diff --git a/lark/lark.py b/lark/lark.py
index 42bff12..f6d2c65 100644
--- a/lark/lark.py
+++ b/lark/lark.py
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ class LarkOptions(Serialize):
 
 _LOAD_ALLOWED_OPTIONS = {'postlex', 'transformer', 'use_bytes', 'debug', 'g_regex_flags', 'regex', 'propagate_positions', 'keep_all_tokens',
                          'tree_class'}
-_LOAD_BLOCKED_OPTIONS = set(LarkOptions._defaults.keys()) - _LOAD_ALLOWED_OPTIONS
 
 
 class Lark(Serialize):
@@ -235,8 +234,10 @@ class Lark(Serialize):
 
             if FS.exists(cache_fn):
                 logger.debug('Loading grammar from cache: %s', cache_fn)
+                for name in (set(LarkOptions._defaults) - _LOAD_ALLOWED_OPTIONS):
+                    options.pop(name, None)
                 with FS.open(cache_fn, 'rb') as f:
-                    self._load(f, self.options)
+                    self._load(f, **options)
                 return
 
         if self.options.lexer == 'auto':
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ class Lark(Serialize):
         inst = cls.__new__(cls)
         return inst._load(f)
 
-    def _load(self, f, temp_options=None, **kwargs):
+    def _load(self, f, **kwargs):
         if isinstance(f, dict):
             d = f
         else:
@@ -363,15 +364,11 @@ class Lark(Serialize):
         assert memo
         memo = SerializeMemoizer.deserialize(memo, {'Rule': Rule, 'TerminalDef': TerminalDef}, {})
         options = dict(data['options'])
-        if _LOAD_BLOCKED_OPTIONS.intersection(kwargs.keys()):
+        if (set(kwargs) - _LOAD_ALLOWED_OPTIONS) & set(LarkOptions._defaults):
             raise ValueError("Some options are not allowed when loading a Parser: {}"
-                             .format(_LOAD_BLOCKED_OPTIONS.intersection(kwargs.keys())))
+                             .format(set(kwargs) - _LOAD_ALLOWED_OPTIONS))
         options.update(kwargs)
-        if temp_options is not None:
-            for o in _LOAD_ALLOWED_OPTIONS:
-                options[o] = temp_options.options[o]
         self.options = LarkOptions.deserialize(options, memo)
-        re_module = regex if self.options.regex else re
         self.rules = [Rule.deserialize(r, memo) for r in data['rules']]
         self.source = '<deserialized>'
         self._prepare_callbacks()
@@ -379,7 +376,6 @@ class Lark(Serialize):
             data['parser'],
             memo,
             self._callbacks,
-            re_module,
             self.options, # Not all, but multiple attributes are used
         )
         self.terminals = self.parser.lexer_conf.tokens
diff --git a/lark/parser_frontends.py b/lark/parser_frontends.py
index 6b12ef2..325315e 100644
--- a/lark/parser_frontends.py
+++ b/lark/parser_frontends.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ from .parsers.lalr_parser import LALR_Parser
 from .grammar import Rule
 from .tree import Tree
 from .common import LexerConf
+try:
+    import regex
+except ImportError:
+    regex = None
+import re
 
 ###{standalone
 
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ class WithLexer(_ParserFrontend):
         self.postlex = lexer_conf.postlex
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data, memo, callbacks, re_module, options):
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo, callbacks, options):
         inst = super(WithLexer, cls).deserialize(data, memo)
 
         inst.postlex = options.postlex
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ class WithLexer(_ParserFrontend):
 
         terminals = [item for item in memo.values() if isinstance(item, TerminalDef)]
         inst.lexer_conf.callbacks = _get_lexer_callbacks(options.transformer, terminals)
-        inst.lexer_conf.re_module = re_module
+        inst.lexer_conf.re_module = regex if options.regex else re
         inst.lexer_conf.skip_validation = True
         inst.lexer_conf.use_bytes = options.use_bytes
         inst.lexer_conf.g_regex_flags = options.g_regex_flags