diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
index 871e5ebb528..b4eb010a4ae 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,152 @@
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QtCore/QTemporaryFile>
+#include <QtCore/QDateTime>
 #include <QtCore/QDataStream>
 #include <QtCore/QTextStream>
 #include <QtGui/QMessageBox>
 
 namespace Utils {
 
+/*! \class Utils::FileUtils
+
+  \brief File- and directory-related convenience functions.
+
+  File- and directory-related convenience functions.
+*/
+
+/*!
+  \fn Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(const QString &filePath, QString *error)
+
+  Removes the directory \a filePath and its subdirectories recursively.
+
+  \note The \a error parameter is optional.
+
+  \return Whether the operation succeeded.
+*/
+
+/*!
+  \fn Utils::FileUtils::copyRecursively(const QString &srcFilePath, const QString &tgtFilePath, QString *error)
+
+  Copies the directory specified by \a srcFilePath recursively to \a tgtFilePath. \a tgtFilePath will contain
+  the target directory, which will be created. Example usage:
+
+  \code
+    QString error;
+    book ok = Utils::FileUtils::copyRecursively("/foo/bar", "/foo/baz", &error);
+    if (!ok)
+      qDebug() << error;
+  \endcode
+
+  This will copy the contents of /foo/bar into to the baz directory under /foo, which will be created in the process.
+
+  \note The \a error parameter is optional.
+
+  \return Whether the operation succeeded.
+*/
+
+/*!
+  \fn Utils::FileUtils::isFileNewerThan(const QString &filePath, const QDateTime &timeStamp)
+
+  If \a filePath is a directory, the function will recursively check all files and return
+  true if one of them is newer than \a timeStamp. If \a filePath is a single file, true will
+  be returned if the file is newer than \timeStamp.
+
+  \return Whether at least one file in \a filePath has a newer date than \a timeStamp.
+*/
+
+bool FileUtils::removeRecursively(const QString &filePath, QString *error)
+{
+    QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
+    if (!fileInfo.exists())
+        return true;
+    QFile::setPermissions(filePath, fileInfo.permissions() | QFile::WriteUser);
+    if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
+        QDir dir(filePath);
+        QStringList fileNames = dir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Hidden
+                                              | QDir::System | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
+        foreach (const QString &fileName, fileNames) {
+            if (!removeRecursively(filePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName, error))
+                return false;
+        }
+        dir.cdUp();
+        if (!dir.rmdir(fileInfo.fileName())) {
+            if (error) {
+                *error = QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::FileUtils", "Failed to remove directory '%1'.")
+                        .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (!QFile::remove(filePath)) {
+            if (error) {
+                *error = QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::FileUtils", "Failed to remove file '%1'.")
+                        .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool FileUtils::copyRecursively(const QString &srcFilePath,
+                     const QString &tgtFilePath, QString *error)
+{
+    QFileInfo srcFileInfo(srcFilePath);
+    if (srcFileInfo.isDir()) {
+        QDir targetDir(tgtFilePath);
+        targetDir.cdUp();
+        if (!targetDir.mkdir(QFileInfo(tgtFilePath).fileName())) {
+            if (error) {
+                *error = QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::FileUtils", "Failed to create directory '%1'.")
+                        .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(tgtFilePath));
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        QDir sourceDir(srcFilePath);
+        QStringList fileNames = sourceDir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Hidden | QDir::System);
+        foreach (const QString &fileName, fileNames) {
+            const QString newSrcFilePath
+                    = srcFilePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName;
+            const QString newTgtFilePath
+                    = tgtFilePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName;
+            if (!copyRecursively(newSrcFilePath, newTgtFilePath, error))
+                return false;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (!QFile::copy(srcFilePath, tgtFilePath)) {
+            if (error) {
+                *error = QCoreApplication::translate("Utils::FileUtils", "Could not copy file '%1' to '%2'.")
+                        .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(srcFilePath),
+                             QDir::toNativeSeparators(tgtFilePath));
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool FileUtils::isFileNewerThan(const QString &filePath,
+    const QDateTime &timeStamp)
+{
+    QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
+    if (!fileInfo.exists() || fileInfo.lastModified() >= timeStamp)
+        return true;
+    if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
+        const QStringList dirContents = QDir(filePath)
+            .entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
+        foreach (const QString &curFileName, dirContents) {
+            const QString curFilePath
+                = filePath + QLatin1Char('/') + curFileName;
+            if (isFileNewerThan(curFilePath, timeStamp))
+                return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+
 QByteArray FileReader::fetchQrc(const QString &fileName)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(fileName.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':')), return QByteArray())
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
index 21f5eee3f2b..d6b4e57ef26 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
@@ -45,10 +45,20 @@ class QTemporaryFile;
 class QWidget;
 class QTextStream;
 class QDataStream;
+class QDateTime;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace Utils {
 
+class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT FileUtils {
+public:
+    static bool removeRecursively(const QString &filePath, QString *error = 0);
+    static bool copyRecursively(const QString &srcFilePath,
+                         const QString &tgtFilePath, QString *error = 0);
+    static bool isFileNewerThan(const QString &filePath,
+                            const QDateTime &timeStamp);
+};
+
 class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT FileReader
 {
     Q_DECLARE_TR_FUNCTIONS(Utils::FileUtils) // sic!
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.cpp
index 6d22c179ee3..e022aafd0d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.cpp
@@ -286,93 +286,6 @@ QString MaemoGlobal::architecture(const QString &qmakePath)
     return arch;
 }
 
-bool MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(const QString &filePath, QString &error)
-{
-    error.clear();
-    QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
-    if (!fileInfo.exists())
-        return true;
-    QFile::setPermissions(filePath, fileInfo.permissions() | QFile::WriteUser);
-    if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
-        QDir dir(filePath);
-        QStringList fileNames = dir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Hidden
-            | QDir::System | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
-        foreach (const QString &fileName, fileNames) {
-            if (!removeRecursively(filePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName, error))
-                return false;
-        }
-        dir.cdUp();
-        if (!dir.rmdir(fileInfo.fileName())) {
-            error = tr("Failed to remove directory '%1'.")
-                .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
-            return false;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (!QFile::remove(filePath)) {
-            error = tr("Failed to remove file '%1'.")
-                .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool MaemoGlobal::copyRecursively(const QString &srcFilePath,
-    const QString &tgtFilePath, QString *error)
-{
-    QFileInfo srcFileInfo(srcFilePath);
-    if (srcFileInfo.isDir()) {
-        QDir targetDir(tgtFilePath);
-        targetDir.cdUp();
-        if (!targetDir.mkdir(QFileInfo(tgtFilePath).fileName())) {
-            if (error) {
-                *error = tr("Failed to create directory '%1'.")
-                    .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(tgtFilePath));
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        QDir sourceDir(srcFilePath);
-        QStringList fileNames = sourceDir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
-        foreach (const QString &fileName, fileNames) {
-            const QString newSrcFilePath
-                = srcFilePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName;
-            const QString newTgtFilePath
-                = tgtFilePath + QLatin1Char('/') + fileName;
-            if (!copyRecursively(newSrcFilePath, newTgtFilePath))
-                return false;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (!QFile::copy(srcFilePath, tgtFilePath)) {
-            if (error) {
-                *error = tr("Could not copy file '%1' to '%2'.")
-                    .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(srcFilePath),
-                         QDir::toNativeSeparators(tgtFilePath));
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool MaemoGlobal::isFileNewerThan(const QString &filePath,
-    const QDateTime &timeStamp)
-{
-    QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
-    if (!fileInfo.exists() || fileInfo.lastModified() >= timeStamp)
-        return true;
-    if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
-        const QStringList dirContents = QDir(filePath)
-            .entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
-        foreach (const QString &curFileName, dirContents) {
-            const QString curFilePath
-                = filePath + QLatin1Char('/') + curFileName;
-            if (isFileNewerThan(curFilePath, timeStamp))
-                return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 void MaemoGlobal::addMaddeEnvironment(Utils::Environment &env, const QString &qmakePath)
 {
     Utils::Environment maddeEnv;
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.h
index c185acce5d3..f9751c65056 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoglobal.h
@@ -137,13 +137,6 @@ public:
 
     static PackagingSystem packagingSystem(const QString &osType);
 
-    static bool removeRecursively(const QString &filePath, QString &error);
-    static bool copyRecursively(const QString &srcFilePath,
-        const QString &tgtFilePath, QString *error = 0);
-
-    static bool isFileNewerThan(const QString &filePath,
-        const QDateTime &timeStamp);
-
     template<class T> static T *earlierBuildStep(const ProjectExplorer::DeployConfiguration *dc,
         const ProjectExplorer::BuildStep *laterBuildStep)
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoinstalltosysrootstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoinstalltosysrootstep.cpp
index c4111de49d7..ed10d87c9af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoinstalltosysrootstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemoinstalltosysrootstep.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include "maemoqtversion.h"
 #include "qt4maemodeployconfiguration.h"
 
+#include <utils/fileutils.h>
+
 #include <qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h>
 #include <qt4projectmanager/qt4target.h>
 #include <qtsupport/baseqtversion.h>
@@ -323,8 +325,8 @@ void MaemoCopyToSysrootStep::run(QFutureInterface<bool> &fi)
             + deployable.remoteDir + sep + localFileInfo.fileName();
         sysrootDir.mkpath(deployable.remoteDir.mid(1));
         QString errorMsg;
-        MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(targetFilePath, errorMsg);
-        if (!MaemoGlobal::copyRecursively(deployable.localFilePath,
+        Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(targetFilePath, &errorMsg);
+        if (!Utils::FileUtils::copyRecursively(deployable.localFilePath,
                 targetFilePath, &errorMsg)) {
             emit addOutput(tr("Sysroot installation failed: %1\n"
                 " Continuing anyway.").arg(errorMsg), ErrorMessageOutput);
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopackagecreationstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopackagecreationstep.cpp
index af2518898ae..044b9b71f66 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopackagecreationstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopackagecreationstep.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ bool AbstractMaemoPackageCreationStep::packagingNeeded() const
 
     const int deployableCount = deploymentInfo->deployableCount();
     for (int i = 0; i < deployableCount; ++i) {
-        if (MaemoGlobal::isFileNewerThan(deploymentInfo->deployableAt(i).localFilePath,
+        if (Utils::FileUtils::isFileNewerThan(deploymentInfo->deployableAt(i).localFilePath,
                 packageInfo.lastModified()))
             return true;
     }
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ bool MaemoDebianPackageCreationStep::copyDebianFiles(bool inSourceBuild)
         return false;
     }
     QString error;
-    if (!MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(debianDirPath, error)) {
+    if (!Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(debianDirPath, &error)) {
         raiseError(tr("Packaging failed."),
             tr("Could not remove directory '%1': %2").arg(debianDirPath, error));
         return false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopublisherfremantlefree.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopublisherfremantlefree.cpp
index 36f6f28bd50..45ab8417238 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopublisherfremantlefree.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemopublisherfremantlefree.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void MaemoPublisherFremantleFree::createPackage()
     if (QFileInfo(tmpDirContainer()).exists()) {
         emit progressReport(tr("Removing left-over temporary directory ..."));
         QString error;
-        if (!MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(tmpDirContainer(), error)) {
+        if (!Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(tmpDirContainer(), &error)) {
             finishWithFailure(tr("Error removing temporary directory: %1").arg(error),
                 tr("Publishing failed: Could not create source package."));
             return;
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void MaemoPublisherFremantleFree::runDpkgBuildPackage()
     }
     foreach (const QString &filePath, d.filesToExclude()) {
         QString error;
-        if (!MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(filePath, error)) {
+        if (!Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(filePath, &error)) {
             finishWithFailure(error,
                 tr("Publishing failed: Could not create package."));
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/qt4maemotarget.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/qt4maemotarget.cpp
index 1a8ed325bc8..92a675c7e85 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/qt4maemotarget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/qt4maemotarget.cpp
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ void AbstractQt4MaemoTarget::handleTargetToBeRemoved(ProjectExplorer::Target *ta
     const QStringList otherContents = QDir(packagingPath).entryList(QDir::Dirs
         | QDir::Files | QDir::Hidden | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
     if (otherContents.isEmpty()) {
-        if (!MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(packagingPath, error))
+        if (!Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(packagingPath, &error))
             qDebug("%s", qPrintable(error));
     }
 }
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ bool AbstractDebBasedQt4MaemoTarget::targetCanBeRemoved() const
 void AbstractDebBasedQt4MaemoTarget::removeTarget()
 {
     QString error;
-    if (!MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(debianDirPath(), error))
+    if (!Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(debianDirPath(), &error))
         qDebug("%s", qPrintable(error));
 }
 
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ AbstractQt4MaemoTarget::ActionStatus AbstractDebBasedQt4MaemoTarget::createSpeci
         projectDir.path() + QLatin1Char('/') + PackagingDirName);
     const QString dhMakeDebianDir = projectDir.path() + QLatin1Char('/')
         + PackagingDirName + QLatin1String("/debian");
-    MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(dhMakeDebianDir, error);
+    Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(dhMakeDebianDir, &error);
     const QStringList dh_makeArgs = QStringList() << QLatin1String("dh_make")
         << QLatin1String("-s") << QLatin1String("-n") << QLatin1String("-p")
         << (defaultPackageFileName() + QLatin1Char('_')
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ AbstractQt4MaemoTarget::ActionStatus AbstractDebBasedQt4MaemoTarget::createSpeci
     if (!QFile::rename(dhMakeDebianDir, debianDirPath())) {
         raiseError(tr("Unable to move new debian directory to '%1'.")
             .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(debianDirPath())));
-        MaemoGlobal::removeRecursively(dhMakeDebianDir, error);
+        Utils::FileUtils::removeRecursively(dhMakeDebianDir, &error);
         return ActionFailed;
     }