diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecution.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecution.java
index df182eaf2..bf6b50bdb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecution.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecution.java
@@ -138,16 +138,6 @@ public class JobExecution extends Entity {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Accessor for the runtime information of this execution.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the {@link JobRuntimeInformation} that was used to start this job
-	 *         execution.
-	 */
-	public JobIdentifier getJobIdentifier() {
-		return job.getIdentifier();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Accessor for the potentially multiple step contexts that are in progress.
 	 * In a single-threaded, sequential execution there would normally be only
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecutionTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecutionTests.java
index a1db22568..f4d05afc1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecutionTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecutionTests.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class JobExecutionTests extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testContextContainsInfo() throws Exception {
-		assertEquals("foo", context.getJobIdentifier().getName());
+		assertEquals("foo", context.getJob().getIdentifier().getName());
 	}
 
 	public void testNullContexts() throws Exception {
diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java
index 6b626a9a4..804dff00f 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade,
 	public void before(JobExecution execution) {
 		synchronized (mutex) {
 			running++;
-			jobExecutionRegistry.put(execution.getJobIdentifier(), execution);
+			jobExecutionRegistry.put(execution.getJob().getIdentifier(), execution);
 		}
 		for (Iterator iterator = listeners.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
 			JobExecutionListener listener = (JobExecutionListener) iterator
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade,
 		synchronized (mutex) {
 			// assume execution is synchronous so when we get to here we are
 			// not running any more
-			jobExecutionRegistry.remove(execution.getJobIdentifier());
+			jobExecutionRegistry.remove(execution.getJob().getIdentifier());
 			running--;
 		}
 	}
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade,
 			JobExecution element = (JobExecution) iter.next();
 			i++;
 			String runtime = "job" + i;
-			props.setProperty(runtime, "" + element.getJobIdentifier());
+			props.setProperty(runtime, "" + element.getJob().getIdentifier());
 			int j = 0;
 			for (Iterator iterator = element.getStepContexts().iterator(); iterator
 					.hasNext();) {
diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/resource/BatchResourceFactoryBean.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/resource/BatchResourceFactoryBean.java
index b15e8ff03..e0d76e354 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/resource/BatchResourceFactoryBean.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/resource/BatchResourceFactoryBean.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class BatchResourceFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean implements
 		StepExecution execution = context.getStepExecution();
 		stepName = execution.getStep().getName();
 		jobName = execution.getStep().getJob().getName();
-		jobIdentifier = execution.getJobExecution().getJobIdentifier();
+		jobIdentifier = execution.getJobExecution().getJob().getIdentifier();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutor.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutor.java
index 7d7d468cb..e68d6720b 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutor.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutor.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class SimpleStepExecutor implements StepExecutor {
 		// Add the job identifier so that it can be used to identify
 		// the conversation in StepScope
 		stepScopeContext.setAttribute(StepScope.ID_KEY, stepExecution
-				.getJobExecution().getJobIdentifier());
+		.getJobExecution().getJob().getIdentifier());
 
 		try {
 			stepExecution