diff --git a/util/net/sf/briar/util/FileUtils.java b/util/net/sf/briar/util/FileUtils.java
index b6310379addc43c0ad1ddd5f739875cb64e09a7f..a6cd4a36f2514dce04f18cdf229b955676045e29 100644
--- a/util/net/sf/briar/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/util/net/sf/briar/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -76,16 +76,12 @@ public class FileUtils {
 	}
 
 	public static void delete(File f) throws IOException {
-		if(f.isDirectory() && !isSymlink(f)) {
+		if(f.isDirectory() && !org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.isSymlink(f)) {
 			for(File child : f.listFiles()) delete(child);
 		}
 		f.delete();
 	}
 
-	private static boolean isSymlink(File f) throws IOException {
-		return org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.isSymlink(f);
-	}
-
 	public interface Callback {
 
 		void processingFile(File f);