diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core.rb
index 88bca456..8e109b2b 100755
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core.rb
@@ -1,32 +1,18 @@
-require "rbconfig"
-
-# Using Thor's indifferent hash access
-require "thor"
-
+# Using a bunch of convenience methods
 require "active_support"
 
 # Setup our load paths
 libdir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(libdir) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(libdir)
 
-class String
-  def camelize
-    self.to_s.gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::#{$1.upcase}" }.gsub(/(?:^|_)(.)/) { $1.upcase }
-  end
-end
-
 # Simple callback library
 require "middleman-core/vendor/hooks-0.2.0/lib/hooks"
 
 require "middleman-core/version"
+require "middleman-core/util"
 
 # Top-level Middleman object
 module Middleman
-  WINDOWS = !!(RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(mingw|bccwin|wince|mswin32)/i) unless const_defined?(:WINDOWS)
-  JRUBY   = !!(RbConfig::CONFIG["RUBY_INSTALL_NAME"] =~ /^jruby/i) unless const_defined?(:JRUBY)
-  DARWIN  = RbConfig::CONFIG['target_os'] =~ /darwin/i unless const_defined?(:DARWIN)
-  LINUX   = RbConfig::CONFIG['target_os'] =~ /linux/i unless const_defined?(:LINUX)
-
   # Auto-load modules on-demand
   autoload :Base,           "middleman-core/base"
   autoload :Cache,          "middleman-core/cache"
@@ -181,36 +167,6 @@ module Middleman
   EXTENSION_FILE = File.join("lib", "middleman_extension.rb") unless const_defined?(:EXTENSION_FILE)
 
   class << self
-
-    # Recursively convert a normal Hash into a HashWithIndifferentAccess
-    #
-    # @private
-    # @param [Hash] data Normal hash
-    # @return [Thor::CoreExt::HashWithIndifferentAccess]
-    def recursively_enhance(data)
-      if data.is_a? Hash
-        data = ::Thor::CoreExt::HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(data)
-        data.each do |key, val|
-          data[key] = recursively_enhance(val)
-        end
-        data
-      elsif data.is_a? Array
-        data.each_with_index do |val, i|
-          data[i] = recursively_enhance(val)
-        end
-        data
-      else
-        data
-      end
-    end
-    
-    # Normalize a path to not include a leading slash
-    # @param [String] path
-    # @return [String]
-    def normalize_path(path)
-      path.sub(/^\//, "").gsub("%20", " ")
-    end
-    
     # Automatically load extensions from available RubyGems
     # which contain the EXTENSION_FILE
     #
@@ -296,4 +252,4 @@ module Middleman
       server
     end
   end
-end
+end
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diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/data.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/data.rb
index b8d0c9b8..25435e9b 100755
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/data.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/data.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::Data
         return
       end
 
-      @local_data[basename] = ::Middleman.recursively_enhance(data)
+      @local_data[basename] = ::Middleman::Util.recursively_enhance(data)
     end
     
     # Remove a given file from the internal cache
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::Data
         result = data_for_path(path)
       
         if result
-          return ::Middleman.recursively_enhance(result)
+          return ::Middleman::Util.recursively_enhance(result)
         end
       end
       
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
index 2593674e..8e1774cf 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::FrontMatter
         
       if result
         data, content = result
-        data = ::Middleman.recursively_enhance(data).freeze
+        data = ::Middleman::Util.recursively_enhance(data).freeze
         file = file.sub(@app.source_dir, "")
         @local_data[file] = [data, content]
         path = File.join(@app.source_dir, file)
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb
index 06721dee..05058bbc 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module Middleman::Sitemap::Extensions
         if path.is_a? Regexp
           @ignored_callbacks << Proc.new {|p| p =~ path }
         elsif path.is_a? String
-          path_clean = ::Middleman.normalize_path(path)
+          path_clean = ::Middleman::Util.normalize_path(path)
           if path_clean.include?("*") # It's a glob
             @ignored_callbacks << Proc.new {|p| File.fnmatch(path_clean, p) }
           else
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ module Middleman::Sitemap::Extensions
       # @param [String] path
       # @return [Boolean]
       def ignored?(path)
-        path_clean = ::Middleman.normalize_path(path)
+        path_clean = ::Middleman::Util.normalize_path(path)
         @ignored_callbacks.any? { |b| b.call(path_clean) }
       end
 
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/proxies.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/proxies.rb
index 19780e3a..e1545ca2 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/proxies.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/proxies.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module Middleman::Sitemap::Extensions
       # @param [String] target
       # @return [void]
       def proxy(path, target)
-        @proxy_paths[::Middleman.normalize_path(path)] = ::Middleman.normalize_path(target)
+        @proxy_paths[::Middleman::Util.normalize_path(path)] = ::Middleman::Util.normalize_path(target)
         @app.sitemap.rebuild_resource_list!(:added_proxy)
       end
 
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb
index d6a4d2e7..2bcbe585 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module Middleman::Sitemap
     # @param [String] request_path The original path of a resource.
     # @return [Middleman::Sitemap::Resource]
     def find_resource_by_path(request_path)
-      request_path = ::Middleman.normalize_path(request_path)
+      request_path = ::Middleman::Util.normalize_path(request_path)
       @_lookup_cache[:path][request_path]
     end
     
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module Middleman::Sitemap
     # @param [String] request_path The destination (output) path of a resource.
     # @return [Middleman::Sitemap::Resource]
     def find_resource_by_destination_path(request_path)
-      request_path = ::Middleman.normalize_path(request_path)
+      request_path = ::Middleman::Util.normalize_path(request_path)
       @_lookup_cache[:destination_path][request_path]
     end
     
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..747b8b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Using Thor's indifferent hash access
+require "thor"
+
+module Middleman
+  module Util
+    # Recursively convert a normal Hash into a HashWithIndifferentAccess
+    #
+    # @private
+    # @param [Hash] data Normal hash
+    # @return [Thor::CoreExt::HashWithIndifferentAccess]
+    def self.recursively_enhance(data)
+      if data.is_a? Hash
+        data = ::Thor::CoreExt::HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(data)
+        data.each do |key, val|
+          data[key] = recursively_enhance(val)
+        end
+        data
+      elsif data.is_a? Array
+        data.each_with_index do |val, i|
+          data[i] = recursively_enhance(val)
+        end
+        data
+      else
+        data
+      end
+    end
+    
+    # Normalize a path to not include a leading slash
+    # @param [String] path
+    # @return [String]
+    def self.normalize_path(path)
+      path.sub(/^\//, "").gsub("%20", " ")
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/watcher.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/watcher.rb
index e60f18d3..357d34c6 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/watcher.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/watcher.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # File changes are forwarded to the currently running app via HTTP
 require "net/http"
 
+module Middleman
+  WINDOWS = !!(RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(mingw|bccwin|wince|mswin32)/i) unless const_defined?(:WINDOWS)
+end
+
 require "win32/process" if ::Middleman::WINDOWS
 
 require "fileutils"