diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/ExecutableArchiveLauncher.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/ExecutableArchiveLauncher.java
index 1a4dbb0c7f6..c50a13e6f5e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/ExecutableArchiveLauncher.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/ExecutableArchiveLauncher.java
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.loader;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.security.CodeSource;
-import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
@@ -27,8 +23,6 @@ import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.Archive;
 import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.Archive.Entry;
 import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.Archive.EntryFilter;
-import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.ExplodedArchive;
-import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.JarFileArchive;
 
 /**
  * Base class for executable archive {@link Launcher}s.
@@ -48,22 +42,6 @@ public abstract class ExecutableArchiveLauncher extends Launcher {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Archive createArchive() throws Exception {
-		ProtectionDomain protectionDomain = getClass().getProtectionDomain();
-		CodeSource codeSource = protectionDomain.getCodeSource();
-		URI location = (codeSource == null ? null : codeSource.getLocation().toURI());
-		String path = (location == null ? null : location.getPath());
-		if (path == null) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to determine code source archive");
-		}
-		File root = new File(path);
-		if (!root.exists()) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Unable to determine code source archive from " + root);
-		}
-		return (root.isDirectory() ? new ExplodedArchive(root) : new JarFileArchive(root));
-	}
-
 	protected final Archive getArchive() {
 		return this.archive;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/Launcher.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/Launcher.java
index 6ad66cff8bf..1fed45d1b07 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/Launcher.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/Launcher.java
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.loader;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.security.CodeSource;
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.Archive;
+import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.ExplodedArchive;
+import org.springframework.boot.loader.archive.JarFileArchive;
 import org.springframework.boot.loader.jar.JarFile;
 
 /**
@@ -129,4 +135,21 @@ public abstract class Launcher {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	protected abstract List<Archive> getClassPathArchives() throws Exception;
+
+	protected final Archive createArchive() throws Exception {
+		ProtectionDomain protectionDomain = getClass().getProtectionDomain();
+		CodeSource codeSource = protectionDomain.getCodeSource();
+		URI location = (codeSource == null ? null : codeSource.getLocation().toURI());
+		String path = (location == null ? null : location.getPath());
+		if (path == null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to determine code source archive");
+		}
+		File root = new File(path);
+		if (!root.exists()) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(
+					"Unable to determine code source archive from " + root);
+		}
+		return (root.isDirectory() ? new ExplodedArchive(root) : new JarFileArchive(root));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.java
index 508427732c7..7751f8cb9cf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.java
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
-import java.security.CodeSource;
-import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -496,22 +493,6 @@ public class PropertiesLauncher extends Launcher {
 		return new FilteredArchive(parent, filter);
 	}
 
-	private Archive createArchive() throws Exception {
-		ProtectionDomain protectionDomain = getClass().getProtectionDomain();
-		CodeSource codeSource = protectionDomain.getCodeSource();
-		URI location = (codeSource == null ? null : codeSource.getLocation().toURI());
-		String path = (location == null ? null : location.getPath());
-		if (path == null) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to determine code source archive");
-		}
-		File root = new File(path);
-		if (!root.exists()) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Unable to determine code source archive from " + root);
-		}
-		return (root.isDirectory() ? new ExplodedArchive(root) : new JarFileArchive(root));
-	}
-
 	private void addParentClassLoaderEntries(List<Archive> lib) throws IOException,
 			URISyntaxException {
 		ClassLoader parentClassLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();