diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/RelocationUtil.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/RelocationUtil.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index f94ab89ed..000000000
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/RelocationUtil.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal
-
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
-import java.util.jar.JarFile
-
-class RelocationUtil {
-
-    static void configureRelocation(ShadowJar target, String prefix) {
-        def packages = [] as Set<String>
-        target.configurations.each { configuration ->
-            configuration.files.each { jar ->
-                JarFile jf = new JarFile(jar)
-                jf.entries().each { entry ->
-                    if (entry.name.endsWith(".class") && entry.name != "module-info.class") {
-                        packages << entry.name[0..entry.name.lastIndexOf('/') - 1].replaceAll('/', '.')
-                    }
-                }
-                jf.close()
-            }
-        }
-        packages.each {
-            target.relocate(it, "${prefix}.${it}")
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/GradleVersionUtil.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/Utils.groovy
similarity index 55%
rename from src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/GradleVersionUtil.groovy
rename to src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/Utils.groovy
index 3bc6f0563..c4abb21fe 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/GradleVersionUtil.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/internal/Utils.groovy
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal
 
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
 import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream
 import org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopySpecInternal
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.ZipEntryCompression
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.util.PatternSet
 
-class GradleVersionUtil {
+import java.util.jar.JarFile
+
+class Utils {
 
     static PatternSet getRootPatternSet(CopySpecInternal mainSpec) {
         return mainSpec.buildRootResolver().getPatternSet()
@@ -22,4 +25,22 @@ class GradleVersionUtil {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Unknown Compression type %s", entryCompression))
         }
     }
+
+    static void configureRelocation(ShadowJar target, String prefix) {
+        def packages = [] as Set<String>
+        target.configurations.each { configuration ->
+            configuration.files.each { jar ->
+                JarFile jf = new JarFile(jar)
+                jf.entries().each { entry ->
+                    if (entry.name.endsWith(".class") && entry.name != "module-info.class") {
+                        packages << entry.name[0..entry.name.lastIndexOf('/') - 1].replaceAll('/', '.')
+                    }
+                }
+                jf.close()
+            }
+        }
+        packages.each {
+            target.relocate(it, "${prefix}.${it}")
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java
index 88b48c3ab..b391cb9cb 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.java
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ FileCollection getSourceSetsClassesDirs() {
 
     @Internal
     protected ZipCompressor getInternalCompressor() {
-        return GradleVersionUtil.getInternalCompressor(getEntryCompression(), this);
+        return Utils.getInternalCompressor(getEntryCompression(), this);
     }
 
     @TaskAction
     @Override
     protected void copy() {
         if (enableRelocation) {
-            RelocationUtil.configureRelocation(this, relocationPrefix);
+            Utils.configureRelocation(this, relocationPrefix);
         }
         from(getIncludedDependencies());
         super.copy();
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public FileCollection getIncludedDependencies() {
      */
     @Internal
     protected PatternSet getRootPatternSet() {
-        return GradleVersionUtil.getRootPatternSet(getMainSpec());
+        return Utils.getRootPatternSet(getMainSpec());
     }
 
     /**