diff --git a/inc/inc.ClassExtensionMgr.php b/inc/inc.ClassExtensionMgr.php
index 8b86b3fb5..3eaa825fb 100644
--- a/inc/inc.ClassExtensionMgr.php
+++ b/inc/inc.ClassExtensionMgr.php
@@ -494,19 +494,6 @@ class SeedDMS_Extension_Mgr {
 		return $this->configcache[$extname];
 	} /* }}} */
 
-	static protected function rrmdir($dir) { /* {{{ */
-		if (is_dir($dir)) { 
-			$objects = scandir($dir); 
-			foreach ($objects as $object) { 
-				if ($object != "." && $object != "..") { 
-					if (filetype($dir."/".$object) == "dir") self::rrmdir($dir."/".$object); else unlink($dir."/".$object); 
-				} 
-			} 
-			reset($objects); 
-			rmdir($dir); 
-		} 
-	} /* }}} */
-
 	/**
 	 * Update an extension
 	 *
@@ -522,7 +509,7 @@ class SeedDMS_Extension_Mgr {
 		$newdir = addDirSep($this->cachedir)."ext.new";
 		/* First remove a left over from a previous extension */
 		if(file_exists($newdir)) {
-			self::rrmdir($newdir);
+			SeedDMS_Utils::rrmdir($newdir);
 		}
 		if(!mkdir($newdir, 0755)) {
 			$this->errmsgs[] = "Cannot create temp. extension directory";
@@ -542,7 +529,7 @@ class SeedDMS_Extension_Mgr {
 
 		/* Check if extension is complete and fullfills the constraints */
 		if(!self::checkExtensionByDir($newdir)) {
-			self::rrmdir($newdir);
+			SeedDMS_Utils::rrmdir($newdir);
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -553,11 +540,11 @@ class SeedDMS_Extension_Mgr {
 		if(!is_dir($this->extdir)) {
 			if(!mkdir($this->extdir, 0755)) {
 				$this->errmsgs[] = "Cannot create extension directory";
-				self::rrmdir($newdir);
+				SeedDMS_Utils::rrmdir($newdir);
 				return false;
 			}
 		} elseif(is_dir($this->extdir ."/". $extname)) {
-			$this->rrmdir($this->extdir ."/". $extname);
+			SeedDMS_Utils::rrmdir($this->extdir ."/". $extname);
 		}
 		/* Move the temp. created ext directory to the final location */
 		/* rename() may fail if dirs are moved from one device to another.
@@ -579,7 +566,7 @@ class SeedDMS_Extension_Mgr {
 			 * has been copied.
 			 */
 			$this->errmsgs[] = "Cannot move temp. extension directory to final destination";
-			$this->rrmdir($this->extdir ."/". $extname);
+			SeedDMS_Utils::rrmdir($this->extdir ."/". $extname);
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/inc/inc.Utils.php b/inc/inc.Utils.php
index a67fca0b7..abdaf04e7 100644
--- a/inc/inc.Utils.php
+++ b/inc/inc.Utils.php
@@ -1256,6 +1256,34 @@ function getMandatoryApprovers($folder, $document, $user) { /* {{{ */
 	return $approvers;
 } /* }}} */
 
+/**
+ * Class with various utility methods
+ *
+ * This class will sooner or later comprise the functions above
+ *
+ */
+class SeedDMS_Utils { /* {{{ */
+
+	/**
+	 * Recursively remove a directory on disc
+	 *
+	 * @param string $dir name of directory
+	 */
+	static public function rrmdir($dir) { /* {{{ */
+		if (is_dir($dir)) {
+			$objects = scandir($dir);
+			foreach ($objects as $object) {
+				if ($object != "." && $object != "..") {
+					if (filetype($dir."/".$object) == "dir") self::rrmdir($dir."/".$object); else unlink($dir."/".$object);
+				}
+			}
+			reset($objects);
+			rmdir($dir);
+		}
+	} /* }}} */
+
+} /* }}} */
+
 /**
  * Class for creating encrypted api keys
  *
diff --git a/op/op.ImportFS.php b/op/op.ImportFS.php
index d5f3f90c2..0ebd62aa5 100644
--- a/op/op.ImportFS.php
+++ b/op/op.ImportFS.php
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ if($newfolder) {
 		$session->setSplashMsg(array('type'=>'error', 'msg'=>getMLText('error_importfs')));
 	else {
 		if(isset($_GET['remove']) && $_GET["remove"]) {
-			$cmd = 'rm -rf '.$dirname;
-			$ret = null;
-			system($cmd, $ret);
+			SeedDMS_Utils::rrmdir($dirname);
+//			$cmd = 'rm -rf '.$dirname;
+//			$ret = null;
+//			system($cmd, $ret);
 		}
 		$session->setSplashMsg(array('type'=>'success', 'msg'=>getMLText('splash_importfs', array('docs'=>$doccount, 'folders'=>$foldercount))));
 	}