diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/LogUtils.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogUtils.java
similarity index 97%
rename from common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/LogUtils.java
rename to common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogUtils.java
index c51e9394e1f2adfa378dc963b593a895929b4bd5..131a2dbe704a8fa24a85b6adf09cfb690566a294 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/LogUtils.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogUtils.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities;
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringEscaper.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringEscaper.java
index 77f5838071197fed2ec5227ae9e48c36f27794d1..64e8974ee3a58e0080a5017a83e125988aa3a76e 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringEscaper.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringEscaper.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogUtils;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.reflection.BeanUtils;
 
 /**
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringUnescaper.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringUnescaper.java
index 5d73ff603459402552d3d5b52a2a25489107f8d3..c5b2d7b75c35267bf7d9139148e19044586e3e6a 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringUnescaper.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectingStringUnescaper.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogUtils;
 
 /**
  * Performs HTML unescaping the string fields of an object. Its implementation is based on
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectionStringTraverser.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectionStringTraverser.java
index f824ca742f1389613d1396bae9327c6985b1acb2..93a6e366af879aeb4b8c4b58ce65f217cc5ec820 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectionStringTraverser.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ReflectionStringTraverser.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogUtils;
 
 /**
  * Allows to change all non-final and non-static strings referenced within the specified object. If
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/AbstractArchiverProcessingPluginTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/AbstractArchiverProcessingPluginTest.java
index 0714ed8b3d7d22926f9fe879bce4d92d8ef33664..4030d00b477b4e54a60c5e189121db6a30527d40 100644
--- a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/AbstractArchiverProcessingPluginTest.java
+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/AbstractArchiverProcessingPluginTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.Status;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.filesystem.BooleanStatus;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.filesystem.FileUtilities;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.BufferedAppender;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities.LogUtils;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogUtils;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.standard.AbstractArchiverProcessingPlugin.DatasetProcessingStatuses;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.standard.AbstractArchiverProcessingPlugin.Operation;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.ArchiverTaskContext;