diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/FacetQNameUtils.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/FacetQNameUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c39da5d7f8..0000000000
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/FacetQNameUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
- *
- * This file is part of Alfresco
- *
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.facet;
-
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespacePrefixResolver;
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
-
-/**
- * This class provides some simple utility methods for dealing with {@link QName QNames}
- * within the faceted search feature. The whole thing should be considered a hack to handle 'special cases'.
- * <p/>
- * These are not intended for general use, or else they'd be in the {@link QName} class.
- * @since 5.0
- */
-public abstract class FacetQNameUtils
-{
-    /**
-     * This method converts the supplied qname string into a {@link QName} object.
-     * It accepts both short and long form qname strings.
-     * 
-     * @param s a qname string, such as "cm:name" or "{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}name"
-     * @param resolver this is needed to convert any qname prefixes into their long form.
-     * @return the QName instance.
-     * @throws NullPointerException if the provided string is {@code null}.
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the provided string could not be recognised as a valid QName.
-     */
-    public static QName createQName(String s, NamespacePrefixResolver resolver)
-    {
-        final QName result;
-        
-        if (s.length() < 2) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert string '" + s + "'"); }
-        
-        if (s.charAt(0) == QName.NAMESPACE_BEGIN &&
-            s.substring(1).contains(Character.toString(QName.NAMESPACE_END)))
-        {
-            // Assume it's a long-form qname.
-            result = QName.createQName(s);
-        }
-        else if ( !s.contains(Character.toString(QName.NAMESPACE_BEGIN)) &&
-                 s.contains(Character.toString(QName.NAMESPACE_PREFIX)))
-        {
-            // Assume it's a short-form qname.
-            result = QName.createQName(s, resolver);
-        }
-        else if (!s.contains(Character.toString(QName.NAMESPACE_BEGIN)) &&
-                !s.contains(Character.toString(QName.NAMESPACE_END)) &&
-                !s.contains(Character.toString(QName.NAMESPACE_PREFIX)))
-        {
-            // No '{', '}' or ':' means it's a prefixless QName (SITE or TAG, in our case).
-            result = QName.createQName(null, s);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // We're not sure what sort of qname this is supposed to be.
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert string '" + s + "'");
-        }
-        
-        return result;
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPost.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPost.java
index c5283343b0..8ee9c1580f 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPost.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPost.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.FacetQNameUtils;
 import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.SolrFacetProperties;
 import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.SolrFacetProperties.CustomProperties;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPut.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPut.java
index 08291915a3..ce588eda8f 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPut.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/SolrFacetConfigAdminPut.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.Exceptions.UnrecognisedFacetId;
+import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.FacetQNameUtils;
 import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.SolrFacetProperties.CustomProperties;
 import org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.solr.facet.SolrFacetProperties;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/FacetQNameUtilsTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/FacetQNameUtilsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f62827167..0000000000
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/facet/FacetQNameUtilsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
- *
- * This file is part of Alfresco
- *
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.facet;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceException;
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespacePrefixResolver;
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * Unit tests for {@link FacetQNameUtils}.
- * @since 5.0
- */
-public class FacetQNameUtilsTest
-{
-    /** A test-only namespace resolver. */
-    private final NamespacePrefixResolver resolver = new NamespacePrefixResolver()
-    {
-        private final List<String> uris     = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "http://www.alfresco.org/model/foo/1.0" });
-        private final List<String> prefixes = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "foo" });
-        
-        @Override public Collection<String> getURIs()     { return this.uris; }
-        @Override public Collection<String> getPrefixes() { return this.prefixes; }
-        
-        @Override public Collection<String> getPrefixes(String namespaceURI) throws NamespaceException
-        {
-            if (uris.contains(namespaceURI))
-            { return prefixes; }
-            else
-            { throw new NamespaceException("Unrecognised namespace: " + namespaceURI); }
-        }
-        
-        @Override public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix) throws NamespaceException
-        {
-            if (prefixes.contains(prefix))
-            { return "http://www.alfresco.org/model/foo/1.0"; }
-            else
-            { throw new NamespaceException("Unrecognised prefix: " + prefix); }
-        }
-    };
-    
-    @Test public void canCreateFromShortForm() throws Exception
-    {
-        assertEquals(QName.createQName("http://www.alfresco.org/model/foo/1.0", "localName"),
-                     FacetQNameUtils.createQName("foo:localName", resolver));
-    }
-    
-    @Test public void canCreateFromLongForm() throws Exception
-    {
-        assertEquals(QName.createQName("http://www.alfresco.org/model/foo/1.0", "localName"),
-                     FacetQNameUtils.createQName("{http://www.alfresco.org/model/foo/1.0}localName", resolver));
-    }
-    
-    @Test public void canCreateFromShortFormWithNoPrefix() throws Exception
-    {
-        // The sensibleness of this from an Alfresco perspective is questionable.
-        // But this is what we must do to support 'QName' strings like "Site" or "Tag" in the REST API.
-        assertEquals(QName.createQName(null, "localName"),
-                FacetQNameUtils.createQName("localName", resolver));
-    }
-    
-    @Test public void canCreateFromLongFormWithNoPrefix() throws Exception
-    {
-        assertEquals(QName.createQName(null, "localName"),
-                     FacetQNameUtils.createQName("{}localName", resolver));
-    }
-    
-    @Test public void canCreateLongFormQnameWithUnrecognisedUri() throws Exception
-    {
-        // Intentionally no validation of URIs against dictionary.
-        assertEquals(QName.createQName("http://www.alfresco.org/model/illegal/1.0", "localName"),
-                FacetQNameUtils.createQName("{http://www.alfresco.org/model/illegal/1.0}localName", resolver));
-    }
-    
-    @Test (expected=NamespaceException.class)
-    public void shortFormQnameWithUnrecognisedPrefixFails() throws Exception
-    {
-        FacetQNameUtils.createQName("illegal:localName", resolver);
-    }
-}
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