diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 7082ec534a..3bfe0bcf71 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryFactory;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionResult;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Repository;
@@ -42,9 +41,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.project.validation.ModelValidator;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.Initializable;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.CycleDetectedException;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.DAG;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.TopologicalSorter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -336,75 +332,6 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         return artifact.getFile();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sort a list of projects.
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>collect all the vertices for the projects that we want to build.</li>
-     * <li>iterate through the deps of each project and if that dep is within
-     * the set of projects we want to build then add an edge, otherwise throw
-     * the edge away because that dependency is not within the set of projects
-     * we are trying to build. we assume a closed set.</li>
-     * <li>do a topo sort on the graph that remains.</li>
-     * </ul>
-     */
-    public List getSortedProjects( List projects )
-        throws CycleDetectedException
-    {
-        DAG dag = new DAG();
-
-        Map projectMap = new HashMap();
-
-        for ( Iterator i = projects.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
-        {
-            MavenProject project = (MavenProject) i.next();
-
-            String artifactId = project.getArtifactId();
-
-            dag.addVertex( artifactId );
-
-            projectMap.put( artifactId, project );
-        }
-
-        for ( Iterator i = projects.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
-        {
-            MavenProject project = (MavenProject) i.next();
-
-            String artifactId = project.getArtifactId();
-
-            for ( Iterator j = project.getDependencies().iterator(); j.hasNext(); )
-            {
-                Dependency dependency = (Dependency) j.next();
-
-                String dependencyArtifactId = dependency.getArtifactId();
-
-                if ( dag.getVertex( dependencyArtifactId ) != null )
-                {
-                    dag.addEdge( artifactId, dependencyArtifactId );
-                }
-            }
-
-            MavenProject parent = project.getParent();
-            if ( parent != null )
-            {
-                if ( dag.getVertex( parent.getArtifactId() ) != null )
-                {
-                    dag.addEdge( artifactId, parent.getArtifactId() );
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        List sortedProjects = new ArrayList();
-
-        for ( Iterator i = TopologicalSorter.sort( dag ).iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
-        {
-            String artifactId = (String) i.next();
-
-            sortedProjects.add( projectMap.get( artifactId ) );
-        }
-
-        return sortedProjects;
-    }
-
     public MavenProject getCachedProject( String groupId, String artifactId, String version )
     {
         return (MavenProject) projectCache.get( createCacheKey( groupId, artifactId, version ) );
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
index 6a37d3d263..a2c3c3e35f 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
 import org.apache.maven.model.CiManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Contributor;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
 import org.apache.maven.model.DependencyManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Developer;
 import org.apache.maven.model.DistributionManagement;
@@ -33,12 +34,17 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
 import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Reports;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.CycleDetectedException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.DAG;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.TopologicalSorter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -569,5 +575,74 @@ public class MavenProject
     {
         this.collectedProjects = collectedProjects;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sort a list of projects.
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>collect all the vertices for the projects that we want to build.</li>
+     * <li>iterate through the deps of each project and if that dep is within
+     * the set of projects we want to build then add an edge, otherwise throw
+     * the edge away because that dependency is not within the set of projects
+     * we are trying to build. we assume a closed set.</li>
+     * <li>do a topo sort on the graph that remains.</li>
+     * </ul>
+     */
+    public static List getSortedProjects( List projects )
+        throws CycleDetectedException
+    {
+        DAG dag = new DAG();
+
+        Map projectMap = new HashMap();
+
+        for ( Iterator i = projects.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = (MavenProject) i.next();
+
+            String artifactId = project.getArtifactId();
+
+            dag.addVertex( artifactId );
+
+            projectMap.put( artifactId, project );
+        }
+
+        for ( Iterator i = projects.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            MavenProject project = (MavenProject) i.next();
+
+            String artifactId = project.getArtifactId();
+
+            for ( Iterator j = project.getDependencies().iterator(); j.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                Dependency dependency = (Dependency) j.next();
+
+                String dependencyArtifactId = dependency.getArtifactId();
+
+                if ( dag.getVertex( dependencyArtifactId ) != null )
+                {
+                    dag.addEdge( artifactId, dependencyArtifactId );
+                }
+            }
+
+            MavenProject parent = project.getParent();
+            if ( parent != null )
+            {
+                if ( dag.getVertex( parent.getArtifactId() ) != null )
+                {
+                    dag.addEdge( artifactId, parent.getArtifactId() );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        List sortedProjects = new ArrayList();
+
+        for ( Iterator i = TopologicalSorter.sort( dag ).iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            String artifactId = (String) i.next();
+
+            sortedProjects.add( projectMap.get( artifactId ) );
+        }
+
+        return sortedProjects;
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
index b9b5fd08c2..c6392f9c44 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ package org.apache.maven.project;
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.dag.CycleDetectedException;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
 
 public interface MavenProjectBuilder
 {
@@ -36,10 +34,5 @@ public interface MavenProjectBuilder
     MavenProject buildSuperProject( ArtifactRepository localRepository )
         throws ProjectBuildingException;
 
-    // take this out
-
-    List getSortedProjects( List projects )
-        throws CycleDetectedException;
-
     MavenProject getCachedProject( String groupId, String artifactId, String version );
 }