diff --git a/contrib/pig/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/pig/CassandraStorage.java b/contrib/pig/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/pig/CassandraStorage.java
index 044ea3f33b..9457f0b194 100644
--- a/contrib/pig/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/pig/CassandraStorage.java
+++ b/contrib/pig/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/pig/CassandraStorage.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.BytesType;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.IntegerType;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.TypeParser;
 import org.apache.cassandra.thrift.*;
-import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;
+import org.apache.cassandra.utils.Hex;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ public class CassandraStorage extends LoadFunc implements StoreFuncInterface, Lo
         TSerializer serializer = new TSerializer(new TBinaryProtocol.Factory());
         try
         {
-            return FBUtilities.bytesToHex(serializer.serialize(cfDef));
+            return Hex.bytesToHex(serializer.serialize(cfDef));
         }
         catch (TException e)
         {
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ public class CassandraStorage extends LoadFunc implements StoreFuncInterface, Lo
         CfDef cfDef = new CfDef();
         try
         {
-            deserializer.deserialize(cfDef, FBUtilities.hexToBytes(st));
+            deserializer.deserialize(cfDef, Hex.hexToBytes(st));
         }
         catch (TException e)
         {