diff --git a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/osgitools/MavenBundleResolver.java b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/osgitools/MavenBundleResolver.java
index 827a87385b..f3afc9bfd9 100644
--- a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/osgitools/MavenBundleResolver.java
+++ b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/osgitools/MavenBundleResolver.java
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 import org.eclipse.tycho.DependencyResolutionException;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.IllegalArtifactReferenceException;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.MavenArtifactKey;
+import org.eclipse.tycho.ReactorProject;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.ResolvedArtifactKey;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.TargetPlatform;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.core.TychoProjectManager;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.core.maven.MavenDependenciesResolver;
-import org.eclipse.tycho.core.utils.TychoProjectUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link MavenBundleResolver} helps in gathering bundles that are living in P2 and maven world and
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public Optional<ResolvedArtifactKey> resolveMavenBundle(MavenProject project, Ma
         if (project == null) {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
-        TargetPlatform tp = TychoProjectUtils.getTargetPlatformIfAvailable(DefaultReactorProject.adapt(project));
+        TargetPlatform tp = getTargetPlatformIfAvailable(DefaultReactorProject.adapt(project));
         String type = mavenArtifactKey.getType();
         String resolvedType = PublisherHelper.CAPABILITY_NS_JAVA_PACKAGE.equals(type) ? ArtifactType.TYPE_ECLIPSE_PLUGIN
                 : type;
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ public Optional<ResolvedArtifactKey> resolveMavenBundle(MavenProject project, Ma
         return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the final target platform of the given project, or <code>null</code> if the target
+     * platform is not available.
+     * 
+     * Projects with -Dtycho.targetPlatform use the legacy LocalDependencyResolver, which doesn't
+     * provide the {@link TargetPlatform} interface.
+     */
+    private static TargetPlatform getTargetPlatformIfAvailable(ReactorProject project) {
+        return (TargetPlatform) project.getContextValue(TargetPlatform.FINAL_TARGET_PLATFORM_KEY);
+    }
+
     public Optional<ResolvedArtifactKey> resolveMavenBundle(MavenProject project, MavenSession mavenSession,
             String groupId, String artifactId, String version) {
         try {
diff --git a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/utils/TychoProjectUtils.java b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/utils/TychoProjectUtils.java
index a2e8999942..313e3d4e55 100644
--- a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/utils/TychoProjectUtils.java
+++ b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/utils/TychoProjectUtils.java
@@ -12,53 +12,20 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.tycho.core.utils;
 
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.eclipse.tycho.DependencyArtifacts;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.PlatformPropertiesUtils;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.ReactorProject;
-import org.eclipse.tycho.TargetPlatform;
-import org.eclipse.tycho.TychoConstants;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.core.osgitools.DefaultReactorProject;
 
 public class TychoProjectUtils {
-    private static final String TYCHO_NOT_CONFIGURED = "Tycho build extension not configured for ";
 
     public static final String TYCHO_ENV_OSGI_WS = "tycho.env.osgi.ws";
     public static final String TYCHO_ENV_OSGI_OS = "tycho.env.osgi.os";
     public static final String TYCHO_ENV_OSGI_ARCH = "tycho.env.osgi.arch";
 
-    public static Optional<DependencyArtifacts> getOptionalDependencyArtifacts(ReactorProject project) {
-        DependencyArtifacts resolvedDependencies = (DependencyArtifacts) project
-                .getContextValue(TychoConstants.CTX_DEPENDENCY_ARTIFACTS);
-        return Optional.ofNullable(resolvedDependencies);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the final target platform of the given project.
-     */
-    public static TargetPlatform getTargetPlatform(ReactorProject project) {
-        TargetPlatform targetPlatform = getTargetPlatformIfAvailable(project);
-        if (targetPlatform == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(TYCHO_NOT_CONFIGURED + project.toString());
-        }
-        return targetPlatform;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the final target platform of the given project, or <code>null</code> if the target
-     * platform is not available.
-     * 
-     * Projects with -Dtycho.targetPlatform use the legacy LocalDependencyResolver, which doesn't
-     * provide the {@link TargetPlatform} interface.
-     */
-    public static TargetPlatform getTargetPlatformIfAvailable(ReactorProject project) {
-        return (TargetPlatform) project.getContextValue(TargetPlatform.FINAL_TARGET_PLATFORM_KEY);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Computes the merged properties from maven session and the project
      * 
diff --git a/tycho-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/resolver/DefaultTychoResolverTest.java b/tycho-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/resolver/DefaultTychoResolverTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d4fe909aa7..0000000000
--- a/tycho-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/core/resolver/DefaultTychoResolverTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Bachmann electronic GmbH and others.
- * This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *    Bachmann electronic GmbH - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.eclipse.tycho.core.resolver;
-
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.eclipse.tycho.PlatformPropertiesUtils;
-import org.eclipse.tycho.core.utils.TychoProjectUtils;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class DefaultTychoResolverTest {
-
-    private DefaultTychoResolver defaultTychoResolver;
-
-    @Before
-    public void setup() {
-        defaultTychoResolver = new DefaultTychoResolver();
-
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testTychoEnvironmentPropertiesGetSet() {
-        System.setProperty("os.name", PlatformPropertiesUtils.INTERNAL_OS_LINUX);
-        System.setProperty("os.arch", PlatformPropertiesUtils.INTERNAL_AMD64);
-
-        MavenProject project = mock(MavenProject.class);
-        Properties mergedProperties = new Properties();
-        Properties projectProperties = new Properties();
-        when(project.getProperties()).thenReturn(projectProperties);
-
-        TychoProjectUtils.setTychoEnvironmentProperties(mergedProperties, project);
-
-        Object ws = projectProperties.getProperty(TychoProjectUtils.TYCHO_ENV_OSGI_WS);
-        Object os = projectProperties.getProperty(TychoProjectUtils.TYCHO_ENV_OSGI_OS);
-        Object arch = projectProperties.getProperty(TychoProjectUtils.TYCHO_ENV_OSGI_ARCH);
-
-        Assert.assertEquals(3, projectProperties.size());
-        Assert.assertEquals(PlatformPropertiesUtils.ARCH_X86_64, arch);
-        Assert.assertEquals(PlatformPropertiesUtils.OS_LINUX, os);
-        Assert.assertEquals(PlatformPropertiesUtils.WS_GTK, ws);
-    }
-}