diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReader.java
index 0aef44662..ab30e6956 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReader.java
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * Reads items from multiple resources sequentially - resource list is given by
- * {@link #setResourcePatternResolver(ResourcePatternResolver)}, the actual
- * reading is delegated to
+ * {@link #setResources(Resource[])}, the actual reading is delegated to
  * {@link #setDelegate(ResourceAwareItemReaderItemStream)}.
  * 
  * Reset (rollback) capability is implemented by item buffering.
@@ -27,10 +24,6 @@ public class MultiResourceItemReader extends ExecutionContextUserSupport impleme
 
 	private ResourceAwareItemReaderItemStream delegate;
 
-	private ResourcePatternResolver resourcePatternResolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
-
-	private String resourceLocationPattern;
-
 	private Resource[] resources;
 
 	private int currentResourceIndex;
@@ -117,12 +110,6 @@ public class MultiResourceItemReader extends ExecutionContextUserSupport impleme
 	 * delegate.
 	 */
 	public void open(ExecutionContext executionContext) throws ItemStreamException {
-		try {
-			resources = resourcePatternResolver.getResources(resourceLocationPattern);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new ItemStreamException("Couldn't get resource", e);
-		}
 
 		if (executionContext.containsKey(getKey(RESOURCE_INDEX))) {
 			int index = Long.valueOf(executionContext.getLong(getKey(RESOURCE_INDEX))).intValue();
@@ -149,26 +136,15 @@ public class MultiResourceItemReader extends ExecutionContextUserSupport impleme
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param resourcePatternResolver provides the list of input
-	 * {@link Resource}s given {@link #setResourceLocationPattern(String)}.
-	 * {@link PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver} is used by default.
-	 */
-	public void setResourcePatternResolver(ResourcePatternResolver resourcePatternResolver) {
-		this.resourcePatternResolver = resourcePatternResolver;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param resourceLocationPattern identifies the input {@link Resource}s,
-	 * parsed by {@link #setResourcePatternResolver(ResourcePatternResolver)}
-	 */
-	public void setResourceLocationPattern(String resourceLocationPattern) {
-		this.resourceLocationPattern = resourceLocationPattern;
-	}
-
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
-		Assert.notNull(resourcePatternResolver, "resourcePatternResolver property must be set");
-		Assert.hasLength(resourceLocationPattern, "resourceLocationPattern property must be set");
+		Assert.notEmpty(resources, "There must be at least one input resource");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param resources input resources
+	 */
+	public void setResources(Resource[] resources) {
+		this.resources = resources;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReaderIntegrationTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReaderIntegrationTests.java
index 82349030c..f9ad85bf9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReaderIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/MultiResourceItemReaderIntegrationTests.java
@@ -2,21 +2,17 @@ package org.springframework.batch.item;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.easymock.MockControl;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.FieldSet;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.PassThroughFieldSetMapper;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link MultiResourceItemReader}.
  */
 public class MultiResourceItemReaderIntegrationTests extends TestCase {
 
-	private static final String PATTERN = "resource location pattern";
-
 	private MultiResourceItemReader tested = new MultiResourceItemReader();
 
 	private FlatFileItemReader itemReader = new FlatFileItemReader();
@@ -39,17 +35,10 @@ public class MultiResourceItemReaderIntegrationTests extends TestCase {
 	 */
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 
-		MockControl control = MockControl.createStrictControl(ResourcePatternResolver.class);
-		ResourcePatternResolver resolver = (ResourcePatternResolver) control.getMock();
-		resolver.getResources(PATTERN);
-		control.setReturnValue(new Resource[] { r1, r2, r3, r4, r5 }, 2);
-		control.replay();
-
 		itemReader.setFieldSetMapper(new PassThroughFieldSetMapper());
 
-		tested.setResourcePatternResolver(resolver);
 		tested.setDelegate(itemReader);
-		tested.setResourceLocationPattern(PATTERN);
+		tested.setResources(new Resource[] { r1, r2, r3, r4, r5 });
 		tested.afterPropertiesSet();
 	}