilterModel : public QSortFilterProxyModel {
         for (auto it = filters.begin(); it != filters.end(); ++it) {
             auto data = sourceModel()->data(idx, it.key());
             auto match = data.toString();
-            if (!it.value()->accepts(match)) {
+            if (!it.value()(match)) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ void VersionProxyModel::clearFilters()
     filterModel->filterChanged();
 }
 
-void VersionProxyModel::setFilter(const BaseVersionList::ModelRoles column, Filter* f)
+void VersionProxyModel::setFilter(const BaseVersionList::ModelRoles column, Filter f)
 {
-    m_filters[column].reset(f);
+    m_filters[column] = std::move(f);
     filterModel->filterChanged();
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/VersionProxyModel.h b/launcher/VersionProxyModel.h
index 7965af0ad..ddd5d2458 100644
--- a/launcher/VersionProxyModel.h
+++ b/launcher/VersionProxyModel.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class VersionProxyModel : public QAbstractProxyModel {
     Q_OBJECT
    public:
     enum Column { Name, ParentVersion, Branch, Type, CPUArchitecture, Path, Time, JavaName, JavaMajor };
-    using FilterMap = QHash<BaseVersionList::ModelRoles, std::shared_ptr<Filter>>;
+    using FilterMap = QHash<BaseVersionList::ModelRoles, Filter>;
 
    public:
     VersionProxyModel(QObject* parent = 0);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class VersionProxyModel : public QAbstractProxyModel {
 
     const FilterMap& filters() const;
     const QString& search() const;
-    void setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles column, Filter* filter);
+    void setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles column, Filter filter);
     void setSearch(const QString& search);
     void clearFilters();
     QModelIndex getRecommended() const;
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/MinecraftInstance.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/MinecraftInstance.cpp
index 7749d0f6b..a58ad21bc 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/MinecraftInstance.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/MinecraftInstance.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "MMCTime.h"
 #include "java/JavaVersion.h"
-#include "pathmatcher/MultiMatcher.h"
 
 #include "launch/LaunchTask.h"
 #include "launch/TaskStepWrapper.h"
diff --git a/launcher/pathmatcher/FSTreeMatcher.h b/launcher/pathmatcher/FSTreeMatcher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d8d36d2c3..000000000
--- a/launcher/pathmatcher/FSTreeMatcher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <SeparatorPrefixTree.h>
-#include "IPathMatcher.h"
-
-class FSTreeMatcher : public IPathMatcher {
-   public:
-    virtual ~FSTreeMatcher() {};
-    FSTreeMatcher(SeparatorPrefixTree<'/'>& tree) : m_fsTree(tree) {}
-
-    bool matches(const QString& string) const override { return m_fsTree.covers(string); }
-
-    SeparatorPrefixTree<'/'>& m_fsTree;
-};
diff --git a/launcher/pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h b/launcher/pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b01e8cf..000000000
--- a/launcher/pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include <QString>
-#include <memory>
-
-class IPathMatcher {
-   public:
-    using Ptr = std::shared_ptr<IPathMatcher>;
-
-   public:
-    virtual ~IPathMatcher() {}
-    virtual bool matches(const QString& string) const = 0;
-};
diff --git a/launcher/pathmatcher/MultiMatcher.h b/launcher/pathmatcher/MultiMatcher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ad07b643..000000000
--- a/launcher/pathmatcher/MultiMatcher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <SeparatorPrefixTree.h>
-#include "IPathMatcher.h"
-
-class MultiMatcher : public IPathMatcher {
-   public:
-    virtual ~MultiMatcher() {};
-    MultiMatcher() {}
-    MultiMatcher& add(Ptr add)
-    {
-        m_matchers.append(add);
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    virtual bool matches(const QString& string) const override
-    {
-        for (auto iter : m_matchers) {
-            if (iter->matches(string)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    QList<Ptr> m_matchers;
-};
diff --git a/launcher/pathmatcher/RegexpMatcher.h b/launcher/pathmatcher/RegexpMatcher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e36516386..000000000
--- a/launcher/pathmatcher/RegexpMatcher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QRegularExpression>
-#include "IPathMatcher.h"
-
-class RegexpMatcher : public IPathMatcher {
-   public:
-    virtual ~RegexpMatcher() {}
-    RegexpMatcher(const QString& regexp)
-    {
-        m_regexp.setPattern(regexp);
-        m_onlyFilenamePart = !regexp.contains('/');
-    }
-
-    RegexpMatcher(const QRegularExpression& regex) : m_regexp(regex) { m_onlyFilenamePart = !regex.pattern().contains('/'); }
-
-    RegexpMatcher& caseSensitive(bool cs = true)
-    {
-        if (cs) {
-            m_regexp.setPatternOptions(QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption);
-        } else {
-            m_regexp.setPatternOptions(QRegularExpression::NoPatternOption);
-        }
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    virtual bool matches(const QString& string) const override
-    {
-        if (m_onlyFilenamePart) {
-            auto slash = string.lastIndexOf('/');
-            if (slash != -1) {
-                auto part = string.mid(slash + 1);
-                return m_regexp.match(part).hasMatch();
-            }
-        }
-        return m_regexp.match(string).hasMatch();
-    }
-    QRegularExpression m_regexp;
-    bool m_onlyFilenamePart = false;
-};
diff --git a/launcher/pathmatcher/SimplePrefixMatcher.h b/launcher/pathmatcher/SimplePrefixMatcher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 57bf63a30..000000000
--- a/launcher/pathmatcher/SimplePrefixMatcher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Sefa Eyeoglu <contact@scrumplex.net>
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
-
-#include "IPathMatcher.h"
-
-class SimplePrefixMatcher : public IPathMatcher {
-   public:
-    virtual ~SimplePrefixMatcher() {};
-    SimplePrefixMatcher(const QString& prefix)
-    {
-        m_prefix = prefix;
-        m_isPrefix = prefix.endsWith('/');
-    }
-
-    virtual bool matches(const QString& string) const override
-    {
-        if (m_isPrefix)
-            return string.startsWith(m_prefix);
-        return string == m_prefix;
-    }
-    QString m_prefix;
-    bool m_isPrefix = false;
-};
diff --git a/launcher/ui/java/InstallJavaDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/java/InstallJavaDialog.cpp
index 5f69b9d46..4a628b003 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/java/InstallJavaDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/java/InstallJavaDialog.cpp
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ class InstallJavaPage : public QWidget, public BasePage {
     void recommendedFilterChanged()
     {
         if (m_recommend) {
-            majorVersionSelect->setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles::JavaMajorRole, new ExactListFilter(m_recommended_majors));
+            majorVersionSelect->setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles::JavaMajorRole, Filters::equalsAny(m_recommended_majors));
         } else {
-            majorVersionSelect->setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles::JavaMajorRole, new ExactListFilter());
+            majorVersionSelect->setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles::JavaMajorRole, Filters::equalsAny());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/OtherLogsPage.h b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/OtherLogsPage.h
index 4104d8f3c..fbf9991e1 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/OtherLogsPage.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/OtherLogsPage.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <QWidget>
 
 #include <Application.h>
-#include <pathmatcher/IPathMatcher.h>
 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 #include "LogPage.h"
 #include "ui/pages/BasePage.h"
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/CustomPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/CustomPage.cpp
index ba22bd2e6..87e126fd7 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/CustomPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/CustomPage.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void CustomPage::filterChanged()
     if (ui->experimentsFilter->isChecked())
         out << "(experiment)";
     auto regexp = out.join('|');
-    ui->versionList->setFilter(BaseVersionList::TypeRole, new RegexpFilter(regexp, false));
+    ui->versionList->setFilter(BaseVersionList::TypeRole, Filters::regexp(QRegularExpression(regexp)));
 }
 
 void CustomPage::loaderFilterChanged()
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp b/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp
index a19adabff..4fb0aef22 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ModFilterWidget::ModFilterWidget(MinecraftInstance* instance, bool extended)
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
     m_versions_proxy = new VersionProxyModel(this);
-    m_versions_proxy->setFilter(BaseVersionList::TypeRole, new ExactFilter("release"));
+    m_versions_proxy->setFilter(BaseVersionList::TypeRole, Filters::equals("release"));
 
     QAbstractProxyModel* proxy = new VersionBasicModel(this);
     proxy->setSourceModel(m_versions_proxy);
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void ModFilterWidget::onShowAllVersionsChanged()
     if (ui->showAllVersions->isChecked())
         m_versions_proxy->clearFilters();
     else
-        m_versions_proxy->setFilter(BaseVersionList::TypeRole, new ExactFilter("release"));
+        m_versions_proxy->setFilter(BaseVersionList::TypeRole, Filters::equals("release"));
 }
 
 void ModFilterWidget::onVersionFilterChanged(int)
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.cpp b/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.cpp
index 2d735d18f..040355f4b 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.cpp
@@ -224,20 +224,20 @@ BaseVersion::Ptr VersionSelectWidget::selectedVersion() const
 
 void VersionSelectWidget::setFuzzyFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, QString filter)
 {
-    m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, new ContainsFilter(filter));
+    m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, Filters::contains(filter));
 }
 
 void VersionSelectWidget::setExactFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, QString filter)
 {
-    m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, new ExactFilter(filter));
+    m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, Filters::equals(filter));
 }
 
 void VersionSelectWidget::setExactIfPresentFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, QString filter)
 {
-    m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, new ExactIfPresentFilter(filter));
+    m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, Filters::equalsOrEmpty(filter));
 }
 
-void VersionSelectWidget::setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, Filter* filter)
+void VersionSelectWidget::setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, Filter filter)
 {
     m_proxyModel->setFilter(role, filter);
 }
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.h b/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.h
index c16d4c0dd..c66d7e98e 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/VersionSelectWidget.h
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include "BaseVersionList.h"
+#include "Filter.h"
 #include "VersionListView.h"
 
 class VersionProxyModel;
 class VersionListView;
 class QVBoxLayout;
 class QProgressBar;
-class Filter;
 
 class VersionSelectWidget : public QWidget {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class VersionSelectWidget : public QWidget {
     void setFuzzyFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, QString filter);
     void setExactFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, QString filter);
     void setExactIfPresentFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, QString filter);
-    void setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, Filter* filter);
+    void setFilter(BaseVersionList::ModelRoles role, Filter filter);
     void setEmptyString(QString emptyString);
     void setEmptyErrorString(QString emptyErrorString);
     void setEmptyMode(VersionListView::EmptyMode mode);
diff --git a/tests/FileSystem_test.cpp b/tests/FileSystem_test.cpp
index 48da30a25..37e5e1201 100644
--- a/tests/FileSystem_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/FileSystem_test.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
-#include <pathmatcher/RegexpMatcher.h>
-
 class LinkTask : public Task {
     Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ class LinkTask : public Task {
 
     ~LinkTask() { delete m_lnk; }
 
-    void matcher(IPathMatcher::Ptr filter) { m_lnk->matcher(filter); }
+    void matcher(Filter filter) { m_lnk->matcher(filter); }
 
     void linkRecursively(bool recursive)
     {
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ class FileSystemTest : public QObject {
             qDebug() << tempDir.path();
             qDebug() << target_dir.path();
             FS::copy c(folder, target_dir.path());
-            RegexpMatcher::Ptr re = std::make_shared<RegexpMatcher>("[.]?mcmeta");
+            auto re = Filters::regexp(QRegularExpression("[.]?mcmeta"));
             c.matcher(re);
             c();
 
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ class FileSystemTest : public QObject {
             qDebug() << tempDir.path();
             qDebug() << target_dir.path();
             FS::copy c(folder, target_dir.path());
-            RegexpMatcher::Ptr re = std::make_shared<RegexpMatcher>("[.]?mcmeta");
+            auto re = Filters::regexp(QRegularExpression("[.]?mcmeta"));
             c.matcher(re);
             c.whitelist(true);
             c();
@@ -415,7 +413,7 @@ class FileSystemTest : public QObject {
             qDebug() << target_dir.path();
 
             LinkTask lnk_tsk(folder, target_dir.path());
-            RegexpMatcher::Ptr re = std::make_shared<RegexpMatcher>("[.]?mcmeta");
+            auto re = Filters::regexp(QRegularExpression("[.]?mcmeta"));
             lnk_tsk.matcher(re);
             lnk_tsk.linkRecursively(true);
             connect(&lnk_tsk, &Task::finished,
@@ -461,7 +459,7 @@ class FileSystemTest : public QObject {
             qDebug() << target_dir.path();
 
             LinkTask lnk_tsk(folder, target_dir.path());
-            RegexpMatcher::Ptr re = std::make_shared<RegexpMatcher>("[.]?mcmeta");
+            auto re = Filters::regexp(QRegularExpression("[.]?mcmeta"));
             lnk_tsk.matcher(re);
             lnk_tsk.linkRecursively(true);
             lnk_tsk.whitelist(true);