diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PathRoutePredicateFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PathRoutePredicateFactory.java
index d40ef491c..1f7419a7b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PathRoutePredicateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PathRoutePredicateFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.tuple.Tuple;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
@@ -28,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern.PathMatchInfo;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
 
-import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.support.RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.traceMatch;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE;
 import static org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer.parsePath;
 
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ import static org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer.parsePath;
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
 public class PathRoutePredicateFactory implements RoutePredicateFactory {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RoutePredicateFactory.class);
 
 	private PathPatternParser pathPatternParser = new PathPatternParser();
 
@@ -75,4 +78,13 @@ public class PathRoutePredicateFactory implements RoutePredicateFactory {
 			}
 		};
 	}
+
+	private static void traceMatch(String prefix, Object desired, Object actual, boolean match) {
+		if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			String message = String.format("%s \"%s\" %s against value \"%s\"",
+					prefix, desired, match ? "matches" : "does not match", actual);
+			log.trace(message);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a63dc0db3..000000000
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013-2017 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- */
-
-package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.support;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.RoutePredicateFactory;
-
-/**
- * @author Spencer Gibb
- */
-public class RoutePredicateFactoryUtils {
-	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(RoutePredicateFactory.class);
-
-	public static void traceMatch(String prefix, Object desired, Object actual, boolean match) {
-		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
-			String message = String.format("%s \"%s\" %s against value \"%s\"",
-					prefix, desired, match ? "matches" : "does not match", actual);
-			logger.trace(message);
-		}
-	}
-}