diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/AbstractJobExecutor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/AbstractJobExecutor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 12eb20446..000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/AbstractJobExecutor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 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.core.executor;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution;
-import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.BatchCriticalException;
-import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
-
-/**
- * Support class with empty implementations of interface methods.
- * 
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-public abstract class AbstractJobExecutor implements JobExecutor {
-
-	/**
-	 * Wraps a call to {@link #run(JobConfiguration, JobExecution)} with a call
-	 * to the listener's before and after methods. The after listener is also
-	 * executed in a finally block.
-	 * 
-	 * @see org.springframework.batch.core.executor.JobExecutor#run(org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration,
-	 *      org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution,
-	 *      org.springframework.batch.core.executor.JobExecutionListener)
-	 */
-	public final ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration,
-			JobExecution execution, JobExecutionListener listener)
-			throws BatchCriticalException {
-		listener.before(execution);
-		try {
-			return this.run(configuration, execution);
-		} finally {
-			listener.after(execution);
-		}
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListener.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListener.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c3014394e..000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListener.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 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.core.executor;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution;
-
-/**
- * Listener interface for the job execution lifecycle.
- * 
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-public interface JobExecutionListener {
-
-	/**
-	 * Callback for the start of a job, before any steps are processed.
-	 * 
-	 * @param execution
-	 *            the current {@link JobExecution}
-	 */
-	void before(JobExecution execution);
-
-	/**
-	 * Callback for the start of a job, after all steps are processed, or on an
-	 * error.
-	 * 
-	 * @param execution
-	 */
-	void after(JobExecution execution);
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListenerSupport.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListenerSupport.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c5ad2faab..000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListenerSupport.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 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.core.executor;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution;
-
-/**
- * Simple no-op implementation of {@link JobExecutionListener} which does
- * nothing.
- * 
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-public class JobExecutionListenerSupport implements JobExecutionListener {
-
-	/**
-	 * No-op for subclasses to extend.
-	 * 
-	 * @see org.springframework.batch.core.executor.JobExecutionListener#after(org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution)
-	 */
-	public void after(JobExecution execution) {
-		// no-op
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * No-op for subclasses to extend.
-	 * 
-	 * @see org.springframework.batch.core.executor.JobExecutionListener#before(org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution)
-	 */
-	public void before(JobExecution execution) {
-		// no-op
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutor.java
index 5a4deb8f1..b2e8a81c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutor.java
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@ public interface JobExecutor {
 
 	public ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecution execution) throws BatchCriticalException;
 	
-	public ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecution execution, JobExecutionListener listener) throws BatchCriticalException;
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListenerSupportTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListenerSupportTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 56ca5e9dc..000000000
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutionListenerSupportTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 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.core.executor;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution;
-
-/**
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-public class JobExecutionListenerSupportTests extends TestCase {
-
-	private List list = new ArrayList();
-
-	/**
-	 * Test method for
-	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.executor.JobExecutionListenerSupport#after(org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution)}.
-	 */
-	public void testAfter() {
-		JobExecutionListener listener = new JobExecutionListenerSupport() {
-			public void after(JobExecution execution) {
-				super.after(execution);
-				list.add("after");
-			}
-		};
-
-		listener.after(null);
-		assertEquals(1, list.size());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test method for
-	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.executor.JobExecutionListenerSupport#before(org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution)}.
-	 */
-	public void testBefore() {
-		JobExecutionListener listener = new JobExecutionListenerSupport() {
-			public void before(JobExecution execution) {
-				super.before(execution);
-				list.add("after");
-			}
-		};
-
-		listener.before(null);
-		assertEquals(1, list.size());
-	}
-
-}