diff --git a/common/discord/discord.h b/common/discord/discord.h
index 5cc59202a..8b8a19290 100644
--- a/common/discord/discord.h
+++ b/common/discord/discord.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include "../types.h"
-#include "../http/httplib.h"
 #include "../repositories/player_event_logs_repository.h"
 #include "../events/player_events.h"
 
diff --git a/utils/scripts/build/should-release/go.mod b/utils/scripts/build/should-release/go.mod
index b74fc2889..eaa798134 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/build/should-release/go.mod
+++ b/utils/scripts/build/should-release/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module should-release
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.23.0
+
+toolchain go1.23.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v41 v41.0.0
diff --git a/zone/cli/tests/npc_handins_multiquest.cpp b/zone/cli/tests/npc_handins_multiquest.cpp
index 43f141591..39af0d952 100644
--- a/zone/cli/tests/npc_handins_multiquest.cpp
+++ b/zone/cli/tests/npc_handins_multiquest.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "../../common/http/httplib.h"
 #include "../../common/eqemu_logsys.h"
 #include "../../common/platform.h"
 #include "../../zone.h"
diff --git a/zone/dialogue_window.cpp b/zone/dialogue_window.cpp
index a02e90723..326d706d4 100644
--- a/zone/dialogue_window.cpp
+++ b/zone/dialogue_window.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#include <regex>
-
 #include "dialogue_window.h"
 
 void DialogueWindow::Render(Client *c, std::string markdown)
@@ -529,12 +527,19 @@ std::string DialogueWindow::CenterMessage(std::string message)
 		return std::string();
 	}
 
-	auto cleaned_message = message;
+	std::string cleaned_message;
+	cleaned_message.reserve(message.size());
 
-	std::regex tags("<[^>]*>");
-
-	if (std::regex_search(cleaned_message, tags)) {
-		std::regex_replace(cleaned_message, tags, cleaned_message);
+	// Strip HTML-like tags
+	bool in_tag = false;
+	for (char c : message) {
+		if (c == '<') {
+			in_tag = true;
+		} else if (c == '>' && in_tag) {
+			in_tag = false;
+		} else if (!in_tag) {
+			cleaned_message += c;
+		}
 	}
 
 	auto message_len = cleaned_message.length();