diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/tasks/PluginWatcherTask.java b/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/tasks/PluginWatcherTask.java
index 13c9fb7..d439fd8 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/tasks/PluginWatcherTask.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/tasks/PluginWatcherTask.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class PluginWatcherTask extends AbstractTask {
                         String previousHash = hash;
                         long previousHashTimestamp = hashTimestamp;
 
-                        hash = FileUtils.getHash(file);
+                        hash = FileUtils.getHash(file.toPath());
                         hashTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
                         task = ServerUtilsApp.getPlugin().getTaskManager().runTaskLater(() -> {
                             if (hash.equals(previousHash) || previousHashTimestamp < hashTimestamp - 1000L) {
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/FileUtils.java b/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/FileUtils.java
index 91bc17d..e9e63de 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ package net.frankheijden.serverutils.common.utils;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 
 public class FileUtils {
 
@@ -36,17 +37,18 @@ public class FileUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the Hash of a file.
+     * Get the Hash of a file at given path.
      *
-     * @param file The file
+     * @param path The path
      * @return The file's hash
      */
-    public static String getHash(File file) {
+    public static String getHash(Path path) {
+        byte[] digest;
         try {
-            return DigestUtils.md5Hex(new FileInputStream(file));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            // Shouldn't happen
+            digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5").digest(Files.readAllBytes(path));
+        } catch (IOException | NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
             return null;
         }
+        return StringUtils.bytesToHex(digest);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/StringUtils.java b/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/StringUtils.java
index 8f5be91..a0c2eeb 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/net/frankheijden/serverutils/common/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.frankheijden.serverutils.common.utils;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
 public class StringUtils {
 
     /**
@@ -44,4 +46,20 @@ public class StringUtils {
         }
         return sb.substring(1);
     }
+
+    private static final byte[] HEX_ARRAY = "0123456789abcdef".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a bytes array to hex.
+     * via https://stackoverflow.com/a/9855338/11239174
+     */
+    public static String bytesToHex(byte[] bytes) {
+        byte[] hexChars = new byte[bytes.length * 2];
+        for (int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++) {
+            int v = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
+            hexChars[j * 2] = HEX_ARRAY[v >>> 4];
+            hexChars[j * 2 + 1] = HEX_ARRAY[v & 0x0F];
+        }
+        return new String(hexChars, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 79b1d55..f061886 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15'
         implementation 'com.github.FrankHeijden:MinecraftReflection:1.0.0'
 
         testCompile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.18.1'