diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java
index 8f602fa34..3e5972fc5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JdbcJobExecutionDao.java
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ public class JdbcJobExecutionDao extends AbstractJdbcBatchMetadataDao implements
 
 	private static final int DEFAULT_EXIT_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 2500;
 
-	private static final String GET_JOB_EXECUTION_COUNT = "SELECT count(JOB_EXECUTION_ID) from %PREFIX%JOB_EXECUTION "
-			+ "where JOB_INSTANCE_ID = ?";
-
 	private static final String SAVE_JOB_EXECUTION = "INSERT into %PREFIX%JOB_EXECUTION(JOB_EXECUTION_ID, JOB_INSTANCE_ID, START_TIME, "
 			+ "END_TIME, STATUS, CONTINUABLE, EXIT_CODE, EXIT_MESSAGE, VERSION, CREATE_TIME) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
 
@@ -82,19 +79,6 @@ public class JdbcJobExecutionDao extends AbstractJdbcBatchMetadataDao implements
 				new JobExecutionRowMapper(job));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @see JobExecutionDao#getJobExecutionCount(JobInstance)
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if jobId is null.
-	 */
-	public int getJobExecutionCount(JobInstance jobInstance) {
-		Long jobId = jobInstance.getId();
-		Assert.notNull(jobId, "JobId cannot be null");
-
-		Object[] parameters = new Object[] { jobId };
-
-		return getJdbcTemplate().queryForInt(getQuery(GET_JOB_EXECUTION_COUNT), parameters);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * 
 	 * SQL implementation using Sequences via the Spring incrementer
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java
index 8e0c574c5..24b04bcca 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/JobExecutionDao.java
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ public interface JobExecutionDao {
 	 */
 	void updateJobExecution(JobExecution jobExecution);
 
-	/**
-	 * Return the number of JobExecutions for the given JobInstance
-	 * 
-	 * Preconditions: jobInstance must have an id.
-	 */
-	int getJobExecutionCount(JobInstance jobInstance);
-
 	/**
 	 * Return list of JobExecutions for given JobInstance.
 	 * 
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MapJobExecutionDao.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MapJobExecutionDao.java
index 3f1a6b6b8..b678a83de 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MapJobExecutionDao.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MapJobExecutionDao.java
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * In-memory implementation of {@link JobExecutionDao}.
- * 
  */
-
 public class MapJobExecutionDao implements JobExecutionDao {
 
 	private static Map<Long, JobExecution> executionsById = TransactionAwareProxyFactory.createTransactionalMap();
@@ -29,16 +27,6 @@ public class MapJobExecutionDao implements JobExecutionDao {
 		contextsByJobExecutionId.clear();
 	}
 
-	public int getJobExecutionCount(JobInstance jobInstance) {
-		int count = 0;
-		for (JobExecution execution : executionsById.values()) {
-			if (execution.getJobInstance().equals(jobInstance)) {
-				count++;
-			}
-		}
-		return count;
-	}
-
 	public void saveJobExecution(JobExecution jobExecution) {
 		Assert.isTrue(jobExecution.getId() == null);
 		Long newId = new Long(currentId++);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java
index 0011b3a35..4e25fc594 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobDaoTests.java
@@ -189,24 +189,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJobDaoTests extends AbstractTransactionalDataSourc
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void testIncrementExecutionCount() {
-
-		// 1 JobExection already added in setup
-		assertEquals(jobExecutionDao.getJobExecutionCount(jobInstance), 1);
-
-		// Save new JobExecution for same job
-		JobExecution testJobExecution = new JobExecution(jobInstance);
-		jobExecutionDao.saveJobExecution(testJobExecution);
-		// JobExecutionCount should be incremented by 1
-		assertEquals(jobExecutionDao.getJobExecutionCount(jobInstance), 2);
-	}
-
-	public void testZeroExecutionCount() {
-
-		JobInstance testJob = jobInstanceDao.createJobInstance(new JobSupport("test"), new JobParameters());
-		// no jobExecutions saved for new job, count should be 0
-		assertEquals(jobExecutionDao.getJobExecutionCount(testJob), 0);
-	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public void testJobWithSimpleJobIdentifier() throws Exception {
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobExecutionDaoTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobExecutionDaoTests.java
index babae2f7b..a508786a1 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobExecutionDaoTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractJobExecutionDaoTests.java
@@ -52,22 +52,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJobExecutionDaoTests extends AbstractTransactional
 		assertNotNull(execution.getVersion());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Execution count increases by one with every save for the same job
-	 * instance.
-	 */
-	public void testGetExecutionCount() {
-
-		JobExecution exec1 = new JobExecution(jobInstance);
-		JobExecution exec2 = new JobExecution(jobInstance);
-
-		dao.saveJobExecution(exec1);
-		assertEquals(1, dao.getJobExecutionCount(jobInstance));
-
-		dao.saveJobExecution(exec2);
-		assertEquals(2, dao.getJobExecutionCount(jobInstance));
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Update and retrieve job execution - check attributes have changed as
 	 * expected.