diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/DownloadableContributionVersionComparator.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/DownloadableContributionVersionComparator.java
index b7f9959a4..f500a9e41 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/DownloadableContributionVersionComparator.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/DownloadableContributionVersionComparator.java
@@ -33,15 +33,9 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 
 public class DownloadableContributionVersionComparator implements Comparator<DownloadableContribution> {
 
-  private final VersionComparator versionComparator;
-
-  public DownloadableContributionVersionComparator() {
-    versionComparator = new VersionComparator();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public int compare(DownloadableContribution lib1, DownloadableContribution lib2) {
-    return versionComparator.compare(lib1.getParsedVersion(), lib2.getParsedVersion());
+    return VersionComparator.compareTo(lib1.getParsedVersion(), lib2.getParsedVersion());
   }
 
 
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionComparator.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionComparator.java
index c9ec5ca81..af6a1fdb3 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionComparator.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionComparator.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class VersionComparator implements Comparator<String> {
   public static boolean greaterThan(String a, String b) {
     return compareTo(a, b) > 0;
   }
-  
+
   public static boolean greaterThanOrEqual(String a, String b) {
     return compareTo(a, b) >= 0;
   }
@@ -77,4 +77,8 @@ public class VersionComparator implements Comparator<String> {
   public static boolean greaterThan(ContributedLibrary a, ContributedLibrary b) {
     return greaterThan(a.getParsedVersion(), b.getParsedVersion());
   }
+
+  public static int compareTo(ContributedLibrary a, ContributedLibrary b) {
+    return compareTo(a.getParsedVersion(), b.getParsedVersion());
+  }
 }