diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/progress/internal/ProgressManagerUtil.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/progress/internal/ProgressManagerUtil.java
index 3d31eccfc4e..6745635f389 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/progress/internal/ProgressManagerUtil.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/progress/internal/ProgressManagerUtil.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.basic.MWindow;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress.IProgressConstants;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress.IProgressService;
-import org.eclipse.e4.ui.progress.internal.legacy.StatusUtil;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.modeling.EPartService;
 import org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.modeling.EPartService.PartState;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
@@ -102,9 +101,8 @@ public void sort(final Viewer viewer, Object[] elements) {
 	 * @return IStatus
 	 */
 	static IStatus exceptionStatus(Throwable exception) {
-		return StatusUtil.newStatus(IStatus.ERROR,
-				exception.getMessage() == null ? "" : exception.getMessage(), //$NON-NLS-1$
-				exception);
+		Throwable cause = exception.getCause() != null ? exception.getCause() : exception;
+		return Status.error(exception.getMessage() == null ? "" : exception.getMessage(), cause); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide.application/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/application/IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide.application/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/application/IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java
index 2596b516f4e..30c6d5ad70b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide.application/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/application/IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide.application/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/application/IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchErrorHandler;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchMessages;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchPlugin;
-import org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.StatusUtil;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.undo.WorkspaceUndoMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.progress.ProgressMonitorJobsDialog;
 import org.eclipse.ui.progress.IProgressService;
@@ -253,8 +252,7 @@ protected static class IDENonDisposedReporter implements Consumer<Error> {
 		@Override
 		public void accept(Error allocationStack) {
 			IDEWorkbenchPlugin.log(null,
-					StatusUtil.newStatus(IStatus.ERROR, "Not properly disposed SWT resource", //$NON-NLS-1$
-							allocationStack));
+					Status.error("Not properly disposed SWT resource", allocationStack)); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}
 
 	}