diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java
index 951562e5..861410b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHTMLRipper extends AbstractRipper {
         }
         LOGGER.debug("Downloading " + url + "'s description to " + saveFileAs);
         if (!saveFileAs.getParentFile().exists()) {
-            LOGGER.info("[+] Creating directory: " + Utils.removeCWD(saveFileAs.getParent()));
+            LOGGER.info("[+] Creating directory: " + saveFileAs.getParent());
             saveFileAs.getParentFile().mkdirs();
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index e31d9c0f..407aa33a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
         }
         LOGGER.debug("Downloading " + url + " to " + saveFileAs);
         if (!saveFileAs.getParentFile().exists()) {
-            LOGGER.info("[+] Creating directory: " + Utils.removeCWD(saveFileAs.getParent()));
+            LOGGER.info("[+] Creating directory: " + saveFileAs.getParent());
             saveFileAs.getParentFile().mkdirs();
         }
         if (Utils.getConfigBoolean("remember.url_history", true) && !isThisATest()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
index 825d5142..7323759e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
@@ -362,16 +362,6 @@ public class Utils {
         return url;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Removes the current working directory from a given filename
-     *
-     * @param file Path to the file
-     * @return 'file' without the leading current working directory
-     */
-    public static String removeCWD(String file) {
-        return removeCWD(Paths.get(file));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get a list of all Classes within a package. Works with file system projects
      * and jar files! Borrowed from StackOverflow, but I don't have a link :[