diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.cpp b/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.cpp
index 30f453e6..5b89786f 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.cpp
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.cpp
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ TxCache::~TxCache()
 {
 	/* free memory, clean up, etc */
 	clear();
-
-	delete _txUtil;
 }
 
 TxCache::TxCache(int options, int cachesize, const wchar_t *path, const wchar_t *ident,
 				 dispInfoFuncExt callback)
 {
-	_txUtil = new TxUtil();
-
 	_options = options;
 	_cacheSize = cachesize;
 	_callback = callback;
@@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ TxCache::add(uint64 checksum, GHQTexInfo *info, int dataSize)
 	uint32 format = info->format;
 
 	if (!dataSize) {
-		dataSize = _txUtil->sizeofTx(info->width, info->height, info->format);
+		dataSize = TxUtil::sizeofTx(info->width, info->height, info->format);
 
 		if (!dataSize) return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.h b/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.h
index 922d1443..afff8ebd 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.h
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxCache.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ protected:
   tx_wstring _ident;
   tx_wstring _path;
   dispInfoFuncExt _callback;
-  TxUtil *_txUtil;
   struct TXCACHE {
     int size;
     GHQTexInfo info;
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.cpp b/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.cpp
index d98720d2..d5cb2c56 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.cpp
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ void TxFilter::clear()
 	/* clear other stuff */
 	delete _txImage;
 	delete _txQuantize;
-	delete _txUtil;
 }
 
 TxFilter::~TxFilter()
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ TxFilter::~TxFilter()
 TxFilter::TxFilter(int maxwidth, int maxheight, int maxbpp, int options,
 	int cachesize, const wchar_t * path, const wchar_t * texPackPath, const wchar_t * ident,
 				   dispInfoFuncExt callback) :
-	_tex1(nullptr), _tex2(nullptr), _txQuantize(nullptr), _txTexCache(nullptr), _txHiResCache(nullptr), _txUtil(nullptr), _txImage(nullptr)
+	_tex1(nullptr), _tex2(nullptr), _txQuantize(nullptr), _txTexCache(nullptr), _txHiResCache(nullptr), _txImage(nullptr)
 {
 	/* HACKALERT: the emulator misbehaves and sometimes forgets to shutdown */
 	if ((ident && wcscmp(ident, wst("DEFAULT")) != 0 && _ident.compare(ident) == 0) &&
@@ -90,10 +89,9 @@ TxFilter::TxFilter(int maxwidth, int maxheight, int maxbpp, int options,
 
 	_txImage      = new TxImage();
 	_txQuantize   = new TxQuantize();
-	_txUtil       = new TxUtil();
 
 	/* get number of CPU cores. */
-	_numcore = _txUtil->getNumberofProcessors();
+	_numcore = TxUtil::getNumberofProcessors();
 
 	_initialized = 0;
 
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ TxFilter::filter(uint8 *src, int srcwidth, int srcheight, uint16 srcformat, uint
 
 		/* calculate checksum of source texture */
 		if (!g64crc)
-			g64crc = (uint64)(_txUtil->checksumTx(texture, srcwidth, srcheight, srcformat));
+			g64crc = (uint64)(TxUtil::checksumTx(texture, srcwidth, srcheight, srcformat));
 
 		DBG_INFO(80, wst("filter: crc:%08X %08X %d x %d gfmt:%x\n"),
 				 (uint32)(g64crc >> 32), (uint32)(g64crc & 0xffffffff), srcwidth, srcheight, srcformat);
@@ -561,7 +559,7 @@ uint64
 TxFilter::checksum64(uint8 *src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride, uint8 *palette)
 {
 	if (_options & (HIRESTEXTURES_MASK|DUMP_TEX))
-		return _txUtil->checksum64(src, width, height, size, rowStride, palette);
+		return TxUtil::checksum64(src, width, height, size, rowStride, palette);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.h b/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.h
index 22b0b9ef..a4396ae1 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.h
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxFilter.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ private:
   TxQuantize *_txQuantize;
   TxTexCache *_txTexCache;
   TxHiResCache *_txHiResCache;
-  TxUtil *_txUtil;
   TxImage *_txImage;
   boolean _initialized;
   void clear();
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxHiResCache.cpp b/src/GLideNHQ/TxHiResCache.cpp
index 0c3c4ffe..4e789185 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxHiResCache.cpp
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxHiResCache.cpp
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ TxHiResCache::loadHiResTextures(const wchar_t * dir_path, boolean replace)
 
 	  /* quantize */
 	  {
-		tmptex = (uint8 *)malloc(_txUtil->sizeofTx(width, height, destformat));
+		tmptex = (uint8 *)malloc(TxUtil::sizeofTx(width, height, destformat));
 		if (tmptex) {
 		  switch (destformat) {
 		  case GL_RGBA8:
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.cpp b/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.cpp
index a5975b90..475bcc3c 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.cpp
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.cpp
@@ -35,16 +35,13 @@
 
 TxQuantize::TxQuantize()
 {
-	_txUtil = new TxUtil();
-
 	/* get number of CPU cores. */
-	_numcore = _txUtil->getNumberofProcessors();
+	_numcore = TxUtil::getNumberofProcessors();
 }
 
 
 TxQuantize::~TxQuantize()
 {
-	delete _txUtil;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.h b/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.h
index 2b09515a..66f2f655 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.h
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxQuantize.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 class TxQuantize
 {
 private:
-  TxUtil *_txUtil;
   int _numcore;
 
   /* fast optimized... well, sort of. */
diff --git a/src/GLideNHQ/TxUtil.h b/src/GLideNHQ/TxUtil.h
index a1b338d8..02a92bfd 100644
--- a/src/GLideNHQ/TxUtil.h
+++ b/src/GLideNHQ/TxUtil.h
@@ -35,22 +35,20 @@
 class TxUtil
 {
 private:
-	uint32 RiceCRC32(const uint8* src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride);
-	boolean RiceCRC32_CI4(const uint8* src, int width, int height, int rowStride,
+	static uint32 RiceCRC32(const uint8* src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride);
+	static boolean RiceCRC32_CI4(const uint8* src, int width, int height, int rowStride,
 						  uint32* crc32, uint32* cimax);
-	boolean RiceCRC32_CI8(const uint8* src, int width, int height, int rowStride,
+	static boolean RiceCRC32_CI8(const uint8* src, int width, int height, int rowStride,
 						  uint32* crc32, uint32* cimax);
 public:
-	TxUtil() { }
-	~TxUtil() { }
-	int sizeofTx(int width, int height, uint16 format);
-	uint32 checksumTx(uint8 *data, int width, int height, uint16 format);
+	static int sizeofTx(int width, int height, uint16 format);
+	static uint32 checksumTx(uint8 *data, int width, int height, uint16 format);
 #if 0 /* unused */
-	uint32 chkAlpha(uint32* src, int width, int height);
+	static uint32 chkAlpha(uint32* src, int width, int height);
 #endif
-	uint32 checksum(uint8 *src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride);
-	uint64 checksum64(uint8 *src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride, uint8 *palette);
-	int getNumberofProcessors();
+	static uint32 checksum(uint8 *src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride);
+	static uint64 checksum64(uint8 *src, int width, int height, int size, int rowStride, uint8 *palette);
+	static int getNumberofProcessors();
 };
 
 class TxMemBuf