diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/BaseDB.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/DBUtils.java
similarity index 83%
rename from dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/BaseDB.java
rename to dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/DBUtils.java
index d78446247..51e0be4de 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/BaseDB.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/DBUtils.java
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.data;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -32,15 +25,19 @@ import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.CveDB;
-import static org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.CveDB.DB_SCHEMA_VERSION;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.DatabaseException;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
 
 /**
  *
  * @author Jeremy Long (jeremy.long@owasp.org)
  */
-public class BaseDB {
+public final class DBUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Private constructor for a utility class.
+     */
+    private DBUtils() {
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the generated integer primary key for a newly inserted row.
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ public class BaseDB {
      * @throws DatabaseException thrown if there is an exception obtaining the
      * key
      */
-    protected int getGeneratedKey(PreparedStatement statement) throws DatabaseException {
+    public static int getGeneratedKey(PreparedStatement statement) throws DatabaseException {
         ResultSet rs = null;
         int id = 0;
         try {
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ public class BaseDB {
      *
      * @param statement a Statement object
      */
-    public void closeStatement(Statement statement) {
+    public static void closeStatement(Statement statement) {
         if (statement != null) {
             try {
                 statement.close();
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ public class BaseDB {
      *
      * @param rs a ResultSet to close
      */
-    public void closeResultSet(ResultSet rs) {
+    public static void closeResultSet(ResultSet rs) {
         if (rs != null) {
             try {
                 rs.close();