diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkUtils.java
index 92148e9f1dc..a1d60266733 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/network/NetworkUtils.java
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ package org.elasticsearch.common.network;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.CollectionUtil;
-import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalStateException;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Constants;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.os.OsUtils;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ public abstract class NetworkUtils {
     }
 
     public static Boolean defaultReuseAddress() {
-        return OsUtils.WINDOWS ? null : true;
+        return Constants.WINDOWS ? null : true;
     }
 
     public static boolean isIPv4() {
@@ -109,11 +107,6 @@ public abstract class NetworkUtils {
             return InetAddress.getByName("::1");
     }
 
-    public static boolean canBindToMcastAddress() {
-        return OsUtils.LINUX || OsUtils.SOLARIS || OsUtils.HP;
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Returns the first non-loopback address on any interface on the current host.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/os/OsUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/os/OsUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f0728039a46..00000000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/os/OsUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch 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.elasticsearch.common.os;
-
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-/**
- *
- */
-public class OsUtils {
-
-    /**
-     * The value of <tt>System.getProperty("os.name")<tt>.
-     */
-    public static final String OS_NAME = System.getProperty("os.name");
-    /**
-     * True iff running on Linux.
-     */
-    public static final boolean LINUX = OS_NAME.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("linux");
-    /**
-     * True iff running on Windows.
-     */
-    public static final boolean WINDOWS = OS_NAME.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("windows");
-    /**
-     * True iff running on SunOS.
-     */
-    public static final boolean SOLARIS = OS_NAME.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("sun");
-    /**
-     * True iff running on Mac.
-     */
-    public static final boolean MAC = OS_NAME.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("mac");
-    /**
-     * True iff running on HP.
-     */
-    public static final boolean HP = OS_NAME.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("hp");
-
-
-    private OsUtils() {
-
-    }
-}