diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/GNUmakefile b/src/osgPlugins/net/GNUmakefile
index 994004629..7ae7d60f8 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/GNUmakefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CXXFILES =\
 	ReaderWriterNET.cpp\
     sockinet.cpp\
     sockstream.cpp\
-    makeDir.cpp\
 
 LIBS  += $(OSG_LIBS) $(OTHER_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp
index 2bc616e23..3e3f0fe8f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/ReaderWriterNET.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <osgDB/Input>
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
+#include <osgDB/FileUtils>
 #include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
 #include <osgDB/ReadFile>
 #include <osgDB/WriteFile>
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <osg/MatrixTransform>
 #include <osg/Group>
 #include "sockinet.h"
-#include "makeDir.h"
 
  /*
   *  Semantics:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class NetReader : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             if( !localCacheDir.empty() && cacheMode & Write )
             {
                 std::string cacheFile = localCacheDir + '/' + fileName;
-                if( TemporaryFileUtils::makeDirectory( cacheFile ) )
+                if( osgDB::makeDirectoryForFile( cacheFile ) )
                 {
                     osgDB::writeNodeFile( *(readResult.getNode()), cacheFile );
                     osg::notify(osg::DEBUG_INFO) << "osgPlugin .net: " << fileName << 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index eba60c9b3..000000000
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-//
-// This should move to osgDB::FileUtils
-//
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#ifndef WIN32
-#include <libgen.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <stack>
-#include <osgDB/FileUtils>
-#include "makeDir.h"
-
-namespace TemporaryFileUtils {
-
-bool makeDirectory( const std::string &path )
-{
-#ifdef WIN32
-	return false;
-#else
-    char *cpath = new char[path.length()+1];
-    strcpy( cpath, path.c_str());
-    char *p = dirname(cpath);
-    struct stat stbuf;
-
-    if( stat( p, &stbuf ) == 0 )
-    {
-        if( S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode))
-            return true;
-        else
-        {
-            std::cerr << "TemporaryFileUtils::makeDirectory() - "<< p
-                << " already exists and is not a directory!" << std::endl;
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    std::stack<std::string> paths;
-    while( true )
-    {
-        if( p[0] == '.' )
-            break;
-
-        if( stat( p, &stbuf ) < 0 )
-        {
-            switch( errno )
-            {
-                case ENOENT:
-                case ENOTDIR:
-                    paths.push( std::string(p) );
-                    break;
-
-                default:
-                    perror( p );
-                    return false;
-            }
-        }
-        p = dirname(p);
-    } ;
-
-    while( !paths.empty() )
-    {
-        std::string dir = paths.top();
-
-        if( mkdir( dir.c_str(), 0755 )< 0 )
-        {
-            perror( dir.c_str() );
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        paths.pop();
-    }
-    return true;
-#endif
-}
-
-}