diff --git a/src/it/dangling-symlinks/setup.bsh b/src/it/dangling-symlinks/setup.bsh
index 4dc5667..c59cb1f 100644
--- a/src/it/dangling-symlinks/setup.bsh
+++ b/src/it/dangling-symlinks/setup.bsh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.jar.*;
 import java.util.regex.*;
@@ -30,17 +31,18 @@ try
     File target = new File( targetDir, "link-target.txt" );
 
     System.out.println( "Creating symlink " + link + " -> " + target );
-    if ( !Utils.createSymlink( target, link ) || !link.exists() )
+    Files.createSymbolicLink( target, link );
+    if ( !link.exists() )
     {
-        System.out.println( "FAILURE, platform does not support symlinks, skipping test." );
+        System.out.println( "Platform does not support symlinks, skipping test." );
     }
 
     System.out.println( "Deleting symlink target " + target );
     target.delete();
 }
-catch( Throwable t )
+catch( Exception ex )
 {
-    t.printStackTrace();
+    ex.printStackTrace();
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/it/symlink-dont-follow/setup.bsh b/src/it/symlink-dont-follow/setup.bsh
index 50bec7f..1ea6c12 100644
--- a/src/it/symlink-dont-follow/setup.bsh
+++ b/src/it/symlink-dont-follow/setup.bsh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.jar.*;
 import java.util.regex.*;
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ for ( String[] pair : pairs )
     File target = new File( basedir, pair[0] );
     File link = new File( basedir, pair[1] );
     System.out.println( "Creating symlink " + link + " -> " + target );
-    if ( !Utils.createSymlink( target, link ) || !link.exists() )
+    Files.createSymbolicLink( target, link );
+    if ( !link.exists() )
     {
-        System.out.println( "FAILURE, platform does not support symlinks, skipping test." );
+        System.out.println( "Platform does not support symlinks, skipping test." );
         return;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/clean/Utils.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/clean/Utils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f96226d..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/clean/Utils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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.apache.maven.plugins.clean;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineUtils;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
-
-/**
- * Testing helpers for the IT scripts.
- *
- * @author Benjamin Bentmann
- */
-public class Utils {
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a symbolic link.
-     *
-     * @param target The target (file or directory) of the link, must not be <code>null</code>.
-     * @param link The path to the link, must not be <code>null</code>.
-     * @return <code>true</code> if the symlink could be created, <code>false</code> otherwise.
-     */
-    public static boolean createSymlink(File target, File link) {
-        try {
-            Commandline cli = new Commandline();
-            cli.setExecutable("ln");
-            cli.createArg().setValue("-s");
-            cli.createArg().setFile(target);
-            cli.createArg().setFile(link);
-            int code = CommandLineUtils.executeCommandLine(cli, System.out::println, System.err::println);
-            return 0 == code;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-}