diff --git a/org.moreunit.core.test/test/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluationTest.java b/org.moreunit.core.test/test/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluationTest.java
index 88be55cf..89da9c03 100644
--- a/org.moreunit.core.test/test/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluationTest.java
+++ b/org.moreunit.core.test/test/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluationTest.java
@@ -42,4 +42,14 @@ public void should_convert_regex_to_eclipse_search_pattern() throws Exception
         // then
         assertThat(eval.getAllCorrespondingFileEclipsePatterns()).containsExactly("Pre*File*Suf", "Pre*File", "File*Suf");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_simplify_successive_quote_separators() throws Exception
+    {
+        // given
+        FileNameEvaluation eval = new FileNameEvaluation("Irrelevant", false, "PreFileSuf", asList("\\QPre\\E\\QFile\\E"), NO_PATTERNS);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(eval.getAllCorrespondingFilePatterns()).containsExactly("\\QPreFile\\E");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/org.moreunit.core/src/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluation.java b/org.moreunit.core/src/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluation.java
index 47c8533f..99c91ae0 100644
--- a/org.moreunit.core/src/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluation.java
+++ b/org.moreunit.core/src/org/moreunit/core/matching/FileNameEvaluation.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.moreunit.core.util.StringConstants;
 
@@ -21,10 +20,6 @@
  */
 public final class FileNameEvaluation
 {
-    private static final Pattern QUOTE_SEPARATORS = Pattern.compile("(?:\\\\Q|\\\\E)");
-    private static final Pattern SUCCESSIVE_QUOTE_SEPARATORS = Pattern.compile("\\\\E\\\\Q");
-    private static final Pattern WILDCARDS = Pattern.compile("\\.\\*");
-
     private final String evaluatedFileName;
     private final boolean testFile;
     private final Collection<String> otherCorrespondingFilePatterns;
@@ -45,7 +40,8 @@ private static Collection<String> simplify(Collection<String> patterns)
         List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (String pattern : patterns)
         {
-            result.add(SUCCESSIVE_QUOTE_SEPARATORS.matcher(pattern).replaceAll(""));
+            // Bolt performance optimization: use String.replace for simple literal replacements instead of regex matchers.
+            result.add(pattern.replace("\\E\\Q", ""));
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -83,7 +79,8 @@ public List<String> getAllCorrespondingFileEclipsePatterns()
 
     private String convertWildcards(String str)
     {
-        return WILDCARDS.matcher(str).replaceAll("*");
+        // Bolt performance optimization: use String.replace for literal replacements instead of regex Pattern compilation/evaluation.
+        return str.replace(".*", "*");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -126,7 +123,8 @@ public String getPreferredCorrespondingFileName()
 
     private String removeQuotes(String str)
     {
-        return QUOTE_SEPARATORS.matcher(str).replaceAll("");
+        // Bolt performance optimization: chained String.replace avoids Matcher allocations and is significantly faster than regex parsing for static literals.
+        return str.replace("\\Q", "").replace("\\E", "");
     }
 
     @Override