diff --git a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/DownloadResourcesActivity.cpp b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/DownloadResourcesActivity.cpp
index 6316ed03fe..a5020ba219 100644
--- a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/DownloadResourcesActivity.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/DownloadResourcesActivity.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ extern "C"
     Platform::FilesList files;
 
     // Move *.mwm files
-    pl.GetFilesByExt(from, "*" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, files);
+    pl.GetFilesByExt(from, DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, files);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < files.size(); ++i)
     {
       LOG(LDEBUG, ("moving map from:", from + files[i], ", to:", to + files[i]));
diff --git a/base/base.pro b/base/base.pro
index f7ce1aa03f..06587971b3 100644
--- a/base/base.pro
+++ b/base/base.pro
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ HEADERS += \
     strings_bundle.hpp \
     string_format.hpp \
     object_tracker.hpp \
+    regexp.hpp
diff --git a/base/base_tests/base_tests.pro b/base/base_tests/base_tests.pro
index 021127f81c..0cb91f591d 100644
--- a/base/base_tests/base_tests.pro
+++ b/base/base_tests/base_tests.pro
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SOURCES += \
   containers_test.cpp \
   fence_manager_test.cpp \
   string_format_test.cpp \
+    regexp_test.cpp
 
 HEADERS +=
 
diff --git a/platform/platform_tests/regexp_test.cpp b/base/base_tests/regexp_test.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform_tests/regexp_test.cpp
rename to base/base_tests/regexp_test.cpp
diff --git a/platform/regexp.hpp b/base/regexp.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/regexp.hpp
rename to base/regexp.hpp
diff --git a/generator/update_generator.cpp b/generator/update_generator.cpp
index 032957e27a..e18120af01 100644
--- a/generator/update_generator.cpp
+++ b/generator/update_generator.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace update
   bool UpdateCountries(string const & dataDir)
   {
     Platform::FilesList mwmFiles;
-    GetPlatform().GetFilesByExt(dataDir, "*" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, mwmFiles);
+    GetPlatform().GetFilesByExt(dataDir, DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, mwmFiles);
 
     // remove some files from list
     char const * filesToRemove[] = {
diff --git a/map/framework.cpp b/map/framework.cpp
index 7da9a7a73f..0c578febbd 100644
--- a/map/framework.cpp
+++ b/map/framework.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ CountryStatusDisplay * Framework::GetCountryStatusDisplay() const
 static void GetResourcesMaps(vector<string> & outMaps)
 {
   Platform & pl = GetPlatform();
-  pl.GetFilesByExt(pl.ResourcesDir(), "*" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, outMaps);
+  pl.GetFilesByExt(pl.ResourcesDir(), DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, outMaps);
 }
 
 Framework::Framework()
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void Framework::LoadBookmarks()
 
   string const dir = GetPlatform().WritableDir();
   Platform::FilesList files;
-  Platform::GetFilesByExt(dir, "*.kml", files);
+  Platform::GetFilesByExt(dir, ".kml", files);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < files.size(); ++i)
   {
     BookmarkCategory * cat = BookmarkCategory::CreateFromKMLFile(dir + files[i]);
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ void Framework::ClearBookmarks()
 void Framework::GetLocalMaps(vector<string> & outMaps) const
 {
   Platform & pl = GetPlatform();
-  pl.GetFilesByExt(pl.WritableDir(), "*" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, outMaps);
+  pl.GetFilesByExt(pl.WritableDir(), DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, outMaps);
 }
 
 void Framework::PrepareToShutdown()
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ void Framework::DeleteOldMaps()
 {
   Platform & p = GetPlatform();
   vector<string> maps;
-  p.GetFilesByExt(p.WritableDir(), "*" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, maps);
+  p.GetFilesByExt(p.WritableDir(), DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, maps);
   for (vector<string>::iterator it = maps.begin(); it != maps.end(); ++it)
   {
     feature::DataHeader header;
diff --git a/platform/platform.cpp b/platform/platform.cpp
index e048ea1f69..93eb691731 100644
--- a/platform/platform.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void Platform::GetFontNames(FilesList & res) const
   for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); ++i)
   {
     LOG(LDEBUG, ("Searching for fonts in", arr[i]));
-    GetFilesByExt(arr[i], "*.ttf", res);
+    GetFilesByExt(arr[i], ".ttf", res);
   }
 
   sort(res.begin(), res.end());
@@ -70,23 +70,9 @@ void Platform::GetFontNames(FilesList & res) const
 
 void Platform::GetFilesByExt(string const & directory, string const & ext, FilesList & outFiles)
 {
-  // Transform extension mask to regexp (*.mwm -> \.mwm$)
+  // Transform extension mask to regexp (.mwm -> \.mwm$)
   ASSERT ( !ext.empty(), () );
+  ASSERT_EQUAL ( ext[0], '.' , () );
 
-  string regexp;
-  if (ext[0] == '*')
-  {
-    regexp = ext + '$';
-    regexp[0] = '\\';
-  }
-  else if (ext[0] == '.')
-  {
-    regexp = '\\' + ext + '$';
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    regexp = "\\." + ext + '$';
-  }
-
-  GetFilesByRegExp(directory, regexp, outFiles);
+  GetFilesByRegExp(directory, '\\' + ext + '$', outFiles);
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform.hpp b/platform/platform.hpp
index f5a9b9649d..4d38693290 100644
--- a/platform/platform.hpp
+++ b/platform/platform.hpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public:
   /// Retrieves files list contained in given directory
   /// @param directory directory path with slash at the end
   //@{
-  /// @param ext files extension to find, like ".mwm", "*.ttf" etc
+  /// @param ext files extension to find, like ".mwm".
   static void GetFilesByExt(string const & directory, string const & ext, FilesList & outFiles);
   static void GetFilesByRegExp(string const & directory, string const & regexp, FilesList & outFiles);
   //@}
diff --git a/platform/platform.pro b/platform/platform.pro
index 7497a66c59..4572240ac3 100644
--- a/platform/platform.pro
+++ b/platform/platform.pro
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ HEADERS += \
     servers_list.hpp \
     constants.hpp \
     file_name_utils.hpp \
-    regexp.hpp \
 
 SOURCES += \
     preferred_languages.cpp \
diff --git a/platform/platform_android.cpp b/platform/platform_android.cpp
index 2b819c8050..0bc21d7021 100644
--- a/platform/platform_android.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_android.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #include "platform.hpp"
 #include "platform_unix_impl.hpp"
 #include "constants.hpp"
-#include "regexp.hpp"
 
 #include "../coding/zip_reader.hpp"
 
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
 #include "../base/thread.hpp"
+#include "../base/regexp.hpp"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/platform/platform_qt.cpp b/platform/platform_qt.cpp
index 22ad70de62..ec9c67577d 100644
--- a/platform/platform_qt.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_qt.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #include "platform.hpp"
 #include "constants.hpp"
-#include "regexp.hpp"
 
 #include "../coding/file_reader.hpp"
 
+#include "../base/regexp.hpp"
+
 #include "../std/target_os.hpp"
 #include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
 
diff --git a/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp b/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp
index c94950881c..da031ac5e5 100644
--- a/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_tests/platform_test.cpp
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ UNIT_TEST(GetFilesInDir_Smoke)
 
   string const dir = pl.WritableDir();
 
-  pl.GetFilesByExt(dir, "*" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, files1);
+  pl.GetFilesByExt(dir, DATA_FILE_EXTENSION, files1);
   TEST_GREATER(files1.size(), 0, ("/data/ folder should contain some data files"));
 
   pl.GetFilesByRegExp(dir, ".*\\" DATA_FILE_EXTENSION "$", files2);
   TEST_EQUAL(files1, files2, ());
 
   files1.clear();
-  pl.GetFilesByExt(dir, "asdnonexistentfile.dsa", files1);
+  pl.GetFilesByExt(dir, ".dsa", files1);
   TEST_EQUAL(files1.size(), 0, ());
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform_tests/platform_tests.pro b/platform/platform_tests/platform_tests.pro
index 821e52437a..29bee1215e 100644
--- a/platform/platform_tests/platform_tests.pro
+++ b/platform/platform_tests/platform_tests.pro
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@ SOURCES += \
     language_test.cpp \
     downloader_test.cpp \
     video_timer_test.cpp \
-    regexp_test.cpp \
diff --git a/platform/platform_unix_impl.cpp b/platform/platform_unix_impl.cpp
index 90132f2b9d..6f50e7eee0 100644
--- a/platform/platform_unix_impl.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_unix_impl.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #include "platform.hpp"
 #include "platform_unix_impl.hpp"
-#include "regexp.hpp"
 
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
+#include "../base/regexp.hpp"
 
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/storage/storage_tests/generate_langs.cpp b/storage/storage_tests/generate_langs.cpp
index b5be1e839b..7f0875169c 100644
--- a/storage/storage_tests/generate_langs.cpp
+++ b/storage/storage_tests/generate_langs.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ UNIT_TEST(MergeLanguages)
                          };
 
   Platform::FilesList fList;
-  GetPlatform().GetFilesByExt(paths[0], "*.meta", fList);
+  GetPlatform().GetFilesByExt(paths[0], ".meta", fList);
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < fList.size(); ++i)
   {