diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/ReadMetrics.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/ReadMetrics.java
index 7cb615f7f..ceaa30f01 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/ReadMetrics.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/ReadMetrics.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.exceptions.ReviewedStingException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 /**
  * Holds a bunch of basic information about the traversal.
@@ -102,8 +103,12 @@ public class ReadMetrics implements Cloneable {
         counter.put(filter.getClass(), c + 1L);
     }
 
-    public Map<Class,Long> getCountsByFilter() {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(counter);
+    public Map<String,Long> getCountsByFilter() {
+        final TreeMap<String, Long> sortedCounts = new TreeMap<String, Long>();
+        for(Map.Entry<Class,Long> counterEntry: counter.entrySet()) {
+            sortedCounts.put(counterEntry.getKey().getSimpleName(),counterEntry.getValue());
+        }
+        return sortedCounts;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraversalEngine.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraversalEngine.java
index c6321e2ad..fd691735f 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraversalEngine.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraversalEngine.java
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ public abstract class TraversalEngine<M,T,WalkerType extends Walker<M,T>,Provide
 
         // count up the number of skipped reads by summing over all filters
         long nSkippedReads = 0L;
-        for ( Map.Entry<Class, Long> countsByFilter: cumulativeMetrics.getCountsByFilter().entrySet())
-            nSkippedReads += countsByFilter.getValue();
+        for ( final long countsByFilter : cumulativeMetrics.getCountsByFilter().values())
+            nSkippedReads += countsByFilter;
 
         logger.info(String.format("Total runtime %.2f secs, %.2f min, %.2f hours", elapsed, elapsed / 60, elapsed / 3600));
         if ( cumulativeMetrics.getNumReadsSeen() > 0 )
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ public abstract class TraversalEngine<M,T,WalkerType extends Walker<M,T>,Provide
                     nSkippedReads,
                     cumulativeMetrics.getNumReadsSeen(),
                     100.0 * MathUtils.ratio(nSkippedReads,cumulativeMetrics.getNumReadsSeen())));
-        for ( Map.Entry<Class, Long> filterCounts : cumulativeMetrics.getCountsByFilter().entrySet() ) {
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, Long> filterCounts : cumulativeMetrics.getCountsByFilter().entrySet() ) {
             long count = filterCounts.getValue();
             logger.info(String.format("  -> %d reads (%.2f%% of total) failing %s",
-                    count, 100.0 * MathUtils.ratio(count,cumulativeMetrics.getNumReadsSeen()), Utils.getClassName(filterCounts.getKey())));
+                    count, 100.0 * MathUtils.ratio(count,cumulativeMetrics.getNumReadsSeen()), filterCounts.getKey()));
         }
 
         if ( performanceLog != null ) performanceLog.close();
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java
index 6ce492c63..cbd2c52d6 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java
@@ -58,33 +58,6 @@ public class Utils {
         return (int)(maxElements / JAVA_DEFAULT_HASH_LOAD_FACTOR) + 2;
     }
 
-    public static String getClassName(Class c) {
-        String FQClassName = c.getName();
-        int firstChar;
-        firstChar = FQClassName.lastIndexOf ('.') + 1;
-        if ( firstChar > 0 ) {
-            FQClassName = FQClassName.substring ( firstChar );
-        }
-        return FQClassName;
-    }
-
-
-    // returns package and class name
-    public static String getFullClassName(Class c) {
-        return  c.getName();
-    }
-
-    // returns the package without the classname, empty string if
-    // there is no package
-    public static String getPackageName(Class c) {
-        String fullyQualifiedName = c.getName();
-        int lastDot = fullyQualifiedName.lastIndexOf ('.');
-        if (lastDot==-1){ return ""; }
-        return fullyQualifiedName.substring (0, lastDot);
-    }
-
-
-
     /**
      * Compares two objects, either of which might be null.
      *