diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp
index 2bd28e31d..b3d424313 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp
@@ -278,53 +278,6 @@ void PrimitiveIndexWriter::drawArrays(GLenum mode,GLint first,GLsizei count)
     if (_normalBinding == osg::Geometry::BIND_PER_PRIMITIVE_SET) ++_curNormalIndex;
 }
 
-// If 'to' is in a subdirectory of 'from' then this function returns the
-// subpath. Otherwise it just returns the file name.
-std::string getPathRelative(const std::string& from/*directory*/,
-                            const std::string& to/*file path*/)
-{
-
-    std::string::size_type slash = to.find_last_of('/');
-    std::string::size_type backslash = to.find_last_of('\\');
-    if (slash == std::string::npos) 
-    {
-        if (backslash == std::string::npos) return to;
-        slash = backslash;
-    }
-    else if (backslash != std::string::npos && backslash > slash)
-    {
-        slash = backslash;
-    }
-
-    if (from.empty() || from.length() > to.length())
-        return osgDB::getSimpleFileName(to);
-
-    std::string::const_iterator itTo = to.begin();
-    for (std::string::const_iterator itFrom = from.begin();
-        itFrom != from.end(); ++itFrom, ++itTo)
-    {
-        char a = tolower(*itFrom), b = tolower(*itTo);
-        if (a == '\\') a = '/';
-        if (b == '\\') b = '/';
-        if (a != b || itTo == to.begin() + slash + 1)
-        {
-            return osgDB::getSimpleFileName(to);
-        }
-    }
-
-    while (itTo != to.end() && (*itTo == '\\' || *itTo == '/'))
-    {
-        ++itTo;
-    }
-
-    return std::string(itTo, to.end());
-}
-
-//std::string testA = getPathRelative("C:\\a\\b", "C:\\a/b/d/f");
-//std::string testB = getPathRelative("C:\\a\\d", "C:\\a/b/d/f");
-//std::string testC = getPathRelative("C:\\ab", "C:\\a/b/d/f");
-//std::string testD = getPathRelative("a/d", "a/d");
-
 WriterNodeVisitor::Material::Material(WriterNodeVisitor& writerNodeVisitor,
                                       const std::string& srcDirectory,
                                       const osg::StateSet* stateset,
@@ -434,7 +387,7 @@ WriterNodeVisitor::Material::Material(WriterNodeVisitor& writerNodeVisitor,
             }
             else
             {
-                relativePath = getPathRelative(srcDirectory, canonicalPath);
+                relativePath = osgDB::getPathRelative(srcDirectory, canonicalPath);
                 destPath = osgDB::getRealPath(osgDB::convertFileNameToNativeStyle( osgDB::concatPaths(_directory, relativePath) ));
                 if (destPath != canonicalPath)
                 {