diff --git a/js/router/BRouter.js b/js/router/BRouter.js
index 1b49234..a615e03 100644
--- a/js/router/BRouter.js
+++ b/js/router/BRouter.js
@@ -69,16 +69,6 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         return url;
     },
 
-    _getError: function(xhr) {
-        var msg = 'no response from server';
-        if (xhr.responseText) {
-          msg = xhr.responseText;
-        } else if (this.status || this.statusText) {
-          msg = this.status + ': ' + this.statusText;
-        }
-        return new Error(msg);
-    },
-
     getRoute: function(latLngs, cb) {
         var url = this.getUrl(latLngs),
             xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -90,7 +80,7 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         xhr.open('GET', url, true);
         xhr.onload = L.bind(this._handleRouteResponse, this, xhr, cb);
         xhr.onerror = L.bind(function(xhr, cb) {
-            cb(this._getError(xhr));
+            cb(BR.Util.getError(xhr));
         }, this, xhr, cb);
         xhr.send();
     },
@@ -112,7 +102,7 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
 
             return cb(null, layer);
         } else {
-            cb(this._getError(xhr));
+            cb(BR.Util.getError(xhr));
         }
     },