diff --git a/include/villas/api/request.hpp b/include/villas/api/request.hpp
index 427be1535..fec01a9e5 100644
--- a/include/villas/api/request.hpp
+++ b/include/villas/api/request.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <villas/super_node.hpp>
 #include <villas/api/session.hpp>
 
-#define REGEX_UUID "[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}"
+#define RE_UUID "[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}"
 
 namespace villas {
 namespace node {
diff --git a/lib/api/requests/path_action.cpp b/lib/api/requests/path_action.cpp
index 724e2a8c1..394eec7ee 100644
--- a/lib/api/requests/path_action.cpp
+++ b/lib/api/requests/path_action.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ public:
 
 /* Register API requests */
 static char n1[] = "path/start";
-static char r1[] = "/path/(" REGEX_UUID ")/start";
+static char r1[] = "/path/(" RE_UUID ")/start";
 static char d1[] = "start a path";
 static RequestPlugin<PathActionRequest<path_start>, n1, r1, d1> p1;
 
 static char n2[] = "path/stop";
-static char r2[] = "/path/(" REGEX_UUID ")/stop";
+static char r2[] = "/path/(" RE_UUID ")/stop";
 static char d2[] = "stop a path";
 static RequestPlugin<PathActionRequest<path_stop>, n2, r2, d2> p2;
 
diff --git a/lib/api/requests/path_info.cpp b/lib/api/requests/path_info.cpp
index f2a025079..b63e716b6 100644
--- a/lib/api/requests/path_info.cpp
+++ b/lib/api/requests/path_info.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 
 /* Register API request */
 static char n[] = "path";
-static char r[] = "/path/(" REGEX_UUID ")";
+static char r[] = "/path/(" RE_UUID ")";
 static char d[] = "retrieve info of a path";
 static RequestPlugin<PathInfoRequest, n, r, d> p;