diff --git a/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/coordsys/EsriProj.java b/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/coordsys/EsriProj.java
index e971c798e..bb0863ab6 100644
--- a/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/coordsys/EsriProj.java
+++ b/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/coordsys/EsriProj.java
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ public static String findProj(final int id) throws IOException, ArchiveException
     String proj = PROJMAP.get(id);
     if (proj == null) proj = PROJMAP.get(id);
     if (proj == null) {
-      InputStream fis = new FileInputStream(projfile);
-      InputStream is = CompressedFile.getUncompressedStream(fis, entryName);
+      //InputStream fis = new FileInputStream(projfile);
+      //InputStream is = CompressedFile.getUncompressedStream(fis, entryName);
+      InputStream is = CompressedFile.openFile(projfile.getPath(), entryName);
       BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
 
       Optional<String[]> tokens = br.lines()
diff --git a/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/io/CompressedFile.java b/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/io/CompressedFile.java
index 3c064cbfb..48a689ad0 100644
--- a/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/io/CompressedFile.java
+++ b/src/com/vividsolutions/jump/io/CompressedFile.java
@@ -280,32 +280,6 @@ else if (isSevenZ(filePath)) {
     
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns an uncompressed stream from a compressed stream and an entry name.
-   * This is a part of openFile method you can use if you know your input is
-   * compressed with the following benefits :
-   * <ul>
-   *   <li>input is just an InputStream</li>
-   *   <li>faster</li>
-   * </ul>
-   *
-   * @param is input stream containing compressed data (from URL, jar, file...)
-   * @param entryName entry name in the compressed stream
-   * @return uncompressed inputstream for the entry
-   * @throws IOException if the input stream cannot be read
-   * @throws ArchiveException if an exception occurs during decompression
-   */
-  public static InputStream getUncompressedStream(InputStream is, String entryName) throws IOException, ArchiveException {
-    InputStream bis = is instanceof FilterInputStream ? is : new BufferedInputStream(is);
-    ArchiveInputStream ais = new ArchiveStreamFactory().createArchiveInputStream(bis);
-    ArchiveEntry entry;
-    while ((entry = ais.getNextEntry()) != null) {
-      if (entry.getName().equals(entryName))
-        return ais;
-    }
-    bis.close();
-    return null;
-  }
 
   public static boolean isCompressed(URI uri) {
     String filepath = UriUtil.getFilePath(uri);