diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Internal/UrlUtility.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Internal/UrlUtility.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e566907cd9..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Internal/UrlUtility.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Internal
-{
-    public static class UrlUtility
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns a value that indicates whether the URL is local. An URL with an absolute path is considered local
-        /// if it does not have a host/authority part. URLs using the virtual paths ('~/') are also local.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The URL.</param>
-        /// <returns><c>true</c> if the URL is local; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</returns>
-        /// <example>
-        /// <para>
-        /// For example, the following URLs are considered local:
-        /// /Views/Default/Index.html
-        /// ~/Index.html
-        /// </para>
-        /// <para>
-        /// The following URLs are non-local:
-        /// ../Index.html
-        /// http://www.contoso.com/
-        /// http://localhost/Index.html
-        /// </para>
-        /// </example>
-        public static bool IsLocalUrl(string url)
-        {
-            return
-                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(url) &&
-
-                // Allows "/" or "/foo" but not "//" or "/\".
-                ((url[0] == '/' && (url.Length == 1 || (url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\'))) ||
-
-                // Allows "~/" or "~/foo".
-                (url.Length > 1 && url[0] == '~' && url[1] == '/'));
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/UrlHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/UrlHelper.cs
index b7821eb28f..cf6d23868e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/UrlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/UrlHelper.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Actions;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
 
@@ -87,9 +86,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool IsLocalUrl(string url)
+        public virtual bool IsLocalUrl(string url)
         {
-            return UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
+            return
+                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(url) &&
+
+                // Allows "/" or "/foo" but not "//" or "/\".
+                ((url[0] == '/' && (url.Length == 1 || (url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\'))) ||
+
+                // Allows "~/" or "~/foo".
+                (url.Length > 1 && url[0] == '~' && url[1] == '/'));
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/UrlHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/UrlHelperTest.cs
index 42022378bf..ef59d41eff 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/UrlHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/UrlHelperTest.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Actions;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             Assert.Equal(expectedPath, path);
         }
 
-        // UrlHelper.IsLocalUrl depends on the UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl method.
-        // To avoid duplicate tests, all the tests exercising IsLocalUrl verify
-        // both of UrlHelper.IsLocalUrl and UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(null)]
         [InlineData("")]
@@ -83,12 +79,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -105,12 +95,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.True(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.True(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -126,12 +110,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.True(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.True(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -148,12 +126,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -171,12 +143,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -192,12 +158,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -213,12 +173,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -233,12 +187,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -256,12 +204,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -280,12 +222,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -305,12 +241,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -328,12 +258,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             // Assert
             Assert.False(result);
-
-            // Arrange & Act
-            result = UrlUtility.IsLocalUrl(url);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.False(result);
         }
 
         [Fact]