diff --git a/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js b/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js
index 4997011..3f840c5 100644
--- a/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js
+++ b/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ const Intentity = require('../../../intentity');
 const logger = require('../../../../logger');
 const instrument = require('../../../../instrument');
 
+const path = require('path');
+const nluFolder = '/nlu/';
+const intentsFileName = 'intents.json';
+
 class Nlu extends Base {
 
     constructor(name) {
         super(name);
         this.patterns = [];
+        this.intents = require(path.join(process.env.skillSDKResDir, nluFolder, intentsFileName));
     }
 
     init(resource, force) {
@@ -65,7 +70,21 @@ class Nlu extends Base {
             ' confidence ' + intentity.getMaxIntentConfidence().toFixed(3) +
             ' ' + this.name + ' [' + intentity.getIntentName() + ', ' + intentity.getNumOfEntities() +
             '] ' + time.toFixed(3) + 'ms');
-        // No match
+
+        // filtering intents according to the intent.json file
+        const intent = this.intents[intentity.getIntentName()];
+        if (intent) {
+            // Entities fullfilment
+            if (intent.entities) {
+                for (const entity of intent.entities) {
+                    if (entity.required) {
+                        if (!intentity.getEntity(entity.name)) {
+                            intentity.removeIntent((intent.name));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
         instrument.exitTime(request, "regexp", "evaluate");
         cb(null, intentity);
     }
@@ -75,12 +94,10 @@ class Nlu extends Base {
 function load(self, resource, force, cb) {
     // Load the regular expression resource
     resource.intents.forEach(intent => {
-        if (intent.visibility !== 'gone') {
-            intent.grammar.forEach(item => {
-                let pattern = new Pattern(intent, item, resource);
-                self.patterns.push(pattern);
-            });
-        }
+        intent.grammar.forEach(item => {
+            let pattern = new Pattern(intent, item, resource);
+            self.patterns.push(pattern);
+        });
     });
     //logger.debug(self.patterns);
     cb();
diff --git a/lib/nlu/factory.js b/lib/nlu/factory.js
index 6f7aba7..8764cc1 100644
--- a/lib/nlu/factory.js
+++ b/lib/nlu/factory.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Factory {
             let promises = [];
             let types = manifest.nlu;
             types.forEach(function (type) {
-                promises.push(getNLU(type, manifest.name));
+                promises.push(getNLU(type));
             });
 
             Promise.all(promises.map(reflect)).then(function (results) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Factory {
 module.exports = Factory;
 
 
-function getNLU(type, name) {
+function getNLU(type) {
     return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
         let nlu;
         if(WaEnvUtils.isValidWaEnvVars() && type === 'wcs') {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function getNLU(type, name) {
         if (!nlu) {
             reject(errors.couldNotReadNluType);
         }
-        nlu.name = name;
+        nlu.name = type;
         nlu.type = type;
         resolve(nlu)
     }).catch(function(err) {
diff --git a/lib/nlu/intentity.js b/lib/nlu/intentity.js
index 03e0907..01efcfc 100644
--- a/lib/nlu/intentity.js
+++ b/lib/nlu/intentity.js
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ Intentity.prototype.getIntentName = function (index) {
     return null;
 };
 
+Intentity.prototype.removeIntent = function(intentName) {
+    this.intents = this.intents.filter(function(intent) {
+        return intent.name !== intentName;
+    });
+};
+
 Intentity.prototype.getIntents = function () {
     return this.intents;
 };