diff --git a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.h b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.h
index 87e6f4b51..bccc04fd4 100644
--- a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.h
+++ b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.h
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@
 + (void) addFilesWithExtension:(NSString*)ext inDirectory:(NSString*)dir toArray:(NSMutableArray*)array subPath:(NSString*)subPath;
 + (NSArray*) filesInResourcePathsWithExtension:(NSString*)ext;
 
++(void) cleanupSpriteBuilderProjectAtPath:(NSString*)fileName;
+
 @end
diff --git a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.m b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.m
index cc2799963..2399061dd 100644
--- a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.m
+++ b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBFileUtil.m
@@ -138,4 +138,70 @@ + (void) setModificationDate:(NSDate*)date forFile:(NSString*)file
     [[NSFileManager defaultManager] setAttributes:attr ofItemAtPath:file error:NULL];
 }
 
++(void) cleanupSpriteBuilderProjectAtPath:(NSString*)path
+{
+	// The files/folders in this list will be DELETED from the project at the given path.
+	// This list needs to be updated/amended whenever cocos2d introduces new or renames folders whose contents are
+	// not needed during development of a SpriteBuilder project. See: https://github.com/spritebuilder/SpriteBuilder/issues/915
+	NSArray* removeItems = @[@"build",
+							 @"cocos2d-tests-android",
+							 @"cocos2d-tests-ios.xcodeproj",
+							 @"cocos2d-tests-android",
+							 @"cocos2d-tests-osx.xcodeproj",
+							 @"cocos2d-tests.xcodeproj",
+							 @"cocos2d-ui-tests",
+							 @"Resources",
+							 @"Resources-iPad",
+							 @"Resources-Mac",
+							 @"tools",
+							 @"UnitTests",
+							 @"doxygen.config",
+							 @"doxygen.footer",
+							 @"Default-568h@2x.png",
+							 @"Icon.png",
+							 @"RELEASE TODO.txt",
+							 @"external/Chipmunk/Demo",
+							 @"external/Chipmunk/doc",
+							 @"external/Chipmunk/doc-src",
+							 @"external/Chipmunk/msvc",
+							 @"external/Chipmunk/xcode",
+							 @"external/ObjectAL/ObjectAL/diagrams",
+							 @"external/ObjectAL/ObjectALDemo",
+							 @"external/ObjectAL/Sample Code",
+							 @"external/ObjectAL/ObjectAL.pdf",
+							 ];
+	
+	// removing extranous cocos2d-iphone files if existing
+	const NSString* const cocosPath = @"Source/libs/cocos2d-iphone";
+	NSFileManager* fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
+	NSString* parentPath = [path stringByDeletingLastPathComponent];
+	NSError* error;
+
+	// just to be sure we don't accidentally remove something when given an incorrect .ccbproj path
+	if ([parentPath hasSuffix:@".spritebuilder"])
+	{
+		for (NSString* removeItem in removeItems)
+		{
+			NSString* removePath = [NSString pathWithComponents:@[parentPath, cocosPath, removeItem]];
+			
+			if ([fm fileExistsAtPath:removePath])
+			{
+				[fm removeItemAtPath:removePath error:&error];
+				if (error)
+				{
+					NSLog(@"WARNING: cleanup failed to remove path at %@ - reason: %@", removePath, error);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				//NSLog(@"Developer Warning: tried to cleanup non-existent path: %@", removePath);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		NSAssert1(nil, @"Tried to cleanup .ccbproj path whose parent folder doesn't have the .spritebuilder extension: %@", path);
+	}
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.h b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.h
index e3ee29728..5951e45b1 100644
--- a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.h
+++ b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.h
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@
 @interface CCBProjectCreator : NSObject
 
 - (BOOL) createDefaultProjectAtPath:(NSString*)fileName engine:(CCBTargetEngine)engine programmingLanguage:(CCBProgrammingLanguage)language;
--(void) cleanupProjectAtPath:(NSString*)fileName;
 
 @end
diff --git a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.m b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.m
index d42df0000..4b9ec18b9 100644
--- a/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.m
+++ b/SpriteBuilder/ccBuilder/CCBProjectCreator.m
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #import "CCBProjectCreator.h"
 #import "AppDelegate.h"
+#import "CCBFileUtil.h"
 
 @implementation NSString (IdentifierSanitizer)
 
@@ -199,63 +200,11 @@ -(BOOL) createDefaultProjectAtPath:(NSString*)fileName engine:(CCBTargetEngine)e
     [apportableConfigurationContents writeToFile:apportableConfigFile atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
 	
 	// perform cleanup to remove unnecessary files which only bloat the project
-	[self cleanupProjectAtPath:fileName];
+	[CCBFileUtil cleanupSpriteBuilderProjectAtPath:fileName];
 	
     return [fm fileExistsAtPath:fileName];
 }
 
--(void) cleanupProjectAtPath:(NSString*)fileName
-{
-	// This list needs to be updated/amended whenever cocos2d introduces new or renames folders whose contents are
-	// not needed during development of a SpriteBuilder project. See: https://github.com/spritebuilder/SpriteBuilder/issues/915
-	NSString* cocosPath = @"Source/libs/cocos2d-iphone";
-	NSArray* removeItems = @[@"build",
-							 @"cocos2d-tests-android",
-							 @"cocos2d-tests-ios.xcodeproj",
-							 @"cocos2d-tests-android",
-							 @"cocos2d-tests-osx.xcodeproj",
-							 @"cocos2d-tests.xcodeproj",
-							 @"cocos2d-ui-tests",
-							 @"Resources",
-							 @"Resources-iPad",
-							 @"Resources-Mac",
-							 @"tools",
-							 @"UnitTests",
-							 @"external/Chipmunk/Demo",
-							 @"external/Chipmunk/doc",
-							 @"external/Chipmunk/doc-src",
-							 @"external/Chipmunk/msvc",
-							 @"external/Chipmunk/xcode",
-							 @"external/ObjectAL/ObjectAL/diagrams",
-							 @"external/ObjectAL/ObjectALDemo",
-							 @"external/ObjectAL/Sample Code",
-							 ];
-	
-	// removing extranous cocos2d-iphone files if existing
-	NSFileManager* fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
-	NSString* parentPath = [fileName stringByDeletingLastPathComponent];
-	NSError* error;
-	
-	for (NSString* removeItem in removeItems)
-	{
-		NSString* removePath = [NSString pathWithComponents:@[parentPath, cocosPath, removeItem]];
-
-		if ([fm fileExistsAtPath:removePath])
-		{
-			[fm removeItemAtPath:removePath error:&error];
-			if (error)
-			{
-				NSLog(@"WARNING: cleanup failed to remove path: %@", removePath);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			NSLog(@"Developer Warning: tried to cleanup non-existent path: %@", removePath);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-
 - (void) setName:(NSString*)name inFile:(NSString*)fileName search:(NSString*)searchStr
 {
     NSMutableData *fileData = [NSMutableData dataWithContentsOfFile:fileName];