diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/job/AbstractJob.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/job/AbstractJob.java
index 6de446cb5..431382410 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/job/AbstractJob.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/job/AbstractJob.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJob implements BeanNameAware, Job {
 
 	private boolean restartable = false;
 
-	private int startLimit = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor.
 	 */
@@ -109,17 +107,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJob implements BeanNameAware, Job {
 		this.steps.add(step);
 	}
 
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.batch.core.domain.IJob#getStartLimit()
-	 */
-	public int getStartLimit() {
-		return startLimit;
-	}
-
-	public void setStartLimit(int startLimit) {
-		this.startLimit = startLimit;
-	}
-
 	public void setRestartable(boolean restartable) {
 		this.restartable = restartable;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepository.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepository.java
index 719281fc3..a25bc7ccf 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepository.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepository.java
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ public class SimpleJobRepository implements JobRepository {
 				throw new JobRestartException("JobInstance already exists and is not restartable");
 			}
 
-			jobInstance.setJobExecutionCount(jobExecutionDao.getJobExecutionCount(jobInstance));
-			if (jobInstance.getJobExecutionCount() > job.getStartLimit()) {
-				throw new JobRestartException("Restart Max exceeded for Job: " + jobInstance.toString());
-			}
 			List executions = jobExecutionDao.findJobExecutions(jobInstance);
 			JobExecution lastExecution = null;
 			// check for running executions and find the last started
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
index 53854c7da..365de5e4b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobParameters;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobParametersBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.Step;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.StepExecution;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRestartException;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.job.JobSupport;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JobExecutionDao;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JobInstanceDao;
@@ -226,30 +225,6 @@ public class SimpleJobRepositoryTests extends TestCase {
 ////		assertTrue(step.getStepExecutionCount() == 1);
 	}
 
-	public void testRestartJobStartLimitExceeded() throws Exception {
-
-		jobConfiguration.setStartLimit(1);
-
-		jobInstanceDao.getJobInstance(jobConfiguration, jobParameters);
-		jobInstanceDaoControl.setReturnValue(databaseJob);
-		jobExecutionDao.getJobExecutionCount(databaseJob);
-		// return a greater execution count then the start limit, should throw
-		// exception
-		jobExecutionDaoControl.setReturnValue(2);
-		jobExecutionDaoControl.replay();
-		jobInstanceDaoControl.replay();
-
-		try {
-			jobRepository.createJobExecution(jobConfiguration, jobParameters);
-			fail();
-		}
-		catch (JobRestartException ex) {
-			// expected
-		}
-
-		jobExecutionDaoControl.verify();
-	}
-
 	public void testCreateNonRestartableJob() throws Exception {
 
 //		List jobs = new ArrayList();