diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/util/ClassUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/util/ClassUtil.java
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--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/util/ClassUtil.java
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@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package io.ebean.util;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
-import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-/**
- * Helper to find classes taking into account the context class loader.
- */
-public class ClassUtil {
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the raw type for the 2nd generic parameter for a subclass.
-   */
-  public static Class<?> getSecondArgumentType(Class<?> subclass) {
-    Type[] typeArguments = getSuperclassTypeParameter(subclass);
-    if (typeArguments.length != 2) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected type with 2 generic argument types but got "
-        + typeArguments.length + " - " + Arrays.toString(typeArguments));
-    }
-
-    return getRawType(typeArguments[1]);
-  }
-
-  static Type[] getSuperclassTypeParameter(Class<?> subclass) {
-    Type superclass = subclass.getGenericSuperclass();
-    if (superclass instanceof Class) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Missing generics type parameters on subclass " + subclass);
-    }
-    return ((ParameterizedType) superclass).getActualTypeArguments();
-  }
-
-  private static Class<?> getRawType(Type type) {
-
-    if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
-      return (Class<?>) type;
-
-    } else if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
-      ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
-      Type rawType = parameterizedType.getRawType();
-      if (rawType instanceof Class<?>) {
-        return (Class<?>) rawType;
-      }
-    }
-    throw new RuntimeException("Unable to obtain raw class type from " + type);
-  }
-}