diff --git a/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML.php b/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML.php
index b8a9ceb41..dd1caf212 100644
--- a/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML.php
+++ b/PHP/CodeCoverage/Report/HTML.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public function __construct($title = '', $charset = 'UTF-8', $yui = TRUE, $highl
      */
     public function process(PHP_CodeCoverage $coverage, $target)
     {
-        $target = PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory($target);
+        $target = $this->getDirectory($target);
         $report = $coverage->getReport();
         unset($coverage);
 
@@ -210,4 +210,32 @@ protected function copyFiles($target)
             copy($this->templatePath . $file, $target . $file);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $directory
+     * @return string
+     * @throws PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception
+     * @since  Method available since Release 1.2.0
+     */
+    protected function getDirectory($directory)
+    {
+        if (substr($directory, -1, 1) != DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+            $directory .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+        }
+
+        if (is_dir($directory)) {
+            return $directory;
+        }
+
+        if (mkdir($directory, 0777, TRUE)) {
+            return $directory;
+        }
+
+        throw new PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception(
+          sprintf(
+            'Directory "%s" does not exist.',
+            $directory
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/PHP/CodeCoverage/Util.php b/PHP/CodeCoverage/Util.php
index b0233c362..02564a130 100644
--- a/PHP/CodeCoverage/Util.php
+++ b/PHP/CodeCoverage/Util.php
@@ -98,33 +98,6 @@ class PHP_CodeCoverage_Util
      */
     protected static $ids = array();
 
-    /**
-     * @param  string $directory
-     * @return string
-     * @throws PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception
-     */
-    public static function getDirectory($directory)
-    {
-        if (substr($directory, -1, 1) != DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
-            $directory .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
-        }
-
-        if (is_dir($directory)) {
-            return $directory;
-        }
-
-        if (mkdir($directory, 0777, TRUE)) {
-            return $directory;
-        }
-
-        throw new PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception(
-          sprintf(
-            'Directory "%s" does not exist.',
-            $directory
-          )
-        );
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the files and lines a test method wants to cover.
      *
diff --git a/Tests/PHP/CodeCoverage/UtilTest.php b/Tests/PHP/CodeCoverage/UtilTest.php
index e9a336562..026fda466 100644
--- a/Tests/PHP/CodeCoverage/UtilTest.php
+++ b/Tests/PHP/CodeCoverage/UtilTest.php
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
  * @since      File available since Release 1.0.0
  */
 
-if (stream_resolve_include_path('vfsStream/vfsStream.php')) {
-    require_once 'vfsStream/vfsStream.php';
-}
-
 if (!defined('TEST_FILES_PATH')) {
     define(
       'TEST_FILES_PATH',
@@ -99,15 +95,6 @@
  */
 class PHP_CodeCoverage_UtilTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-    protected function setUp()
-    {
-        if (!class_exists('vfsStream')) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('vfsStream is not available.');
-        }
-
-        vfsStream::setup('UtilTest');
-    }
-
     /**
      * @covers       PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getLinesToBeCovered
      * @covers       PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::resolveCoversToReflectionObjects
@@ -248,52 +235,6 @@ public function testGetLinesToBeIgnored2()
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @covers PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory
-     */
-    public function testGetDirectory()
-    {
-        if (!class_exists('vfsStream')) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('vfsStream is not installed');
-        }
-
-        $this->assertEquals(
-          vfsStream::url('UtilTest') . '/',
-          PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory(vfsStream::url('UtilTest'))
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @covers PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory
-     */
-    public function testGetDirectory2()
-    {
-        if (!class_exists('vfsStream')) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('vfsStream is not installed');
-        }
-
-        PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory(
-          vfsStream::url('UtilTest') . '/report'
-        );
-
-        $this->assertTrue(vfsStreamWrapper::getRoot()->hasChild('report'));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @covers            PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory
-     * @expectedException PHP_CodeCoverage_Exception
-     */
-    public function testGetDirectory3()
-    {
-        if (!class_exists('vfsStream')) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('vfsStream is not installed');
-        }
-
-        PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::getDirectory(
-          vfsStream::url('/not/existing/path')
-        );
-    }
-
     /**
      * @covers PHP_CodeCoverage_Util::percent
      */