diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans b/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
index e9febe203..dae6e44e7 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderIo.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderJob.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml</config>
-		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml</config>
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@
 				<config>src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/data-source-context-init.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml</config>
-				<config>src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/simple-job-launcher-context.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/config/common-context.xml</config>
 			</configs>
@@ -374,7 +372,6 @@
 				<config>src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/config/common-context.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/data-source-context-init.xml</config>
-				<config>src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml</config>
 				<config>src/main/resources/skipSample-job-launcher-context.xml</config>
 			</configs>
 		</configSet>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
index cc59b2920..8398c3f3e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
@@ -1,116 +1,131 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
-	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
-       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
-       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
-       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
- 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">
-
-	<import resource="tradeJobIo.xml" />
-
-	<batch:job id="skipJob" incrementer="incrementer">
-		<batch:step name="step1">
-			<batch:end on="FAILED" status="FAILED"/>
-			<batch:next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint1" />
-			<batch:next on="*" to="step2" />
-		</batch:step>
-		<batch:step name="errorPrint1">
-			<batch:next on="*" to="step2" />
-		</batch:step>
-		<batch:step name="step2">
-			<batch:next on="*" to="skipCheckingDecision" />
-		</batch:step>
-		<batch:decision id="skipCheckingDecision" decider="skipCheckingDecider">
-			<batch:next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint2" />
-			<batch:end on="*"/>
-		</batch:decision>
-		<batch:step name="errorPrint2" />
-	</batch:job>
-
-	<bean id="step1" parent="skipLimitStep">
-		<property name="skipLimit" value="1" />
-		<property name="itemReader" ref="fileItemReader" />
-		<property name="itemProcessor">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor"/>
-		</property>
-		<property name="itemWriter">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter"
-				p:dao-ref="tradeDao" />
-		</property>
-		<property name="listeners">
-			<list>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener"/>
-				<ref bean="fileLocator"/>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="step2" parent="skipLimitStep">
-		<property name="commitInterval" value="2" />
-		<property name="skipLimit" value="1" />
-		<!-- No rollback for exceptions that are marked with "+" in the tx attributes -->
-		<property name="skippableExceptionClasses">
-            <list>
-                <value>org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException</value>
-                <value>java.lang.RuntimeException</value>
-            </list>
-		</property>
-		<property name="itemReader" ref="tradeSqlItemReader" />
-		<property name="itemProcessor">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor"/>
-		</property>
-		<property name="itemWriter" ref="itemTrackingWriter" />
-		<property name="listeners">
-			<list>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener"/>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
-		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-		<property name="sql"
-			value="SELECT isin, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
-		<property name="mapper">
-			<bean
-				class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeRowMapper" />
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="customerSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
-		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-		<property name="sql"
-			value="SELECT id, name, credit FROM customer " />
-		<property name="mapper">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditRowMapper" />
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.batch.core.resource.StepExecutionResourceProxy">
-		<property name="filePattern" value="classpath:data/skipJob/input/input%run.id(long)%.txt"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="customerFileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="target/test-outputs/20070122.testStream.CustomerReportStep.TEMP.txt" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="errorPrint" parent="taskletStep">
-		<property name="tasklet">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.ErrorLogTasklet">
-				<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-	<bean id="errorPrint1" parent="errorPrint"/>
-	<bean id="errorPrint2" parent="errorPrint"/>
-
-	<bean id="skipCheckingDecider" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingDecider"/>
-	
-	<bean id="incrementer" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.InfiniteLoopIncrementer"/>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
+ 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<batch:job id="skipJob" incrementer="incrementer">
+		<batch:step name="step1">
+			<batch:end on="FAILED" status="FAILED"/>
+			<batch:next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint1" />
+			<batch:next on="*" to="step2" />
+		</batch:step>
+
+		<batch:step name="errorPrint1" next="step2"/>
+
+		<batch:step name="step2" next="skipCheckingDecision"/>
+
+		<batch:decision id="skipCheckingDecision" decider="skipCheckingDecider">
+			<batch:next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint2" />
+			<batch:end on="*"/>
+		</batch:decision>
+		
+		<batch:step name="errorPrint2" />
+	</batch:job>
+
+	<bean id="step1" parent="skipLimitStep">
+		<property name="skipLimit" value="1" />
+		<property name="itemReader" ref="fileItemReader" />
+		<property name="itemProcessor">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor"/>
+		</property>
+		<property name="itemWriter">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter" p:dao-ref="tradeDao" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="listeners">
+			<list>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener"/>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="step2" parent="skipLimitStep">
+		<property name="commitInterval" value="2" />
+		<property name="skipLimit" value="1" />
+		<property name="skippableExceptionClasses">
+            <list>
+                <value>org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException</value>
+                <value>java.lang.RuntimeException</value>
+            </list>
+		</property>
+		<property name="itemReader" ref="tradeSqlItemReader" />
+		<property name="itemProcessor">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor"/>
+		</property>
+		<property name="itemWriter" ref="itemTrackingWriter" />
+		<property name="listeners">
+			<list>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener"/>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fileItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader" scope="step">
+		<property name="resource" value="classpath:/data/skipJob/input/input#{jobParameters[run.id]}.txt" />
+		<property name="lineMapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper">
+				<property name="lineTokenizer">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
+						<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="fieldSetMapper">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.scope.StepScope" />
+
+	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao"
+		  p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="sql" value="SELECT isin, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
+		<property name="mapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeRowMapper" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="customerReportItemWriter"
+		  class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.FlatFileCustomerCreditDao">
+		<property name="itemWriter">
+			<bean id="customerFlatFileOutputSource"
+				  class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter">
+				<property name="resource" value="target/test-outputs/20070122.testStream.CustomerReportStep.TEMP.txt" />
+				<property name="lineAggregator">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.PassThroughLineAggregator" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="errorPrint" parent="taskletStep">
+		<property name="tasklet">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.ErrorLogTasklet">
+				<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+	<bean id="errorPrint1" parent="errorPrint"/>
+	<bean id="errorPrint2" parent="errorPrint"/>
+
+	<bean id="skipCheckingDecider" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingDecider"/>
+	
+	<bean id="incrementer" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.InfiniteLoopIncrementer"/>
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
index 3c7b73821..09f2e7ce3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
@@ -1,87 +1,118 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
 	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
        		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
  			http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">
 
-	<import resource="tradeJobIo.xml" />
+	<batch:job id="tradeJob">
+		<batch:step name="step1" next="step2"/>
+		<batch:step name="step2" next="step3"/>
+		<batch:step name="step3"/>
+	</batch:job>
 
-	<bean id="tradeJob" parent="simpleJob">
-		<property name="steps">
-			<list>
-				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-					<property name="transactionAttribute" value="PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,ISOLATION_READ_COMMITTED"/>
-					<property name="streams" ref="fileItemReader" />
-					<property name="itemReader" ref="fileItemReader" />
-					<property name="itemProcessor">
-						<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidatingItemProcessor">
-							<constructor-arg ref="tradeValidator" />
-						</bean>
-					</property>
-					<property name="itemWriter">
-						<bean
-							class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter"
-							p:dao-ref="tradeDao" />
-					</property>
-				</bean>
-				<bean id="step2" parent="simpleStep">
-					<property name="itemReader"
-						ref="tradeSqlItemReader" />
-					<property name="itemWriter">
-						<bean
-							class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerUpdateWriter"
-							p:dao-ref="customerDao" />
-					</property>
-				</bean>
-				<bean id="step3" parent="simpleStep">
-					<property name="itemReader"
-						ref="customerSqlItemReader" />
-					<property name="itemWriter">
-						<bean
-							class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditUpdateWriter"
-							p:dao-ref="customerReportItemWriter" />
-					</property>
-				</bean>
-			</list>
+	<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+		<property name="transactionAttribute" value="PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,ISOLATION_READ_COMMITTED"/>
+		<property name="streams" ref="fileItemReader" />
+		<property name="itemReader" ref="fileItemReader" />
+		<property name="itemProcessor">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidatingItemProcessor">
+				<constructor-arg ref="tradeValidator" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+		<property name="itemWriter">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter"
+				  p:dao-ref="tradeDao" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="step2" parent="simpleStep">
+		<property name="itemReader" ref="tradeSqlItemReader" />
+		<property name="itemWriter">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerUpdateWriter"
+				  p:dao-ref="customerDao" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="step3" parent="simpleStep">
+		<property name="itemReader" ref="customerSqlItemReader" />
+		<property name="itemWriter">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditUpdateWriter"
+				  p:dao-ref="customerReportItemWriter" />
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="tradeSqlItemReader"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
+	<bean id="tradeSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
 		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-		<property name="sql"
-			value="SELECT id, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
+		<property name="sql" value="SELECT id, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
 		<property name="mapper">
-			<bean
-				class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeRowMapper" />
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeRowMapper" />
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="customerSqlItemReader"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
+	<bean id="customerSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
 		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-		<property name="sql"
-			value="SELECT id, name, credit FROM customer " />
+		<property name="sql" value="SELECT id, name, credit FROM customer " />
 		<property name="mapper">
-			<bean
-				class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditRowMapper" />
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditRowMapper" />
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="fileLocator"
-		class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/tradeJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao"
+		  p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="customerFileLocator"
-		class="org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="target/test-outputs/20070122.testStream.CustomerReportStep.TEMP.txt" />
+	<bean id="customerDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcCustomerDebitDao"
+		  p:dataSource-ref="dataSource" />
+
+	<bean id="customerReportItemWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.FlatFileCustomerCreditDao">
+		<property name="itemWriter">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter">
+				<property name="resource" value="target/test-outputs/20070122.testStream.CustomerReportStep.TEMP.txt"/>
+				<property name="lineAggregator">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.PassThroughLineAggregator" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fileItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader">
+		<property name="resource" value="classpath:data/tradeJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+		<property name="lineMapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper">
+				<property name="lineTokenizer">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
+						<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="fieldSetMapper">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<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>
+		</property>
 	</bean>
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e2018180..000000000
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
-	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
-       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
- 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.5.xsd">
-
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao"
-		id="tradeDao" p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
-		<property name="incrementer">
-			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean
-		class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcCustomerDebitDao"
-		id="customerDao" p:dataSource-ref="dataSource" />
-
-	<bean
-		class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.FlatFileCustomerCreditDao"
-		id="customerReportItemWriter">
-		<property name="itemWriter">
-			<bean
-				class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter"
-				id="customerFlatFileOutputSource">
-				<property name="resource" ref="customerFileLocator" />
-				<property name="lineAggregator">
-					<bean
-						class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.PassThroughLineAggregator" />
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader"
-		id="fileItemReader">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
-		<property name="lineMapper">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper">
-				<property name="lineTokenizer" ref="tradeFileDescriptor" />
-				<property name="fieldSetMapper">
-					<bean
-						class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeFileDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
-		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<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>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-</beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TradeJobFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TradeJobFunctionalTests.java
index 44087a933..b3e6b833c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TradeJobFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TradeJobFunctionalTests.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.Trade;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowCallbackHandler;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -126,13 +125,9 @@ public class TradeJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLauncherTest
 		assertEquals(customers.size(), activeRow);
 		
 		// check content of the output file
-		
-//		 Clean up
-		((FileSystemResource)applicationContext.getBean("customerFileLocator")).getFile().delete();
 	}
 
 	protected void validatePreConditions() {
-		assertTrue(((Resource)applicationContext.getBean("fileLocator")).exists());
 	}
 
 	private static class Customer {