diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-http.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-http.py
index 993642b2..b119da62 100755
--- a/testenv/Test-metalink-http.py
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-http.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from sys import exit
 from test.http_test import HTTPTest
 from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
-import re
 import hashlib
 from base64 import b64encode
 
@@ -12,9 +11,9 @@ from base64 import b64encode
 
 # Helper function for hostname, port and digest substitution
 def SubstituteServerInfo (text, host, port, digest):
-    text = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', digest, text)
-    text = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', host, text)
-    text = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (port), text)
+    text = text.replace('{{FILE1_HASH}}', digest)
+    text = text.replace('{{SRV_HOST}}', host)
+    text = text.replace('{{SRV_PORT}}', str (port))
     return text
 
 ############# File Definitions ###############################################
diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py
index b618ca01..4447b0e3 100755
--- a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from sys import exit
 from test.http_test import HTTPTest
 from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
-import re
 import hashlib
 
 """
@@ -77,9 +76,9 @@ http_test.server_setup()
 ### Get and use dynamic server sockname
 srv_host, srv_port = http_test.servers[0].server_inst.socket.getsockname ()
 
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256, MetaXml)
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host, MetaXml)
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port), MetaXml)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port))
 MetaFile.content = MetaXml
 
 err = http_test.begin ()
diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py
index 5ecb2b4c..c565302a 100755
--- a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from sys import exit
 from test.http_test import HTTPTest
 from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
-import re
 import hashlib
 
 """
@@ -77,9 +76,9 @@ http_test.server_setup()
 ### Get and use dynamic server sockname
 srv_host, srv_port = http_test.servers[0].server_inst.socket.getsockname ()
 
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256, MetaXml)
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host, MetaXml)
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port), MetaXml)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port))
 MetaFile.content = MetaXml
 
 err = http_test.begin ()
diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py
index 2541a384..fdeede64 100755
--- a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from sys import exit
 from test.http_test import HTTPTest
 from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
-import re
 import hashlib
 
 """
@@ -77,9 +76,9 @@ http_test.server_setup()
 ### Get and use dynamic server sockname
 srv_host, srv_port = http_test.servers[0].server_inst.socket.getsockname ()
 
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256, MetaXml)
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host, MetaXml)
-MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port), MetaXml)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host)
+MetaXml = MetaXml.replace('{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port))
 MetaFile.content = MetaXml
 
 err = http_test.begin ()