diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/MethodUtil.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/MethodUtil.java
index 3db12c7f2a0..d52243fdd35 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/MethodUtil.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/MethodUtil.java
@@ -156,88 +156,10 @@ public class MethodUtil {
 		return retVal;
 	}
 	
-	/** Patch **/
+	public static HttpPatchClientInvocation createPatchInvocation(FhirContext theContext, IIdType theId, PatchTypeEnum thePatchType, String theBody) {
+		return PatchMethodBinding.createPatchInvocation(theContext, theId, thePatchType, theBody);
+	}
 	
-	public static HttpPatchClientInvocation createPatchInvocation(FhirContext theContext, IBaseResource theResource, String theResourceBody, Map<String, List<String>> theMatchParams) {
-		StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-
-		String resourceType = theContext.getResourceDefinition(theResource).getName();
-		b.append(resourceType);
-
-		boolean haveQuestionMark = false;
-		for (Entry<String, List<String>> nextEntry : theMatchParams.entrySet()) {
-			for (String nextValue : nextEntry.getValue()) {
-				b.append(haveQuestionMark ? '&' : '?');
-				haveQuestionMark = true;
-				b.append(UrlUtil.escape(nextEntry.getKey()));
-				b.append('=');
-				b.append(UrlUtil.escape(nextValue));
-			}
-		}
-
-		HttpPatchClientInvocation retVal;
-		if (StringUtils.isBlank(theResourceBody)) {
-			retVal = new HttpPatchClientInvocation(theContext, theResource, b.toString());
-		} else {
-			retVal = new HttpPatchClientInvocation(theContext, theResourceBody, false, b.toString());
-		}
-
-		addTagsToPostOrPut(theContext, theResource, retVal);
-
-		return retVal;
-	}
-
-	
-	public static HttpPatchClientInvocation createPatchInvocation(FhirContext theContext, IBaseResource theResource, String theResourceBody, String theMatchUrl) {
-		HttpPatchClientInvocation retVal;
-		if (StringUtils.isBlank(theResourceBody)) {
-			retVal = new HttpPatchClientInvocation(theContext, theResource, theMatchUrl);
-		} else {
-			retVal = new HttpPatchClientInvocation(theContext, theResourceBody, false, theMatchUrl);
-		}
-
-		addTagsToPostOrPut(theContext, theResource, retVal);
-
-		return retVal;
-	}
-
-	public static HttpPatchClientInvocation createPatchInvocation(IBaseResource theResource, String theResourceBody, IIdType theId, FhirContext theContext) {
-		String resourceName = theContext.getResourceDefinition(theResource).getName();
-		StringBuilder urlBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-		urlBuilder.append(resourceName);
-		urlBuilder.append('/');
-		urlBuilder.append(theId.getIdPart());
-		String urlExtension = urlBuilder.toString();
-
-		HttpPatchClientInvocation retVal;
-		if (StringUtils.isBlank(theResourceBody)) {
-			retVal = new HttpPatchClientInvocation(theContext, theResource, urlExtension);
-		} else {
-			retVal = new HttpPatchClientInvocation(theContext, theResourceBody, false, urlExtension);
-		}
-		
-		retVal.setForceResourceId(theId);
-
-		if (theId.hasVersionIdPart()) {
-			if (theContext.getVersion().getVersion().isNewerThan(FhirVersionEnum.DSTU1)) {
-				retVal.addHeader(Constants.HEADER_IF_MATCH, '"' + theId.getVersionIdPart() + '"');
-			} else {
-				String versionId = theId.getVersionIdPart();
-				if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(versionId)) {
-					urlBuilder.append('/');
-					urlBuilder.append(Constants.PARAM_HISTORY);
-					urlBuilder.append('/');
-					urlBuilder.append(versionId);
-					retVal.addHeader(Constants.HEADER_CONTENT_LOCATION, urlBuilder.toString());
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		addTagsToPostOrPut(theContext, theResource, retVal);
-		// addContentTypeHeaderBasedOnDetectedType(retVal, theResourceBody);
-
-		return retVal;
-	}
 	/** End Patch **/
 
 	public static HttpPutClientInvocation createUpdateInvocation(FhirContext theContext, IBaseResource theResource, String theResourceBody, Map<String, List<String>> theMatchParams) {