diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtilsTest.java
index fae98615e..61894e36d 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtilsTest.java
@@ -501,30 +501,6 @@ public class ClassUtilsTest extends TestCase {
         assertGetClassThrowsException( className, ClassNotFoundException.class );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of URLClassLoader with the system class loader's URLs and a <code>null</code> parent
-     * class loader.
-     * 
-     * @see ClassLoader#getSystemClassLoader()
-     * @see URLClassLoader#newInstance(URL[], ClassLoader)
-     * @return the resulting class loader
-     */
-    public static ClassLoader newSystemClassLoader() throws SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException {
-        ClassLoader systemClassLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
-        ClassLoader myClassLoader = ClassUtilsTest.class.getClassLoader();
-        if (!(myClassLoader instanceof URLClassLoader)) {
-            fail("ClassUtilsTest ClassLoader = " + (myClassLoader == null ? null : myClassLoader.getClass().getName()));
-        }
-        if (!(systemClassLoader instanceof URLClassLoader)) {
-            fail("System  ClassLoader = " + (systemClassLoader == null ? null : systemClassLoader.getClass().getName()));
-        }
-        if (!myClassLoader.equals(systemClassLoader)) {
-            fail("ClassUtilsTest= " + myClassLoader + " System=" + systemClassLoader);
-        }
-        URLClassLoader urlScl = (URLClassLoader) myClassLoader;
-        return URLClassLoader.newInstance(urlScl.getURLs(), null);
-    }
-
     // Show the Java bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4071957
     // We may have to delete this if a JDK fixes the bug.
     public void testShowJavaBug() throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/EnumTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/EnumTest.java
index eaaedaae4..823b5d088 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/EnumTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enum/EnumTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import junit.framework.TestSuite;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtilsTest;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -456,7 +455,11 @@ public final class EnumTest extends TestCase {
         assertTrue(colorEnum.equals(colorEnum));
         assertNotNull(ColorEnum.class.getClassLoader());
         // set up:
-        ClassLoader classLoader = ClassUtilsTest.newSystemClassLoader();
+        ClassLoader myClassLoader = EnumTest.class.getClassLoader();
+        if (!(myClassLoader instanceof URLClassLoader)) {
+            fail("EnumTest ClassLoader = " + (myClassLoader == null ? null : myClassLoader.getClass().getName()));
+        }
+        ClassLoader classLoader = URLClassLoader.newInstance( ((URLClassLoader)myClassLoader).getURLs(), null);
         Object enumObjectFromOtherClassLoader = this.getColorEnum(classLoader, colorEnum.getName());
 
         // the real test, part 1.
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/EnumTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/EnumTest.java
index a25e4a0c1..8f92e985a 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/EnumTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/enums/EnumTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import junit.framework.TestSuite;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtilsTest;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -454,7 +453,11 @@ public final class EnumTest extends TestCase {
         assertTrue(colorEnum.equals(colorEnum));
         assertNotNull(ColorEnum.class.getClassLoader());
         // set up:
-        ClassLoader classLoader = ClassUtilsTest.newSystemClassLoader();
+        ClassLoader myClassLoader = EnumTest.class.getClassLoader();
+        if (!(myClassLoader instanceof URLClassLoader)) {
+            fail("EnumTest ClassLoader = " + (myClassLoader == null ? null : myClassLoader.getClass().getName()));
+        }
+        ClassLoader classLoader = URLClassLoader.newInstance( ((URLClassLoader)myClassLoader).getURLs(), null);
         Object enumObjectFromOtherClassLoader = this.getColorEnum(classLoader, colorEnum.getName());
 
         // the real test, part 1.