diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/PersistentProperty.java b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/PersistentProperty.java
index 9d2eda9d1..c5b8f1045 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/PersistentProperty.java
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/PersistentProperty.java
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.data.mapping;
 
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -42,15 +56,6 @@ public interface PersistentProperty<P extends PersistentProperty<P>> {
 	 */
 	Iterable<? extends TypeInformation<?>> getPersistentEntityType();
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the {@link PropertyDescriptor} backing the {@link PersistentProperty}.
-	 * 
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #getGetter()} or {@link #getSetter()} directly, will be removed for 1.4.0.GA.
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor();
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the getter method to access the property value if available. Might return {@literal null} in case there is
 	 * no getter method with a return type assignable to the actual property's type.
diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java
index dccb18f3e..bbe756356 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java
@@ -134,14 +134,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractPersistentProperty<P extends PersistentProperty<P>
 		return information == null || simpleTypeHolder.isSimpleType(information.getType()) ? null : information;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty#getPropertyDescriptor()
-	 */
-	public PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor() {
-		return propertyDescriptor;
-	}
-
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty#getGetter()