diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
index 0f6924240..2f5ed9b78 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
@@ -45,45 +45,6 @@
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
- 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springmodules</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-modules-validation</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8a</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>rhino</groupId>
-					<artifactId>js</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>antlr</groupId>
-					<artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.opensymphony.quartz</groupId>
 			<artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/validator/TradeValidator.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/validator/TradeValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5dd4f24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/validator/TradeValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException;
+import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
+import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.Trade;
+
+/**
+ * @author Michael Minella
+ */
+public class TradeValidator implements Validator {
+    @Override
+    public boolean supports(Class<?> clazz) {
+        return clazz.equals(Trade.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
+        Trade trade = (Trade) target;
+
+        if(trade.getIsin().length() >= 13) {
+            errors.rejectValue("isin", "isin_length");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
index 3b910e5e1..4e437f426 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
@@ -60,15 +60,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
 		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-					]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
+            <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator.TradeValidator"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeItemWriterSampleJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeItemWriterSampleJob.xml
index f2124d8fe..71e934f02 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeItemWriterSampleJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeItemWriterSampleJob.xml
@@ -61,15 +61,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
 		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-					]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
+            <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator.TradeValidator"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/jobStepSample.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/jobStepSample.xml
index 94d6507d8..5bc712995 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/jobStepSample.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/jobStepSample.xml
@@ -49,15 +49,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
 		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-						]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
+            <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator.TradeValidator"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml
index 272f43844..05449790f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml
@@ -82,15 +82,7 @@
 	<bean id="fixedValidator"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
 		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-					]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
+            <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator.TradeValidator"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
index ab790740a..8233a20c2 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
@@ -48,15 +48,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
 		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-						]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
+            <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator.TradeValidator"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
index 6d13958d7..0ce3d7635 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
@@ -3,31 +3,31 @@
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
 	xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.2.xsd
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.2.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
 
 	<batch:job-repository />
 
 	<job id="tradeJob" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch">
 		<step id="step1" next="step2">
-			<tasklet>
-				<chunk reader="fileItemReader" processor="validatingProcessor" writer="tradeWriter"
+			<tasklet>
+				<chunk reader="fileItemReader" processor="validatingProcessor" writer="tradeWriter"
 		               commit-interval="1">
 					<streams>
 						<stream ref="fileItemReader" />
-					</streams>
-				</chunk>
+					</streams>
+				</chunk>
 				<transaction-attributes isolation="READ_COMMITTED" />
-			</tasklet>
+			</tasklet>
 		</step>
 		<step id="step2" next="step3">
-			<tasklet>
-				<chunk reader="tradeSqlItemReader" writer="customerWriter" commit-interval="1" />
+			<tasklet>
+				<chunk reader="tradeSqlItemReader" writer="customerWriter" commit-interval="1" />
 			</tasklet>
 		</step>
 		<step id="step3">
-			<tasklet>
-				<chunk reader="customerSqlItemReader" writer="creditWriter" commit-interval="1" />
+			<tasklet>
+				<chunk reader="customerSqlItemReader" writer="creditWriter" commit-interval="1" />
 			</tasklet>
 		</step>
 	</job>
@@ -106,13 +106,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
 		<property name="validator">
-			<bean class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
+            <bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.validator.TradeValidator"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>