diff --git a/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/PCDataMarkupParser.scala b/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/PCDataMarkupParser.scala
index 315e6a88a1..d4eb7c90eb 100644
--- a/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/PCDataMarkupParser.scala
+++ b/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/PCDataMarkupParser.scala
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ class PCDataXmlParser(val input: Source) extends ConstructingHandler with PCData
     import scala.io._
 
 
-    val line = Position.line(pos)
-    val col = Position.column(pos)
+    val line = ScalaPosition.line(pos)
+    val col = ScalaPosition.column(pos)
     val report = curInput.descr + ":" + line + ":" + col + ": " + msg
     System.err.println(report)
     try {
diff --git a/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/Position.scala b/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/ScalaPosition.scala
similarity index 92%
rename from core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/Position.scala
rename to core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/ScalaPosition.scala
index f3ac82021f..fcade4c012 100644
--- a/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/Position.scala
+++ b/core/util/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/util/ScalaPosition.scala
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ package io
 
 /**
  * This was made private in scala 2.11.0 but there is no alternative for us to use, so here, copy/paste for now.
+ * We renamed it because having a private vs public class with the same name causes errors with the assembly plugin
+ * and may/(will?) cause errors at runtime.
  */
 
-@deprecated("This class will be removed.", "2.10.0")
-abstract class Position {
+abstract class ScalaPosition {
   /** Definable behavior for overflow conditions.
     */
   def checkInput(line: Int, column: Int): Unit
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ abstract class Position {
   def toString(pos: Int): String = line(pos) + ":" + column(pos)
 }
 
-object Position extends Position {
+object ScalaPosition extends ScalaPosition {
   def checkInput(line: Int, column: Int) {
     if (line < 0)
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(line + " < 0")
diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index fb25b70a2d..bcb6cf2551 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -103,14 +103,8 @@ object BuildDef extends Build {
         .settings(description := "Utilities Library",
                   parallelExecution in Test := false,
                   libraryDependencies <++= scalaVersion {sv =>  Seq(scala_compiler(sv), joda_time,
-                    joda_convert, commons_codec, javamail, log4j, htmlparser)},
-                  excludeFilter <<= scalaVersion { scalaVersion =>
-                    if (scalaVersion.startsWith("2.11")) {
-                      HiddenFileFilter
-                    } else {
-                      HiddenFileFilter || "Position.scala"
-                    }
-                  })
+                    joda_convert, commons_codec, javamail, log4j, htmlparser)}
+                  )
 
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