diff --git a/brouter-core/pom.xml b/brouter-core/pom.xml
index eb6ffcb..43b909f 100644
--- a/brouter-core/pom.xml
+++ b/brouter-core/pom.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,5 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java
index 9d8a2e1..b18415a 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import btools.mapaccess.MatchedWaypoint;
 import btools.mapaccess.OsmPos;
 import btools.util.CompactLongMap;
 import btools.util.FrozenLongMap;
-import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
+import btools.util.StringUtils;
 
 public final class OsmTrack
 {
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ public final class OsmTrack
       OsmNodeNamed poi = pois.get(i);
       sb.append( " <wpt lon=\"" ).append( formatILon( poi.ilon ) ).append( "\" lat=\"" )
         .append( formatILat( poi.ilat ) ).append( "\">\n" )
-        .append( "  <name>" ).append( StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml10(poi.name) ).append( "</name>\n" )
+        .append( "  <name>" ).append( StringUtils.escapeXml10(poi.name) ).append( "</name>\n" )
         .append( " </wpt>\n" );
     }
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ public final class OsmTrack
         MatchedWaypoint wt = matchedWaypoints.get(i);
         sb.append( " <wpt lon=\"" ).append( formatILon( wt.waypoint.ilon ) ).append( "\" lat=\"" )
           .append( formatILat( wt.waypoint.ilat ) ).append( "\">\n" )
-          .append( "  <name>" ).append( StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml10(wt.name) ).append( "</name>\n" );
+          .append( "  <name>" ).append( StringUtils.escapeXml10(wt.name) ).append( "</name>\n" );
         if(i == 0)
         {
           sb.append( "  <type>from</type>\n" );
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ public final class OsmTrack
 
   private void createPlaceMark(StringBuilder sb, String name, int ilat, int ilon) {
     sb.append("      <Placemark>\n");
-    sb.append("        <name>" + StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml10(name) + "</name>\n");
+    sb.append("        <name>" + StringUtils.escapeXml10(name) + "</name>\n");
     sb.append("        <Point>\n");
     sb.append("         <coordinates>" + formatILon(ilon) + "," + formatILat(ilat) + "</coordinates>\n");
     sb.append("        </Point>\n");
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ public final class OsmTrack
     sb.append( "    {\n" );
     sb.append( "      \"type\": \"Feature\",\n" );
     sb.append( "      \"properties\": {\n" );
-    sb.append( "        \"name\": \"" + StringEscapeUtils.escapeJson(name) + "\",\n" );
+    sb.append( "        \"name\": \"" + StringUtils.escapeJson(name) + "\",\n" );
     sb.append( "        \"type\": \"" + type + "\"\n" );
     sb.append( "      },\n" );
     sb.append( "      \"geometry\": {\n" );
diff --git a/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/StringUtils.java b/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/StringUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2f299b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package btools.util;
+
+/**
+ * Some methods for String handling
+ */
+public class StringUtils
+{
+  /**
+   * Escape a literal to put into a json document
+   */
+  public static String escapeJson( String s )
+  {
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Escape a literal to put into a xml document
+   */
+  public static String escapeXml10( String s )
+  {
+    return s;
+  }
+
+}