diff --git a/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml b/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml
index 02d6f0a7..193f5108 100644
--- a/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ semver = "0.5"
 url = "1.2"
 rust-crypto = "0.2"
 env_logger = "0.3"
+is-match = "0.1"
 
 [dependencies.libimagstore]
 path = "../libimagstore"
diff --git a/libimagentrylink/src/lib.rs b/libimagentrylink/src/lib.rs
index ccc503fd..2ed8b6ba 100644
--- a/libimagentrylink/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagentrylink/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ extern crate toml;
 extern crate semver;
 extern crate url;
 extern crate crypto;
+#[macro_use] extern crate is_match;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 extern crate env_logger;
 
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagstore;
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagerror;
-#[macro_use] extern crate libimagutil;
+extern crate libimagutil;
 
 module_entry_path_mod!("links");
 
diff --git a/libimagentrytag/Cargo.toml b/libimagentrytag/Cargo.toml
index 81565f2f..69de9999 100644
--- a/libimagentrytag/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libimagentrytag/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ log = "0.3"
 regex = "0.2"
 toml = "^0.4"
 itertools = "0.5"
+is-match = "0.1"
 
 [dependencies.libimagstore]
 path = "../libimagstore"
diff --git a/libimagentrytag/src/lib.rs b/libimagentrytag/src/lib.rs
index d8931e40..d933fb90 100644
--- a/libimagentrytag/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagentrytag/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ extern crate itertools;
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
 extern crate regex;
 extern crate toml;
+#[macro_use] extern crate is_match;
 
 extern crate libimagstore;
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagerror;
-#[macro_use] extern crate libimagutil;
+extern crate libimagutil;
 
 pub mod error;
 pub mod exec;
diff --git a/libimagstore/Cargo.toml b/libimagstore/Cargo.toml
index 99ee6c1a..4089feda 100644
--- a/libimagstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libimagstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 crossbeam = "0.2.*"
 walkdir = "1.0.*"
 itertools = "0.6.*"
+is-match = "0.1"
 
 [dependencies.libimagerror]
 path = "../libimagerror"
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/lib.rs b/libimagstore/src/lib.rs
index 835704a3..44fecc36 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ extern crate semver;
 extern crate crossbeam;
 extern crate walkdir;
 extern crate itertools;
+#[macro_use] extern crate is_match;
 
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagerror;
-#[macro_use] extern crate libimagutil;
+extern crate libimagutil;
 
 #[macro_use] mod util;
 
diff --git a/libimagutil/src/ismatch.rs b/libimagutil/src/ismatch.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e47ee6bf..00000000
--- a/libimagutil/src/ismatch.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-//
-// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
-// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
-// 2.1 of the License.
-//
-// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-// Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-//
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! is_match {
-    ($expression: expr, $($pattern:tt)+) => {
-        is_match! {tt
-            match $expression {
-                $($pattern)+ => true,
-                _            => false
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    (tt $value:expr) => ($value);
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn test_matching() {
-    let foo = Some("-12");
-    assert!(is_match!(foo, Some(bar) if
-        is_match!(bar.as_bytes()[0], b'+' | b'-') &&
-        is_match!(bar.as_bytes()[1], b'0'...b'9')
-    ));
-    assert!(!is_match!(foo, None));
-}
-
diff --git a/libimagutil/src/lib.rs b/libimagutil/src/lib.rs
index dc7876ad..c0f71636 100644
--- a/libimagutil/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagutil/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ pub mod cli_validators;
 pub mod debug_result;
 pub mod edit;
 pub mod info_result;
-pub mod ismatch;
 pub mod iter;
 pub mod key_value_split;
 pub mod variants;