diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test1.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test1.xml
index 88f2fdedb..55d93790c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test1.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test1.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	<bean id="itemWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter">
 		<property name="resource" value="file:target/test-outputs/output.ldif" />
 		<property name="lineAggregator">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.ldap.ldif.batch.LdifAggregator" />
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.PassThroughLineAggregator" />
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 </beans>
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diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test2.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test2.xml
index d41f6995f..4faebde1d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test2.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/resources/applicationContext-test2.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	<bean id="itemWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter">
 		<property name="resource" value="file:target/test-outputs/output.ldif" />
 		<property name="lineAggregator">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.ldif.LdifAggregator" />
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.PassThroughLineAggregator" />
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/LdifAggregator.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/LdifAggregator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d6689d15d..000000000
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/LdifAggregator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2005-2014 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.batch.item.ldif;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.LineAggregator;
-import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapAttributes;
-
-/**
- * The {@link LdifAggregator LdifAggregator} object is an implementation of the {@link org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.LineAggregator LineAggregator}
- * interface for use with a {@link org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter FlatFileItemWriter} to write LDIF records to a file.
- *
- * @author Keith Barlow
- *
- */
-public class LdifAggregator implements LineAggregator<LdapAttributes> {
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a {@link java.lang.String String} containing a properly formated LDIF.
-	 *
-	 * @param item LdapAttributes object to convert to string.
-	 * @return string representation of the object LDIF format (in accordance with RFC 2849).
-	 */
-	public String aggregate(LdapAttributes item) {
-		return item.toString();
-	}
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/RecordCallbackHandler.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/RecordCallbackHandler.java
index b64aa3259..9e2a3af29 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/RecordCallbackHandler.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ldif/RecordCallbackHandler.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.item.ldif;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapAttributes;
 
 /**
- * This interface can be used to operate on skipped records in the {@link LdifReader LdifReader} and the
+ * This interface can be used to operate on skipped records during open in the {@link LdifReader LdifReader} and the
  * {@link MappingLdifReader MappingLdifReader}.
  *
  * @author Keith Barlow