diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/util/IOUtil.java b/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/util/IOUtil.java
index 57b1aed5d9..460498afdb 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/util/IOUtil.java
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/util/IOUtil.java
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.util;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.io.Writer;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -14,39 +11,12 @@ public class IOUtil {
 
 	private IOUtil() {}
 	
-    public static void closeQuietly(OutputStream stream) {
-    	if (stream == null) return;
+    public static void closeQuietly(Closeable closeable) {
+    	if (closeable == null) return;
     	try {
-    		stream.close();
+    		closeable.close();
     	} catch (IOException ex) {
     		// ignore
     	}
     }
-    
-    public static void closeQuietly(InputStream stream) {
-    	if (stream == null) return;
-    	try {
-    		stream.close();
-    	} catch (IOException ex) {
-    		// ignore
-    	}
-    }
-    
-    public static void closeQuietly(Writer writer) {
-    	if (writer == null) return;
-    	try {
-    		writer.close();
-    	} catch (IOException ex) {
-    		// ignore it
-    	}
-    }
-    
-    public static void closeQuietly(Reader reader) {
-    	if (reader == null) return;
-    	try {
-    		reader.close();
-    	} catch (IOException ex) {
-    		//ignore
-    	}
-    }
 }