diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
index a06681ed19..445a4086a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import hudson.util.io.ArchiverFactory;
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -728,7 +727,7 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
                 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
             });
         } finally {
-            org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(_in);
+            _in.close();
         }
     }
 
@@ -1760,15 +1759,11 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
 
             @Override
             public Void invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-                InputStream fis = null;
-                try {
-                    fis = Files.newInputStream(reading(f).toPath());
-                    Util.copyStream(fis, p.getOut());
+                try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(reading(f).toPath());
+                     OutputStream out = p.getOut()) {
+                    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(fis, out);
                 } catch (Exception x) {
                     p.error(x);
-                } finally {
-                    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(fis);
-                    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(p.getOut());
                 }
                 return null;
             }
@@ -1822,10 +1817,9 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
             private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
             public Void invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException {
-                final OutputStream out = new java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream(p.getOut(), 8192);
-                RandomAccessFile raf = null;
-                try {
-                    raf = new RandomAccessFile(reading(f), "r");
+                try (OutputStream os = p.getOut();
+                     OutputStream out = new java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream(os, 8192);
+                     RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(reading(f), "r")) {
                     raf.seek(offset);
                     byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
                     int len;
@@ -1833,15 +1827,6 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
                         out.write(buf, 0, len);
                     }
                     return null;
-                } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
-                    if (raf != null) {
-                        try {
-                            raf.close();
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            // ignore
-                        }
-                    }
                 }
             }
         });
@@ -2006,14 +1991,11 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
         act(new SecureFileCallable<Void>() {
             private static final long serialVersionUID = 4088559042349254141L;
             public Void invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException {
-                InputStream fis = null;
-                try {
-                    fis = Files.newInputStream(reading(f).toPath());
-                    Util.copyStream(fis,out);
+                try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(reading(f).toPath())) {
+                    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(fis, out);
                     return null;
                 } finally {
-                    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(fis);
-                    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
+                    out.close();
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java
index efe2ca0c9f..4abcf5c291 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.Base64Encoder;
 import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
@@ -174,11 +172,11 @@ public class Main {
                     con.connect();
                     // send the data
                     try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(tmpFile.toPath())) {
-                        Util.copyStream(in,con.getOutputStream());
+                        org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(in, con.getOutputStream());
                     }
 
                     if(con.getResponseCode()!=200) {
-                        Util.copyStream(con.getErrorStream(),System.err);
+                        org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(con.getErrorStream(), System.err);
                     }
 
                     return ret;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/TcpSlaveAgentListener.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/TcpSlaveAgentListener.java
index 6bee598966..6f41f441bc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/TcpSlaveAgentListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/TcpSlaveAgentListener.java
@@ -339,14 +339,11 @@ public final class TcpSlaveAgentListener extends Thread {
         @Override
         public void handle(Socket socket) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
             try {
-                OutputStream stream = socket.getOutputStream();
-                try {
+                try (OutputStream stream = socket.getOutputStream()) {
                     LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Received ping request from {0}", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress());
                     stream.write(ping);
                     stream.flush();
                     LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Sent ping response to {0}", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress());
-                } finally {
-                    stream.close();
                 }
             } finally {
                 socket.close();
@@ -355,29 +352,24 @@ public final class TcpSlaveAgentListener extends Thread {
 
         public boolean connect(Socket socket) throws IOException {
             try {
-                DataOutputStream out = null;
-                InputStream in = null;
-                try {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Requesting ping from {0}", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress());
-                    out = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
+                LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Requesting ping from {0}", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress());
+                try (DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream())) {
                     out.writeUTF("Protocol:Ping");
-                    in = socket.getInputStream();
-                    byte[] response = new byte[ping.length];
-                    int responseLength = in.read(response);
-                    if (responseLength == ping.length && Arrays.equals(response, ping)) {
-                        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Received ping response from {0}", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress());
-                        return true;
-                    } else {
-                        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Expected ping response from {0} of {1} got {2}", new Object[]{
-                                socket.getRemoteSocketAddress(),
-                                new String(ping, "UTF-8"),
-                                new String(response, 0, responseLength, "UTF-8")
-                        });
-                        return false;
+                    try (InputStream in = socket.getInputStream()) {
+                        byte[] response = new byte[ping.length];
+                        int responseLength = in.read(response);
+                        if (responseLength == ping.length && Arrays.equals(response, ping)) {
+                            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Received ping response from {0}", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress());
+                            return true;
+                        } else {
+                            LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Expected ping response from {0} of {1} got {2}", new Object[]{
+                                    socket.getRemoteSocketAddress(),
+                                    new String(ping, "UTF-8"),
+                                    new String(response, 0, responseLength, "UTF-8")
+                            });
+                            return false;
+                        }
                     }
-                } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
                 }
             } finally {
                 socket.close();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
index ed794ef358..f7758cbedb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ package hudson;
 
 import jenkins.util.SystemProperties;
 import com.sun.jna.Native;
-import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import hudson.Proc.LocalProc;
@@ -645,6 +644,10 @@ public class Util {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link IOUtils#copy(InputStream, OutputStream)}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void copyStream(@Nonnull InputStream in,@Nonnull OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
         int len;
@@ -652,6 +655,10 @@ public class Util {
             out.write(buf,0,len);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link IOUtils#copy(Reader, Writer)}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void copyStream(@Nonnull Reader in, @Nonnull Writer out) throws IOException {
         char[] buf = new char[8192];
         int len;
@@ -659,21 +666,23 @@ public class Util {
             out.write(buf,0,len);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link IOUtils#copy(InputStream, OutputStream)} in a {@code try}-with-resources block
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void copyStreamAndClose(@Nonnull InputStream in, @Nonnull OutputStream out) throws IOException {
-        try {
+        try (InputStream _in = in; OutputStream _out = out) { // make sure both are closed, and use Throwable.addSuppressed
             copyStream(in,out);
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link IOUtils#copy(Reader, Writer)} in a {@code try}-with-resources block
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void copyStreamAndClose(@Nonnull Reader in, @Nonnull Writer out) throws IOException {
-        try {
+        try (Reader _in = in; Writer _out = out) {
             copyStream(in,out);
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/XmlFile.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/XmlFile.java
index a118163dec..ba1434b8f7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/XmlFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/XmlFile.java
@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 /**
  * Represents an XML data file that Jenkins uses as a data file.
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ public final class XmlFile {
      */
     public void writeRawTo(Writer w) throws IOException {
         try (Reader r = readRaw()) {
-            Util.copyStream(r, w);
+            IOUtils.copy(r, w);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/ConsoleCommand.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/ConsoleCommand.java
index f4c3f719b5..f1069b857a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/ConsoleCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/ConsoleCommand.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
 import hudson.model.Item;
 import hudson.model.PermalinkProjectAction.Permalink;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
-import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ public class ConsoleCommand extends CLICommand {
         }
         RingBuffer rb = new RingBuffer();
 
-        InputStream in = run.getLogInputStream();
-        try {
+        try (InputStream in = run.getLogInputStream()) {
             byte[] buf = new byte[4096];
             int len;
             byte prev=0;
@@ -137,8 +135,6 @@ public class ConsoleCommand extends CLICommand {
             }
 
             return rb.get();
-        } finally {
-            org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Descriptor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Descriptor.java
index 2cccca3765..d51fed6a55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Descriptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Descriptor.java
@@ -938,12 +938,9 @@ public abstract class Descriptor<T extends Describable<T>> implements Saveable,
             if(url!=null) {
                 // TODO: generalize macro expansion and perhaps even support JEXL
                 rsp.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
-                InputStream in = url.openStream();
-                try {
+                try (InputStream in = url.openStream()) {
                     String literal = IOUtils.toString(in,"UTF-8");
                     rsp.getWriter().println(Util.replaceMacro(literal, Collections.singletonMap("rootURL",req.getContextPath())));
-                } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
                 }
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupport.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupport.java
index 418efca879..5426c7842e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupport.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupport.java
@@ -371,11 +371,8 @@ public final class DirectoryBrowserSupport implements HttpResponse {
                 VirtualFile f = dir.child(n);
                 e.setTime(f.lastModified());
                 zos.putNextEntry(e);
-                InputStream in = f.open();
-                try {
-                    Util.copyStream(in, zos);
-                } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
+                try (InputStream in = f.open()) {
+                    IOUtils.copy(in, zos);
                 }
                 zos.closeEntry();
             }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java
index 80461ed214..edb59a8b8a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import hudson.tasks.BuildWrapper;
 import hudson.util.VariableResolver;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -206,8 +204,7 @@ public class FileParameterValue extends ParameterValue {
             AbstractBuild build = (AbstractBuild)request.findAncestor(AbstractBuild.class).getObject();
             File fileParameter = getLocationUnderBuild(build);
             if (fileParameter.isFile()) {
-                InputStream data = Files.newInputStream(fileParameter.toPath());
-                try {
+                try (InputStream data = Files.newInputStream(fileParameter.toPath())) {
                     long lastModified = fileParameter.lastModified();
                     long contentLength = fileParameter.length();
                     if (request.hasParameter("view")) {
@@ -215,8 +212,6 @@ public class FileParameterValue extends ParameterValue {
                     } else {
                         response.serveFile(request, data, lastModified, contentLength, originalFileName);
                     }
-                } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(data);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
index 3bc6d67930..516d948a1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ import hudson.util.XStream2;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -1398,11 +1396,8 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
 			// try to fall back to the old getLogInputStream()
 			// mainly to support .gz compressed files
 			// In this case, console annotation handling will be turned off.
-			InputStream input = getLogInputStream();
-			try {
+			try (InputStream input = getLogInputStream()) {
 				IOUtils.copy(input, out.asWriter());
-			} finally {
-				IOUtils.closeQuietly(input);
 			}
 		}
     }
@@ -2123,14 +2118,11 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
      */
     public void doConsoleText(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException {
         rsp.setContentType("text/plain;charset=UTF-8");
-        PlainTextConsoleOutputStream out = new PlainTextConsoleOutputStream(rsp.getCompressedOutputStream(req));
-        InputStream input = getLogInputStream();
-        try {
+        ;
+        try (InputStream input = getLogInputStream();
+             OutputStream os = rsp.getCompressedOutputStream(req);
+             PlainTextConsoleOutputStream out = new PlainTextConsoleOutputStream(os)) {
             IOUtils.copy(input, out);
-            out.flush();
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(input);
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
index b1c6c0141b..62c5ec878d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import jenkins.util.SystemProperties;
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.XmlFile;
 import static hudson.init.InitMilestone.PLUGINS_STARTED;
-import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 
 import hudson.init.Initializer;
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 import hudson.util.HttpResponses;
 import hudson.util.NamingThreadFactory;
 import hudson.util.IOException2;
-import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.PersistedList;
 import hudson.util.XStream2;
 import jenkins.MissingDependencyException;
@@ -78,8 +76,8 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.net.HttpRetryException;
@@ -114,6 +112,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import org.acegisecurity.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.NoExternalUse;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
@@ -1111,8 +1110,6 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
                 // to be handled by caller
             }
 
-            CountingInputStream in = null;
-            OutputStream out = null;
             URLConnection con = null;
             try {
                 con = connect(job,src);
@@ -1122,30 +1119,27 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
                 con.setReadTimeout(PLUGIN_DOWNLOAD_READ_TIMEOUT);
                 
                 int total = con.getContentLength();
-                in = new CountingInputStream(con.getInputStream());
                 byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
                 int len;
 
                 File dst = job.getDestination();
                 File tmp = new File(dst.getPath()+".tmp");
-                out = Files.newOutputStream(tmp.toPath());
-                if (sha1 != null) {
-                    out = new DigestOutputStream(out, sha1);
-                }
 
                 LOGGER.info("Downloading "+job.getName());
                 Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
                 String oldName = t.getName();
                 t.setName(oldName + ": " + src);
-                try {
-                    while((len=in.read(buf))>=0) {
+                try (OutputStream _out = Files.newOutputStream(tmp.toPath());
+                     OutputStream out = sha1 != null ? new DigestOutputStream(_out, sha1) : _out;
+                     InputStream in = con.getInputStream();
+                     CountingInputStream cin = new CountingInputStream(in)) {
+                    while ((len = cin.read(buf)) >= 0) {
                         out.write(buf,0,len);
-                        job.status = job.new Installing(total==-1 ? -1 : in.getCount()*100/total);
+                        job.status = job.new Installing(total == -1 ? -1 : cin.getCount() * 100 / total);
                     }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     throw new IOException("Failed to load "+src+" to "+tmp,e);
                 } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
                     t.setName(oldName);
                 }
 
@@ -1171,9 +1165,6 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
                     extraMessage = " (redirected to: " + con.getURL() + ")";
                 }
                 throw new IOException2("Failed to download from "+src+extraMessage,e);
-            } finally {
-                IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
-                IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1262,7 +1253,9 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
                         throw new HttpRetryException("Invalid response code (" + responseCode + ") from URL: " + url, responseCode);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    Util.copyStreamAndClose(connection.getInputStream(),new NullOutputStream());
+                    try (InputStream is = connection.getInputStream()) {
+                        IOUtils.copy(is, new NullOutputStream());
+                    }
                 }
             } catch (SSLHandshakeException e) {
                 if (e.getMessage().contains("PKIX path building failed"))
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java
index 1fdbcca892..22d4008915 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import hudson.PluginWrapper;
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.node_monitors.ArchitectureMonitor.DescriptorImpl;
-import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.Secret;
 import static hudson.util.TimeUnit2.DAYS;
 
@@ -181,11 +180,10 @@ public class UsageStatistics extends PageDecorator {
             ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
             // json -> UTF-8 encode -> gzip -> encrypt -> base64 -> string
-            OutputStreamWriter w = new OutputStreamWriter(new GZIPOutputStream(new CombinedCipherOutputStream(baos,getKey(),"AES")), "UTF-8");
-            try {
+            try (OutputStream cipheros = new CombinedCipherOutputStream(baos,getKey(),"AES");
+                 OutputStream zipos = new GZIPOutputStream(cipheros);
+                 OutputStreamWriter w = new OutputStreamWriter(zipos, "UTF-8")) {
                 o.write(w);
-            } finally {
-                IOUtils.closeQuietly(w);
             }
 
             return new String(Base64.encode(baos.toByteArray()));
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
index 9afb80f9a1..bfa1aecffc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import hudson.security.Permission;
 import hudson.security.PermissionGroup;
 import hudson.security.PermissionScope;
 import hudson.tasks.Builder;
-import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -683,13 +682,8 @@ public abstract class SCM implements Describable<SCM>, ExtensionPoint {
      * @since 1.568
      */
     protected final void createEmptyChangeLog(@Nonnull File changelogFile, @Nonnull TaskListener listener, @Nonnull String rootTag) throws IOException {
-        FileWriter w = null;
-        try {
-            w = new FileWriter(changelogFile);
+        try (FileWriter w = new FileWriter(changelogFile)) {
             w.write("<"+rootTag +"/>");
-            w.close();
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(w);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
index 40e66914d7..a1ed233278 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
@@ -673,7 +673,11 @@ public class SlaveComputer extends Computer {
     protected void kill() {
         super.kill();
         closeChannel();
-        IOUtils.closeQuietly(log);
+        try {
+            log.close();
+        } catch (IOException x) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to close agent log", x);
+        }
 
         try {
             Util.deleteRecursive(getLogDir());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java
index 70e44a26c3..2147be1e63 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import hudson.ProxyConfiguration;
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.model.DownloadService.Downloadable;
 import hudson.model.JDK;
-import hudson.model.Job;
 import hudson.model.Node;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
 import hudson.util.ArgumentListBuilder;
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -185,11 +183,9 @@ public class JDKInstaller extends ToolInstaller {
             // so check if the file is gzipped, and if so, treat it accordingly
             byte[] header = new byte[2];
             {
-                DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fs.read(jdkBundle));
-                try {
+                try (InputStream is = fs.read(jdkBundle);
+                     DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(is)) {
                     in.readFully(header);
-                } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java
index 74ae690f7c..1a18b32764 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ import hudson.scm.SCM;
 import hudson.scm.SCMDescriptor;
 import hudson.util.FlushProofOutputStream;
 import hudson.util.FormValidation;
-import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.NamingThreadFactory;
 import hudson.util.SequentialExecutionQueue;
 import hudson.util.StreamTaskListener;
 import hudson.util.TimeUnit2;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
@@ -450,12 +450,10 @@ public class SCMTrigger extends Trigger<Item> {
          */
         public void doPollingLog(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException {
             rsp.setContentType("text/plain;charset=UTF-8");
-            // Prevent jelly from flushing stream so Content-Length header can be added afterwards
-            FlushProofOutputStream out = new FlushProofOutputStream(rsp.getCompressedOutputStream(req));
-            try {
+            try (OutputStream os = rsp.getCompressedOutputStream(req);
+                 // Prevent jelly from flushing stream so Content-Length header can be added afterwards
+                 FlushProofOutputStream out = new FlushProofOutputStream(os)) {
                 getPollingLogText().writeLogTo(0, out);
-            } finally {
-                IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java
index 9c083d1808..283ae4f566 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ package hudson.util;
 
 import com.jcraft.jzlib.GZIPInputStream;
 import com.jcraft.jzlib.GZIPOutputStream;
-import hudson.Util;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -112,14 +111,12 @@ public class CompressedFile {
 
         StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder((int)sizeGuess);
 
-        Reader r = new InputStreamReader(read());
-        try {
+        try (InputStream is = read();
+             Reader r = new InputStreamReader(is)) {
             char[] buf = new char[8192];
             int len;
             while((len=r.read(buf,0,buf.length))>0)
                 str.append(buf,0,len);
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(r);
         }
 
         return str.toString();
@@ -137,8 +134,9 @@ public class CompressedFile {
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     try (InputStream in = read();
-                         OutputStream out = new GZIPOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(gz.toPath()))) {
-                        Util.copyStream(in, out);
+                         OutputStream os = Files.newOutputStream(gz.toPath());
+                         OutputStream out = new GZIPOutputStream(os)) {
+                        org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(in, out);
                     }
                     // if the compressed file is created successfully, remove the original
                     file.delete();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/IOUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/IOUtils.java
index db5062b888..564b678f25 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/IOUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/IOUtils.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class IOUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use instead {@link org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils#closeQuietly(java.io.Reader)}
+     * @deprecated Use Java 7 {@code try}-with-resources instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void closeQuietly(Reader input) {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class IOUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use instead {@link org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils#closeQuietly(java.io.Writer)}
+     * @deprecated Use Java 7 {@code try}-with-resources instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void closeQuietly(Writer output) {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class IOUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use instead {@link org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils#closeQuietly(java.io.InputStream)}
+     * @deprecated Use Java 7 {@code try}-with-resources instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void closeQuietly(InputStream input) {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class IOUtils {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use instead {@link org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils#closeQuietly(java.io.OutputStream)}
+     * @deprecated Use Java 7 {@code try}-with-resources instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void closeQuietly(OutputStream output) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/MultipartFormDataParser.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/MultipartFormDataParser.java
index 1789759d12..a09a153046 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/MultipartFormDataParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/MultipartFormDataParser.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
  *
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
-public class MultipartFormDataParser {
+public class MultipartFormDataParser implements AutoCloseable {
     private final ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(new DiskFileItemFactory());
     private final Map<String,FileItem> byName = new HashMap<String,FileItem>();
 
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ public class MultipartFormDataParser {
             item.delete();
     }
 
+    /** Alias for {@link #cleanUp}. */
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        cleanUp();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks a Content-Type string to assert if it is "multipart/form-data".
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/TextFile.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/TextFile.java
index ccb9638194..af0414f1e5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/TextFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/TextFile.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -129,9 +128,7 @@ public class TextFile {
     public @Nonnull String head(int numChars) throws IOException {
         char[] buf = new char[numChars];
         int read = 0;
-        Reader r = new FileReader(file);
-
-        try {
+        try (Reader r = new FileReader(file)) {
             while (read<numChars) {
                 int d = r.read(buf,read,buf.length-read);
                 if (d<0)
@@ -140,8 +137,6 @@ public class TextFile {
             }
 
             return new String(buf,0,read);
-        } finally {
-            org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(r);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/diagnosis/HsErrPidList.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/diagnosis/HsErrPidList.java
index c409ac9b32..df8a287b52 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/diagnosis/HsErrPidList.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/diagnosis/HsErrPidList.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel.MapMode;
@@ -123,9 +124,8 @@ public class HsErrPidList extends AdministrativeMonitor {
     private void scanFile(File log) {
         LOGGER.fine("Scanning "+log);
 
-        BufferedReader r=null;
-        try {
-            r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(log));
+        try (Reader rawReader = new FileReader(log);
+             BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(rawReader)) {
 
             if (!findHeader(r))
                 return;
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ public class HsErrPidList extends AdministrativeMonitor {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             // not a big enough deal.
             LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Failed to parse hs_err_pid file: " + log, e);
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(r);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
index 0408331bd1..606f452a43 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 import hudson.util.Futures;
 import hudson.util.HudsonIsLoading;
 import hudson.util.HudsonIsRestarting;
-import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.Iterators;
 import hudson.util.JenkinsReloadFailed;
 import hudson.util.Memoizer;
@@ -3987,15 +3986,12 @@ public class Jenkins extends AbstractCIBase implements DirectlyModifiableTopLeve
      */
     public void doDoFingerprintCheck( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
         // Parse the request
-        MultipartFormDataParser p = new MultipartFormDataParser(req);
-        if(isUseCrumbs() && !getCrumbIssuer().validateCrumb(req, p)) {
-            rsp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN,"No crumb found");
-        }
-        try {
+        try (MultipartFormDataParser p = new MultipartFormDataParser(req)) {
+            if (isUseCrumbs() && !getCrumbIssuer().validateCrumb(req, p)) {
+                rsp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "No crumb found");
+            }
             rsp.sendRedirect2(req.getContextPath()+"/fingerprint/"+
                 Util.getDigestOf(p.getFileItem("name").getInputStream())+'/');
-        } finally {
-            p.cleanUp();
         }
     }
 
@@ -4860,15 +4856,11 @@ public class Jenkins extends AbstractCIBase implements DirectlyModifiableTopLeve
     private static void computeVersion(ServletContext context) {
         // set the version
         Properties props = new Properties();
-        InputStream is = null;
-        try {
-            is = Jenkins.class.getResourceAsStream("jenkins-version.properties");
+        try (InputStream is = Jenkins.class.getResourceAsStream("jenkins-version.properties")) {
             if(is!=null)
                 props.load(is);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace(); // if the version properties is missing, that's OK.
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(is);
         }
         String ver = props.getProperty("version");
         if(ver==null)   ver = UNCOMPUTED_VERSION;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/security/DefaultConfidentialStore.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/security/DefaultConfidentialStore.java
index fee8b86655..8b224cf363 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/security/DefaultConfidentialStore.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/security/DefaultConfidentialStore.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import javax.crypto.CipherInputStream;
 import javax.crypto.CipherOutputStream;
 import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
@@ -74,19 +72,16 @@ public class DefaultConfidentialStore extends ConfidentialStore {
      */
     @Override
     protected void store(ConfidentialKey key, byte[] payload) throws IOException {
-        CipherOutputStream cos=null;
-        OutputStream fos=null;
         try {
             Cipher sym = Secret.getCipher("AES");
             sym.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, masterKey);
-            cos = new CipherOutputStream(fos= Files.newOutputStream(getFileFor(key).toPath()), sym);
-            cos.write(payload);
-            cos.write(MAGIC);
+            try (OutputStream fos = Files.newOutputStream(getFileFor(key).toPath());
+                 CipherOutputStream cos = new CipherOutputStream(fos, sym)) {
+                cos.write(payload);
+                cos.write(MAGIC);
+            }
         } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to persist the key: "+key.getId(),e);
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(cos);
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(fos);
         }
     }
 
@@ -98,17 +93,17 @@ public class DefaultConfidentialStore extends ConfidentialStore {
      */
     @Override
     protected byte[] load(ConfidentialKey key) throws IOException {
-        CipherInputStream cis=null;
-        InputStream fis=null;
         try {
             File f = getFileFor(key);
             if (!f.exists())    return null;
 
             Cipher sym = Secret.getCipher("AES");
             sym.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, masterKey);
-            cis = new CipherInputStream(fis=Files.newInputStream(f.toPath()), sym);
-            byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(cis);
-            return verifyMagic(bytes);
+            try (InputStream fis=Files.newInputStream(f.toPath());
+                 CipherInputStream cis = new CipherInputStream(fis, sym)) {
+                byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(cis);
+                return verifyMagic(bytes);
+            }
         } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to load the key: "+key.getId(),e);
         } catch (IOException x) {
@@ -117,9 +112,6 @@ public class DefaultConfidentialStore extends ConfidentialStore {
             } else {
                 throw x;
             }
-        } finally {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(cis);
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(fis);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/DefaultJnlpSlaveReceiver.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/DefaultJnlpSlaveReceiver.java
index 686ed005e3..127f8b7438 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/DefaultJnlpSlaveReceiver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/DefaultJnlpSlaveReceiver.java
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package jenkins.slaves;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
-import hudson.ClassicPluginStrategy;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.Functions;
 import hudson.TcpSlaveAgentListener.ConnectionFromCurrentPeer;
-import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.model.Computer;
 import hudson.model.Slave;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
@@ -23,11 +21,9 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import jenkins.security.ChannelConfigurator;
 import jenkins.util.SystemProperties;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.jenkinsci.remoting.engine.JnlpConnectionState;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -173,7 +169,11 @@ public class DefaultJnlpSlaveReceiver extends JnlpAgentReceiver {
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
             PrintWriter logw = new PrintWriter(state.getLog(), true);
             Functions.printStackTrace(e, logw);
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(event.getChannel());
+            try {
+                event.getChannel().close();
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, null, x);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupportTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupportTest.java
index cfbee3ed2c..57583b878f 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupportTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/DirectoryBrowserSupportTest.java
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import hudson.FilePath;
 import hudson.Functions;
 import hudson.Launcher;
-import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver;
 import hudson.tasks.BatchFile;
 import hudson.tasks.Shell;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -53,6 +51,8 @@ import org.jvnet.hudson.test.TestBuilder;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.Page;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.UnexpectedPage;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlPage;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ public class DirectoryBrowserSupportTest {
 
         File file = File.createTempFile("DirectoryBrowserSupport", "zipDownload");
         file.delete();
-        Util.copyStreamAndClose(page.getInputStream(), Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath()));
+        try (InputStream is = page.getInputStream();
+             OutputStream os = Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath())) {
+            IOUtils.copy(is, os);
+        }
 
         return file;
     }