diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/flash/BitString.as b/src/as/com/threerings/flash/BitString.as
deleted file mode 100644
index fe1cd58d..00000000
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/flash/BitString.as
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/**
-*  Forked from code from com.adobe.images.BitString.as in as3corelib under the license contained
-*  in that file to produce a derivative work.
-*
-*  see:
-*  http://code.google.com/p/as3corelib/source/browse/trunk/src/com/adobe/images/BitString.as?r=25
- */
-package com.threerings.flash
-{
-	public class BitString
-	{
-		public var len:int = 0;
-		public var val:int = 0;
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/flash/JPGEncoder.as b/src/as/com/threerings/flash/JPGEncoder.as
index 3c520e8c..a135bf27 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/flash/JPGEncoder.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/flash/JPGEncoder.as
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import flash.utils.*;
  * can be accessed via getJpeg.
  */		
 public class JPGEncoder
-{
+{    
 	// Static table initialization
 
 	private var ZigZag:Array = [
@@ -701,3 +701,12 @@ public class JPGEncoder
 	protected var _pixelGranularity :int;
 }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Helper class originally separate 
+ */
+class BitString
+{
+	public var len:int = 0;
+	public var val:int = 0;
+}