diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/pom.xml
index a0807593d5..abec95ea40 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-integration-file</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-integration-jmx</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/java/sample/parent/SampleParentContextApplication.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/java/sample/parent/SampleParentContextApplication.java
index 0e50611ea6..9bcdec26cb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/java/sample/parent/SampleParentContextApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/java/sample/parent/SampleParentContextApplication.java
@@ -16,20 +16,71 @@
 
 package sample.parent;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.IntegrationFlow;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.IntegrationFlows;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.SourcePollingChannelAdapterSpec;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.core.Pollers;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.support.Consumer;
+import org.springframework.integration.file.FileReadingMessageSource;
+import org.springframework.integration.file.FileWritingMessageHandler;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(ServiceProperties.class)
 public class SampleParentContextApplication {
 
 	@EnableAutoConfiguration
-	@ImportResource("integration-context.xml")
 	protected static class Parent {
 
+		@Bean
+		public FileReadingMessageSource fileReader() {
+			FileReadingMessageSource reader = new FileReadingMessageSource();
+			reader.setDirectory(new File("target/input"));
+			return reader;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public DirectChannel inputChannel() {
+			return new DirectChannel();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public DirectChannel outputChannel() {
+			return new DirectChannel();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public FileWritingMessageHandler fileWriter() {
+			FileWritingMessageHandler writer = new FileWritingMessageHandler(
+					new File("target/output"));
+			writer.setExpectReply(false);
+			return writer;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public IntegrationFlow integrationFlow(SampleEndpoint endpoint) {
+			return IntegrationFlows.from(fileReader(), new FixedRatePoller())
+					.channel(inputChannel()).handle(endpoint).channel(outputChannel())
+					.handle(fileWriter()).get();
+		}
+
+		private static class FixedRatePoller
+				implements Consumer<SourcePollingChannelAdapterSpec> {
+
+			@Override
+			public void accept(SourcePollingChannelAdapterSpec spec) {
+				spec.poller(Pollers.fixedRate(500));
+			}
+
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/resources/integration-context.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/resources/integration-context.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ac88e8ee7..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-parent-context/src/main/resources/integration-context.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +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:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
-	xmlns:int-file="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/file"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-4.3.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/file http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/file/spring-integration-file-4.3.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
-
-	<int-file:inbound-channel-adapter channel="input" directory="target/input" filename-pattern="*">
-		<int:poller fixed-rate="500" />
-	</int-file:inbound-channel-adapter>
-
-	<int:service-activator input-channel="input" ref="sampleEndpoint" output-channel="output"/>
-
-	<int:channel id="output"/>
-
-	<int-file:outbound-channel-adapter channel="output" directory="target/output"/>
-
-</beans>