diff --git a/api/CMakeLists.txt b/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bb6b88c89..14332e295b 100644
--- a/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ if(OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALL)
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
-  install(
-    DIRECTORY include/opentelemetry
-    DESTINATION include
-    FILES_MATCHING
-    PATTERN "*.h"
-    PATTERN "metrics" EXCLUDE)
-
   install(
     DIRECTORY include/opentelemetry
     DESTINATION include
diff --git a/docs/cpp-ostream-exporter-design.md b/docs/cpp-ostream-exporter-design.md
index 7deb369ab3..6da8bdd032 100644
--- a/docs/cpp-ostream-exporter-design.md
+++ b/docs/cpp-ostream-exporter-design.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public:
         return sdktrace::ExportResult::kSuccess;
     }
 
-    bool Shutdown(std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept
+    bool Shutdown(std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept
     {
         isShutdown = true;
         return true;
diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_record_exporter.h b/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_record_exporter.h
index 8579c99138..b72ff4f917 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_record_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/include/opentelemetry/exporters/elasticsearch/es_log_record_exporter.h
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ class ElasticsearchLogRecordExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::logs::Lo
    * @return return true when all data are exported, and false when timeout
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shutdown this exporter.
    * @param timeout The maximum time to wait for the shutdown method to return
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
 private:
   // Stores if this exporter had its Shutdown() method called
diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc
index c90072e4e4..e167faf3d9 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_record_exporter.cc
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ bool ElasticsearchLogRecordExporter::ForceFlush(
       std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::steady_clock::duration>(timeout);
   if (timeout_steady <= std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::zero())
   {
-    timeout_steady = std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::max();
+    timeout_steady = (std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::max)();
   }
 
   std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk_cv(synchronization_data_->force_flush_cv_m);
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_exporter.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_exporter.h
index 7aff1e24a5..870e5a043a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_exporter.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class OtlpGrpcExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SpanExporter
    * @return return true when all data are exported, and false when timeout
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shut down the exporter.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class OtlpGrpcExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SpanExporter
    * @return return the status of this operation
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
 private:
   // The configuration options associated with this exporter.
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_log_record_exporter.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_log_record_exporter.h
index 29333703b1..f1cd96888c 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_log_record_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_log_record_exporter.h
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ class OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporter : public opentelemetry::sdk::logs::LogRecordExpo
    * @return return true when all data are exported, and false when timeout
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shutdown this exporter.
    * @param timeout The maximum time to wait for the shutdown method to return.
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
 private:
   // Configuration options for the exporter
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter.h
index 1adbbc70b9..b5faf1a9b8 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class OPENTELEMETRY_EXPORT OtlpHttpExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::t
    * @return return true when all data are exported, and false when timeout
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shut down the exporter.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class OPENTELEMETRY_EXPORT OtlpHttpExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::t
    * @return return the status of this operation
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
 private:
   // The configuration options associated with this exporter.
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_log_record_exporter.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_log_record_exporter.h
index 4393345dfd..f481fdab0b 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_log_record_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_log_record_exporter.h
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ class OtlpHttpLogRecordExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::logs::LogReco
    * @return return true when all data are exported, and false when timeout
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shutdown this exporter.
    * @param timeout The maximum time to wait for the shutdown method to return
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
 private:
   // Configuration options for the exporter
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/src/otlp_http_client.cc b/exporters/otlp/src/otlp_http_client.cc
index 9c57a9bd83..7814199ef2 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/src/otlp_http_client.cc
+++ b/exporters/otlp/src/otlp_http_client.cc
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ bool OtlpHttpClient::ForceFlush(std::chrono::microseconds timeout) noexcept
       std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::steady_clock::duration>(timeout);
   if (timeout_steady <= std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::zero())
   {
-    timeout_steady = std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::max();
+    timeout_steady = (std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::max)();
   }
 
   while (timeout_steady > std::chrono::steady_clock::duration::zero())
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc b/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc
index 511e481c44..19dc1e88d6 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <limits>
 #include <regex>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "prometheus/metric_family.h"
 #include "prometheus/metric_type.h"
 
+#include "opentelemetry/common/macros.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_utils.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/metric_producer.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/resource/resource.h"
@@ -280,11 +282,13 @@ std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::SanitizeNames(std::string name)
   return name;
 }
 
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_HAVE_WORKING_REGEX
 std::regex INVALID_CHARACTERS_PATTERN("[^a-zA-Z0-9]");
 std::regex CHARACTERS_BETWEEN_BRACES_PATTERN("\\{(.*?)\\}");
 std::regex SANITIZE_LEADING_UNDERSCORES("^_+");
 std::regex SANITIZE_TRAILING_UNDERSCORES("_+$");
 std::regex SANITIZE_CONSECUTIVE_UNDERSCORES("[_]{2,}");
+#endif
 
 std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::GetEquivalentPrometheusUnit(
     const std::string &raw_metric_unit_name)
@@ -360,7 +364,32 @@ std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::GetPrometheusPerUnit(const std::string &per
 
 std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::RemoveUnitPortionInBraces(const std::string &unit)
 {
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_HAVE_WORKING_REGEX
   return std::regex_replace(unit, CHARACTERS_BETWEEN_BRACES_PATTERN, "");
+#else
+  bool in_braces = false;
+  std::string cleaned_unit;
+  cleaned_unit.reserve(unit.size());
+  for (auto c : unit)
+  {
+    if (in_braces)
+    {
+      if (c == '}')
+      {
+        in_braces = false;
+      }
+    }
+    else if (c == '{')
+    {
+      in_braces = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      cleaned_unit += c;
+    }
+  }
+  return cleaned_unit;
+#endif
 }
 
 std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::ConvertRateExpressedToPrometheusUnit(
@@ -389,12 +418,74 @@ std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::ConvertRateExpressedToPrometheusUnit(
 
 std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::CleanUpString(const std::string &str)
 {
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_HAVE_WORKING_REGEX
   std::string cleaned_string = std::regex_replace(str, INVALID_CHARACTERS_PATTERN, "_");
   cleaned_string = std::regex_replace(cleaned_string, SANITIZE_CONSECUTIVE_UNDERSCORES, "_");
   cleaned_string = std::regex_replace(cleaned_string, SANITIZE_TRAILING_UNDERSCORES, "");
   cleaned_string = std::regex_replace(cleaned_string, SANITIZE_LEADING_UNDERSCORES, "");
+  return cleaned_string;
+#else
+  std::string cleaned_string = str;
+  if (cleaned_string.empty())
+  {
+    return cleaned_string;
+  }
+  std::transform(cleaned_string.begin(), cleaned_string.end(), cleaned_string.begin(),
+                 [](const char c) {
+                   if ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'))
+                   {
+                     return c;
+                   }
+                   return '_';
+                 });
+
+  std::string::size_type trim_start = 0;
+  std::string::size_type trim_end   = 0;
+  bool previous_underscore          = false;
+  for (std::string::size_type i = 0; i < cleaned_string.size(); ++i)
+  {
+    if (cleaned_string[i] == '_')
+    {
+      if (previous_underscore)
+      {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      previous_underscore = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      previous_underscore = false;
+    }
+
+    if (trim_end != i)
+    {
+      cleaned_string[trim_end] = cleaned_string[i];
+    }
+    ++trim_end;
+  }
+
+  while (trim_end > 0 && cleaned_string[trim_end - 1] == '_')
+  {
+    --trim_end;
+  }
+  while (trim_start < trim_end && cleaned_string[trim_start] == '_')
+  {
+    ++trim_start;
+  }
+
+  // All characters are underscore
+  if (trim_start >= trim_end)
+  {
+    return "_";
+  }
+  if (0 != trim_start || cleaned_string.size() != trim_end)
+  {
+    return cleaned_string.substr(trim_start, trim_end - trim_start);
+  }
 
   return cleaned_string;
+#endif
 }
 
 std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::MapToPrometheusName(
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/batch_log_record_processor.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/batch_log_record_processor.h
index e93ebf3d6b..d6a44df142 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/batch_log_record_processor.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/batch_log_record_processor.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class BatchLogRecordProcessor : public LogRecordProcessor
    * NOTE: Timeout functionality not supported yet.
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shuts down the processor and does any cleanup required. Completely drains the buffer/queue of
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class BatchLogRecordProcessor : public LogRecordProcessor
    * NOTE: Timeout functionality not supported yet.
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Class destructor which invokes the Shutdown() method.
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/multi_log_record_processor.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/multi_log_record_processor.h
index 335da7f668..8ca5cffcca 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/multi_log_record_processor.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/multi_log_record_processor.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class MultiLogRecordProcessor : public LogRecordProcessor
    * @return a result code indicating whether it succeeded, failed or timed out
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shuts down the processor and does any cleanup required.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class MultiLogRecordProcessor : public LogRecordProcessor
    * @return true if the shutdown succeeded, false otherwise
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
 private:
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<LogRecordProcessor>> processors_;
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.h
index a748b06361..afbf4486b0 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class BatchSpanProcessor : public SpanProcessor
    * NOTE: Timeout functionality not supported yet.
    */
   bool ForceFlush(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Shuts down the processor and does any cleanup required. Completely drains the buffer/queue of
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class BatchSpanProcessor : public SpanProcessor
    * NOTE: Timeout functionality not supported yet.
    */
   bool Shutdown(
-      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = std::chrono::microseconds::max()) noexcept override;
+      std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept override;
 
   /**
    * Class destructor which invokes the Shutdown() method. The Shutdown() method is supposed to be