diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Shell.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Shell.java
index bdd3ca44cfd7..1986e2dea71b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Shell.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Shell.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 package hudson.tasks;
 
 import hudson.FilePath;
-import hudson.Functions;
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
 import hudson.util.LineEndingConversion;
 import jenkins.security.MasterToSlaveCallable;
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.DoNotUse;
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ public String getShell() {
          */
         @Deprecated
         public String getShellOrDefault() {
-            if(shell==null)
-                return Functions.isWindows() ?"sh":"/bin/sh";
+            if (shell == null) {
+                return SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS ? "sh" : "/bin/sh";
+            }
             return shell;
         }
 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ private static final class Shellinterpreter extends MasterToSlaveCallable<String
             private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
             public String call() throws IOException {
-                return Functions.isWindows() ? "sh" : "/bin/sh";
+                return SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS ? "sh" : "/bin/sh";
             }
         }