diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/ClassLoadingUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/ClassLoadingUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2603fd8e17..0000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/ClassLoadingUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.jclouds.util;
-
-import java.net.URL;
-
-import com.google.common.io.Resources;
-
-public class ClassLoadingUtils {
-
-    public ClassLoadingUtils() {
-        //Utility Class
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the url of a resource.
-     * 1. The context class is being used.
-     * 2. The thread context class loader is being used.
-     * If both approach fail, returns null.
-     *
-     * @param contextClass
-     * @param resourceName
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static URL loadResource(Class<?> contextClass, String resourceName) {
-        URL url = null;
-        if (contextClass != null) {
-            url = Resources.getResource(contextClass, resourceName);
-        }
-        if (url == null && Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() != null) {
-            url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(resourceName);
-        }
-        return url;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/functionloader/BasicFunctionLoader.java b/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/functionloader/BasicFunctionLoader.java
index fdc0c80c02..2c8d652489 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/functionloader/BasicFunctionLoader.java
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/functionloader/BasicFunctionLoader.java
@@ -18,14 +18,17 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.functionloader;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
-import com.google.common.io.Resources;
-import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.OsFamily;
-import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.ShellToken;
-import org.jclouds.util.ClassLoadingUtils;
+import static com.google.common.base.Charsets.UTF_8;
+import static com.google.common.io.Resources.getResource;
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.ShellToken.SH;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.OsFamily;
+
+import com.google.common.io.Resources;
+
 /**
  * A {@link FunctionLoader} implementation which loads the target function from the classpath.
  */
@@ -45,9 +48,8 @@ public enum BasicFunctionLoader implements FunctionLoader {
    @Override
    public String loadFunction(String function, OsFamily family) throws FunctionNotFoundException {
       try {
-         return Resources.toString(ClassLoadingUtils.loadResource(
-                  BasicFunctionLoader.class, String.format("/functions/%s.%s", function, ShellToken.SH.to(family))),
-                  Charsets.UTF_8);
+         return Resources.toString(
+               getResource(BasicFunctionLoader.class, format("/functions/%s.%s", function, SH.to(family))), UTF_8);
       } catch (IOException e) {
          throw new FunctionNotFoundException(function, family, e);
       }