diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java
index 8693197..d42bbe4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.model.FileSet;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
@@ -27,8 +28,6 @@
 import com.cj.jshintmojo.cache.Cache;
 import com.cj.jshintmojo.cache.Result;
 import com.cj.jshintmojo.jshint.EmbeddedJshintCode;
-import com.cj.jshintmojo.jshint.FunctionalJava;
-import com.cj.jshintmojo.jshint.FunctionalJava.Fn;
 import com.cj.jshintmojo.jshint.JSHint;
 import com.cj.jshintmojo.jshint.JSHint.Error;
 import com.cj.jshintmojo.reporter.CheckStyleReporter;
@@ -185,25 +184,14 @@ private List<File> findFilesToCheck() {
         	if(!path.exists() && !path.isDirectory()){
         		getLog().warn("You told me to find tests in " + next + ", but there is nothing there (" + path.getAbsolutePath() + ")");
         	}else{
-        		collect(path, javascriptFiles);
+                FileSet fs = new FileSet();
+                fs.setDirectory(path.getAbsolutePath());
+                fs.addInclude("**/*.js");
+                fs.setExcludes(excludes);
+                javascriptFiles.addAll(toFileList(fs));
         	}
         }
-
-        List<File> matches = FunctionalJava.filter(javascriptFiles, new Fn<File, Boolean>(){
-        	public Boolean apply(File i) {
-        		for(String exclude : excludes){
-        			File e = new File(basedir, exclude);
-        			if(i.getAbsolutePath().startsWith(e.getAbsolutePath())){
-        				getLog().warn("Excluding " + i);
-        				
-        				return Boolean.FALSE;
-        			}
-        		}
-
-        		return Boolean.TRUE;
-        	}
-        });
-        return matches;
+        return javascriptFiles;
     }
 
     private static Map<String, Result> lintTheFiles(final JSHint jshint, final Cache cache, List<File> filesToCheck, final Config config, final Log log) throws FileNotFoundException {
@@ -368,16 +356,6 @@ private Cache readCache(File path, Cache.Hash hash){
 		
 		return new Cache(hash);
 	}
-	
-	private void collect(File directory, List<File> files) {
-		for(File next : directory.listFiles()){
-			if(next.isDirectory()){
-				collect(next, files);
-			}else if(next.getName().endsWith(".js")){
-				files.add(next);
-			}
-		}
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Read contents of the specified config file and use the values defined there instead of the ones defined directly in pom.xml config.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/util/Util.java b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/util/Util.java
index c195768..7804621 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/util/Util.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/util/Util.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.FileSet;
 
 public class Util {
 
@@ -72,5 +74,28 @@ public static void mkdirs(File path) {
 			throw new RuntimeException("Could not create directory: " + path.getAbsolutePath());
 		}
 	}
-	
+
+    public static List<File> toFileList(final FileSet fileSet) {
+        File directory = new File(fileSet.getDirectory());
+        String includes = toCommaSeparated(fileSet.getIncludes());
+        String excludes = toCommaSeparated(fileSet.getExcludes());
+        try {
+            return org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils.getFiles(
+                    directory, includes, excludes);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String toCommaSeparated(final List<String> strings) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String s : strings) {
+            sb.append(s).append(',');
+        }
+        if (sb.length() > 0) {
+            sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1);
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
 }