diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-fw-check.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-fw-check.sh
index 5abe380e2..fad4e73bf 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-fw-check.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-fw-check.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ done
 fd -u -t f 'zst' "${_FIRMWARE}" >firmware.txt
 cp firmware.txt firmware.orig.txt
 while read -r i; do
-    sed -i -e "s#${i}##g" firmware.txt
+    sd "${i}" '' firmware.txt
 done < modules.txt
 rg -v 'amd|amss|atmel|ath[0-9]|board-2|brcm|cs42l43|htc_*|i915|imx|intel|iwlwifi|libertas|m3\.bin|mediatek|mrvl|mwl.*|mt7650|nvidia|radeon|regdb|rsi|rt[0-9][0-9]*|rtl|rtw8[8-9]|slicoss|ti-connect|ti_*|vpu_*|/.zst' firmware.txt > fw-error.txt
 if [[ -s fw-error.txt ]]; then
diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-launcher.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-launcher.sh
index c920484c5..04a1c5d1b 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-launcher.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-launcher.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ _desktop () {
     "chromium" "Browser From Google" \
     "firefox" "Browser From Mozilla" 2>${_ANSWER} || return 1
     _BROWSER="$(cat ${_ANSWER})"
-    sed -i -e "s#STANDARD_BROWSER=.*#STANDARD_BROWSER=${_BROWSER}#g" /etc/archboot/defaults
+    sd "STANDARD_BROWSER=.*" "STANDARD_BROWSER=${_BROWSER}" /etc/archboot/defaults
     source /etc/locale.conf
     clear
     update -${_EXIT} || exit 1
diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-localize.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-localize.sh
index 5b7907cef..be0461ec1 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-localize.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-localize.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ _localize_task() {
     echo "LANG=${_LOCALE}.UTF-8" > /.localize
     echo LC_COLLATE=C >> /etc/locale.conf
     localectl set-locale "${_LOCALE}.UTF-8" &>"${_NO_LOG}"
-    sed -i -e "s:^[a-z]:#&:g" /etc/locale.gen
-    sed -i -e "s:^#${_LOCALE}.UTF-8:${_LOCALE}.UTF-8:g" /etc/locale.gen
+    sd '(^[a-z])' '#$1' /etc/locale.gen
+    sd "^#${_LOCALE}.UTF-8" "${_LOCALE}.UTF-8" /etc/locale.gen
     locale-gen &>"${_NO_LOG}"
     # Terminus font size detection
     if rg -q '^FONT=.*32' /etc/vconsole.conf; then
diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh
index 0cf3275ef..37f4aa6d7 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-network.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ _wireless() {
     fi
     # replace # with spaces again
     #shellcheck disable=SC2001,SC2086
-    _WLAN_SSID="$(echo ${_WLAN_SSID} | sed -e 's|\+|\ |g')"
+    _WLAN_SSID="$(echo ${_WLAN_SSID} | sd '\+' ' ')"
     # expect hidden network has a WLAN_KEY
     #shellcheck disable=SC2143
     if ! [[ "$(iwctl station "${_INTERFACE}" get-networks | rg -q "${_WLAN_SSID}.*open")" ]] \
diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
index 93bc579e1..b4475e32d 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rm -r /usr/share/{licenses,locale} /usr/lib/{systemd,tmpfiles.d}
 pacman -Sy
 #shellcheck disable=SC2013
 for i in $(pacman -Q | cut -d ' ' -f1); do
-    rm -r "${_PACMAN_LIB}"/local/$(pacman -Q ${i} | cut -d ' ' -f1,2 | sed -s 's# #-#g')
+    rm -r "${_PACMAN_LIB}"/local/$(pacman -Q ${i} | sd ' ' '-')
     #shellcheck disable=SC2086
     if pacman -Sdd ${i} --noconfirm >>log.txt; then
         echo "${i}" >> not-installed.orig.txt
diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-pacsetup.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-pacsetup.sh
index 271191634..f492eb5da 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-pacsetup.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-pacsetup.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ _select_mirror() {
     fi
     echo "Using mirror: ${_SYNC_URL}" >"${_LOG}"
     # comment already existing entries
-    sed -i -e 's|^Server|#Server|g' "${_PACMAN_MIRROR}"
+    sd '^Server' '#Server' "${_PACMAN_MIRROR}"
     #shellcheck disable=SC2027,SC2086
     echo "Server = "${_SYNC_URL}"" >> "${_PACMAN_MIRROR}"
     if ! pacman -Sy &>${_LOG}; then
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ _enable_testing() {
         _DOTESTING=""
         _dialog --title " Testing Repositories " --defaultno --yesno "Do you want to enable testing repositories?\n\nOnly enable this if you need latest\navailable packages for testing purposes!" 8 50 && _DOTESTING=1
         if [[ -n "${_DOTESTING}" ]]; then
-            sed -i -e '/^#\[core-testing\]/ { n ; s/^#// }' /etc/pacman.conf
-            sed -i -e '/^#\[extra-testing\]/ { n ; s/^#// }' /etc/pacman.conf
-            sed -i -e 's:^#\[core-testing\]:\[core-testing\]:g' -e  's:^#\[extra-testing\]:\[extra-testing\]:g' /etc/pacman.conf
+            sd '^#(\[[c,e].*-testing\]\n)#' '$1' "${1}/etc/pacman.conf"
         fi
     else
         _DOTESTING=1
diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh
index f4bf443b3..0ccdc5fee 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ if [[ -n "${_L_XFCE}" || -n "${_L_SWAY}" || -n "${_L_PLASMA}" || -n "${_L_GNOME}
         [[ "${_STANDARD_BROWSER}" == "chromium" ]] && gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['org.gnome.Settings.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'chromium.desktop', 'org.gnome.DiskUtility.desktop', 'gparted.desktop', 'archboot.desktop']"
     fi
     # plasma and xfce
-    sed -i -e "s#firefox#${_STANDARD_BROWSER}#g" /etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc \
+    sd 'firefox' "${_STANDARD_BROWSER}" /etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc \
         /etc/xdg/menus/plasma-applications.menu \
         /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/config/main.xml 2>"${_NO_LOG}"
-    sed -i -e "s#chromium#${_STANDARD_BROWSER}#g" /etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc \
+    sd 'chromium' "${_STANDARD_BROWSER}" /etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc \
         /etc/xdg/menus/plasma-applications.menu \
         /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/config/main.xml 2>"${_NO_LOG}"
     if [[ -n "${_L_XFCE}" ]]; then