diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java
index 52d38f49f..98921ac1d 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraOperations.java
@@ -244,16 +244,6 @@ public interface CassandraOperations {
 	 */
 	<T> T selectOneById(Object id, Class<T> entityClass) throws DataAccessException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Select objects for the given {@code entityClass} and {@code ids}.
-	 *
-	 * @param ids must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param entityClass The entity type must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @return the converted results
-	 * @throws DataAccessException if there is any problem executing the query.
-	 */
-	<T> List<T> selectBySimpleIds(Iterable<?> ids, Class<T> entityClass) throws DataAccessException;
-
 	/**
 	 * Insert the given entity and return the entity if the insert was applied.
 	 *
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java
index f8864b172..e9901c4bb 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraTemplate.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.cassandra.core;
 
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.Value;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -22,9 +25,6 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 
-import lombok.NonNull;
-import lombok.Value;
-
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.SessionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.convert.CassandraConverter;
@@ -399,29 +399,6 @@ public class CassandraTemplate implements CassandraOperations {
 		return selectOne(select, entityClass);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public <T> List<T> selectBySimpleIds(Iterable<?> ids, Class<T> entityClass) throws DataAccessException {
-
-		Assert.notNull(ids, "Ids must not be null");
-		Assert.notNull(entityClass, "EntityClass must not be null");
-
-		CassandraPersistentEntity<?> entity = getMappingContext().getRequiredPersistentEntity(entityClass);
-
-		CassandraPersistentProperty idProperty = entity.getRequiredIdProperty();
-
-		if (idProperty.isCompositePrimaryKey()) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
-				"Entity class [%s] uses a composite primary key class [%s] which this method can't support",
-					entityClass.getName(), idProperty.getType().getName()));
-		}
-
-		Select select = QueryBuilder.select().all().from(entity.getTableName().toCql());
-
-		select.where(QueryBuilder.in(idProperty.getColumnName().toCql(), toList(ids)));
-
-		return select(select, entityClass);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.CassandraOperations#insert(java.lang.Object)
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/query/CassandraEntityInformation.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/query/CassandraEntityInformation.java
index dc827d2f6..1d3fa2381 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/query/CassandraEntityInformation.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/query/CassandraEntityInformation.java
@@ -25,4 +25,11 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityInformation;
  */
 public interface CassandraEntityInformation<T, ID> extends EntityInformation<T, ID>, CassandraEntityMetadata<T> {
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the attribute that the id will be persisted to.
+	 *
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 2.0
+	 */
+	String getIdAttribute();
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/MappingCassandraEntityInformation.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/MappingCassandraEntityInformation.java
index 9f0212f00..f38b79fa9 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/MappingCassandraEntityInformation.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/MappingCassandraEntityInformation.java
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ public class MappingCassandraEntityInformation<T, ID> extends AbstractEntityInfo
 		return (Class<ID>) MapId.class;
 	}
 
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.cassandra.repository.query.CassandraEntityInformation#getIdAttribute()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getIdAttribute() {
+		return entityMetadata.getRequiredIdProperty().getName();
+	}
+
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.cassandra.repository.query.CassandraEntityMetadata#getTableName()
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/SimpleCassandraRepository.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/SimpleCassandraRepository.java
index 5c3aa770f..692a8d80f 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/SimpleCassandraRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/repository/support/SimpleCassandraRepository.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.cassandra.repository.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.query.Criteria.*;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -26,8 +28,11 @@ import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.CassandraOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.CassandraTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.convert.CassandraConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.mapping.CassandraPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.repository.CassandraRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.repository.query.CassandraEntityInformation;
+import org.springframework.data.util.StreamUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.util.Streamable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.querybuilder.Insert;
@@ -101,8 +106,8 @@ public class SimpleCassandraRepository<T, ID> implements CassandraRepository<T,
 
 		CassandraConverter converter = operations.getConverter();
 
-		CassandraPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity =
-				converter.getMappingContext().getRequiredPersistentEntity(entity.getClass());
+		CassandraPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity = converter.getMappingContext()
+				.getRequiredPersistentEntity(entity.getClass());
 
 		Map<String, Object> toInsert = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
@@ -197,7 +202,10 @@ public class SimpleCassandraRepository<T, ID> implements CassandraRepository<T,
 
 		Assert.notNull(ids, "The given Iterable of id's must not be null");
 
-		return operations.selectBySimpleIds(ids, entityInformation.getJavaType());
+		List<ID> idCollection = Streamable.of(ids).stream().collect(StreamUtils.toUnmodifiableList());
+
+		return operations.select(Query.query(where(entityInformation.getIdAttribute()).in(idCollection)),
+				entityInformation.getJavaType());
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)