diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java
index 14c4a26fa..b34189bd5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobInstance;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.NoSuchBatchDomainObjectException;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
-import org.springframework.dao.IncorrectResultSizeDataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -51,9 +50,6 @@ public class JdbcJobExecutionDao extends AbstractJdbcBatchMetadataDao implements
 	private static final String FIND_JOB_EXECUTIONS = "SELECT JOB_EXECUTION_ID, START_TIME, END_TIME, STATUS, CONTINUABLE, EXIT_CODE, EXIT_MESSAGE from %PREFIX%JOB_EXECUTION"
 		+ " where JOB_INSTANCE_ID = ?";
 	
-	private static final String GET_JOB_EXECUTION = "SELECT JOB_EXECUTION_ID, START_TIME, END_TIME, STATUS, CONTINUABLE, EXIT_CODE, EXIT_MESSAGE from %PREFIX%JOB_EXECUTION"
-		+ " where JOB_EXECUTION_ID = ?";
-	
 	private DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer jobExecutionIncrementer;
 
 	public List findJobExecutions(final JobInstance job) {
@@ -65,28 +61,6 @@ public class JdbcJobExecutionDao extends AbstractJdbcBatchMetadataDao implements
 				new Object[] { job.getId() }, new JobExecutionRowMapper(job));
 	}
 
-	public JobExecution getJobExecution(Long jobExecutionId) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(jobExecutionId, "Job Execution id must not be null.");
-
-		List executions = getJdbcTemplate().query(getQuery(GET_JOB_EXECUTION),
-				new Object[] { jobExecutionId }, new JobExecutionRowMapper(null));
-
-		JobExecution jobExecution;
-		if (executions.size() == 1) {
-			jobExecution = (JobExecution) executions.get(0);
-		}
-		else if (executions.size() == 0) {
-			jobExecution = null;
-		}
-		else {
-			throw new IncorrectResultSizeDataAccessException("Only one JobExecution may exist for given id: ["
-					+ jobExecutionId + "]", 1, executions.size());
-		}
-
-		return jobExecution;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @see JobDao#getJobExecutionCount(JobInstance)
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if jobId is null.
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java
index c7e0aadfd..a84825f94 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java
@@ -49,18 +49,4 @@ public interface JobExecutionDao {
 	 */
 	List findJobExecutions(JobInstance jobInstance);
 
-	/**
-	 * Given an id, return the matching JobExecution.
-	 * 
-	 * @param jobExecutionId - id of the execution to be returned.
-	 * @return {@link JobExecution} matching the id.
-	 * @throws {@link IncorrectResultSizeDataAccessException} if more than one
-	 * execution is found for the given id.
-	 */
-	JobExecution getJobExecution(Long jobExecutionId);
-	
-//	/**
-//	 * @return return the last execution for the given instance
-//	 */
-//	JobExecution getLastJobExecution(JobInstance jobInstance);
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java
index ec2abc3fb..f61e3ca1f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java
@@ -152,19 +152,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJobDaoTests extends
 		assertEquals(0, jobs.size());
 
 	}
-	
-	public void testGetJobExecution(){
-		
-		JobExecution tempExecution = jobExecutionDao.getJobExecution(jobExecution.getId());
-		assertEquals(jobExecution, tempExecution);
-	}
-	
-	public void testJobInstanceLastExecution(){
-		//ensure the last execution id is being stored
-		JobExecution lastJobExecution = jobExecutionDao.getJobExecution(jobInstance.getLastExecution().getId());
-		assertEquals(lastJobExecution, jobExecution);
-	}
-
 
 	public void testUpdateJobExecution() {