diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 9c661973e..7fd113868 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -2096,10 +2096,7 @@ public class Base {
 
 
   static public File getHardwareFolder() {
-    // calculate on the fly because it's needed by Preferences.init() to find
-    // the boards.txt and programmers.txt preferences files (which happens
-    // before the other folders / paths get cached).
-    return getContentFile("hardware");
+    return BaseNoGui.getHardwareFolder();
   }
 
   //Get the core libraries
@@ -2108,17 +2105,12 @@ public class Base {
   }
 
   static public String getHardwarePath() {
-    return getHardwareFolder().getAbsolutePath();
+    return BaseNoGui.getHardwarePath();
   }
 
 
   static public String getAvrBasePath() {
-    String path = getHardwarePath() + File.separator + "tools" +
-                  File.separator + "avr" + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator;
-    if (OSUtils.isLinux() && !(new File(path)).exists()) {
-      return "";  // use distribution provided avr tools if bundled tools missing
-    }
-    return path;
+    return BaseNoGui.getAvrBasePath();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -2666,19 +2658,7 @@ public class Base {
   */
 
   static public File getContentFile(String name) {
-    String path = System.getProperty("user.dir");
-
-    // Get a path to somewhere inside the .app folder
-    if (OSUtils.isMacOS()) {
-//      <key>javaroot</key>
-//      <string>$JAVAROOT</string>
-      String javaroot = System.getProperty("javaroot");
-      if (javaroot != null) {
-        path = javaroot;
-      }
-    }
-    File working = new File(path);
-    return new File(working, name);
+    return BaseNoGui.getContentFile(name);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java b/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
index 0574f6bfe..1713af6df 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/BaseNoGui.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package processing.app;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
+import processing.app.helpers.OSUtils;
+
 public class BaseNoGui {
 
   public static final int REVISION = 158;
@@ -8,4 +12,40 @@ public class BaseNoGui {
   /** Set true if this a proper release rather than a numbered revision. */
   static public boolean RELEASE = false;
 
+  static public String getAvrBasePath() {
+    String path = getHardwarePath() + File.separator + "tools" +
+                  File.separator + "avr" + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator;
+    if (OSUtils.isLinux() && !(new File(path)).exists()) {
+      return "";  // use distribution provided avr tools if bundled tools missing
+    }
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  static public File getContentFile(String name) {
+    String path = System.getProperty("user.dir");
+
+    // Get a path to somewhere inside the .app folder
+    if (OSUtils.isMacOS()) {
+//      <key>javaroot</key>
+//      <string>$JAVAROOT</string>
+      String javaroot = System.getProperty("javaroot");
+      if (javaroot != null) {
+        path = javaroot;
+      }
+    }
+    File working = new File(path);
+    return new File(working, name);
+  }
+
+  static public File getHardwareFolder() {
+    // calculate on the fly because it's needed by Preferences.init() to find
+    // the boards.txt and programmers.txt preferences files (which happens
+    // before the other folders / paths get cached).
+    return getContentFile("hardware");
+  }
+
+  static public String getHardwarePath() {
+    return getHardwareFolder().getAbsolutePath();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java b/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java
index 79e4958b4..5667d617c 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/debug/Compiler.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class Compiler implements MessageConsumer {
     // point.
     if (!p.containsKey("compiler.path")) {
       System.err.println(_("Third-party platform.txt does not define compiler.path. Please report this to the third-party hardware maintainer."));
-      p.put("compiler.path", Base.getAvrBasePath());
+      p.put("compiler.path", BaseNoGui.getAvrBasePath());
     }
 
     // Core folder