diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index da64f8e3b..0f034d89d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1175,7 +1175,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rand",
  "rand_chacha",
- "regex",
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
diff --git a/simulator/Cargo.toml b/simulator/Cargo.toml
index dcb948bbe..462ceaec7 100644
--- a/simulator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/simulator/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ log = "0.4.20"
 tempfile = "3.0.7"
 env_logger = "0.10.1"
 anarchist-readable-name-generator-lib = "0.1.2"
-clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
-regex = "1.10.5"
\ No newline at end of file
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simulator/generation/plan.rs b/simulator/generation/plan.rs
index 2a39ff759..7be3ad420 100644
--- a/simulator/generation/plan.rs
+++ b/simulator/generation/plan.rs
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ fn property_insert_select<R: rand::Rng>(rng: &mut R, env: &SimulatorEnv) -> Inte
 
 fn property_double_create_failure<R: rand::Rng>(rng: &mut R, env: &SimulatorEnv) -> Interactions {
     let create_query = Create::arbitrary(rng);
+    let table_name = create_query.table.name.clone();
     let cq1 = Interaction::Query(Query::Create(create_query.clone()));
     let cq2 = Interaction::Query(Query::Create(create_query.clone()));
 
@@ -361,12 +362,10 @@ fn property_double_create_failure<R: rand::Rng>(rng: &mut R, env: &SimulatorEnv)
                 .to_string(),
         func: Box::new(move |stack: &Vec<ResultSet>| {
             let last = stack.last().unwrap();
-            println!("last: {:?}", last);
             match last {
                 Ok(_) => false,
                 Err(e) => {
-                    let re = regex::Regex::new("Table .* already exists").unwrap();
-                    re.is_match(&e.to_string())
+                    e.to_string().contains(&format!("Table {table_name} already exists"))
                 }
             }
         }),