diff --git a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/OutputSource.java b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/OutputSource.java
index bfcf8d8f9..0e96720ab 100644
--- a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/OutputSource.java
+++ b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/OutputSource.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.io;
 
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ResourceLifecycle;
-
 /**
  * Basic interface for generic output operations. Class implementing this
  * interface will be responsible for serializing objects to output source.
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ResourceLifecycle;
  * 
  * @author Dave Syer
  */
-public interface OutputSource extends ResourceLifecycle {
+public interface OutputSource  {
 
 	/**
 	 * Writes provided value object to an output stream or similar.
diff --git a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/FlatFileOutputSource.java b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/FlatFileOutputSource.java
index 4fdebc378..333d11c8a 100644
--- a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/FlatFileOutputSource.java
+++ b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/FlatFileOutputSource.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Robert Kasanicky
  * @author Dave Syer
  */
-public class FlatFileOutputSource implements OutputSource, Restartable, StatisticsProvider, InitializingBean,
+public class FlatFileOutputSource implements OutputSource, ResourceLifecycle, Restartable, StatisticsProvider, InitializingBean,
 		DisposableBean {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/stax/StaxEventWriterOutputSource.java b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/stax/StaxEventWriterOutputSource.java
index b1b56bcff..e1b639987 100644
--- a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/stax/StaxEventWriterOutputSource.java
+++ b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/stax/StaxEventWriterOutputSource.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.io.OutputSource;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.support.FileUtils;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ResourceLifecycle;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.synch.BatchTransactionSynchronizationManager;
 import org.springframework.batch.restart.GenericRestartData;
 import org.springframework.batch.restart.RestartData;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
  * @author Peter Zozom
  *
  */
-public class StaxEventWriterOutputSource implements OutputSource, Restartable,
+public class StaxEventWriterOutputSource implements OutputSource, ResourceLifecycle, Restartable,
 		StatisticsProvider, InitializingBean, DisposableBean {
 
 	// default encoding