diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfireMappingContext.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfireMappingContext.java
index 3aec796d..63e43ebf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfireMappingContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfireMappingContext.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping;
 
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.model.GemfireSimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.AbstractMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MutablePersistentEntity;
@@ -67,14 +64,4 @@ public class GemfireMappingContext extends AbstractMappingContext<GemfirePersist
 
 		return new GemfirePersistentProperty(property, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #createPersistentProperty(Property, GemfirePersistentEntity, SimpleTypeHolder)} instead
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	protected GemfirePersistentProperty createPersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor,
-			GemfirePersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-
-		return new GemfirePersistentProperty(field, propertyDescriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfirePersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfirePersistentProperty.java
index 6f6b7e93..08f33975 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfirePersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/mapping/GemfirePersistentProperty.java
@@ -16,15 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping;
 
-import static org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.CollectionUtils.asSet;
+import static org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.CollectionUtils.*;
 
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.model.GemfireSimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
@@ -41,41 +37,6 @@ public class GemfirePersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty
 
 	protected static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_IDENTIFIER_NAMES = asSet("id");
 
-	/* (non-Javadoc) */
-	private static Property newProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) {
-		return Optional.ofNullable(field)
-			.map((theField) -> Property.of(theField, Optional.ofNullable(propertyDescriptor)))
-				.orElseGet(() -> Property.of(propertyDescriptor));
-	}
-
-	/* (non-Javadoc) */
-	private static SimpleTypeHolder resolveSimpleTypeHolder(SimpleTypeHolder source) {
-		return (source instanceof GemfireSimpleTypeHolder ? source
-			: (source != null ? new GemfireSimpleTypeHolder(source) : new GemfireSimpleTypeHolder()));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Constructs an instance of {@link GemfirePersistentProperty} initialized with entity persistent property
-	 * information (meta-data).
-	 *
-	 * @param field {@link GemfirePersistentEntity entity} {@link Field} for the persistent property.
-	 * @param propertyDescriptor {@link PropertyDescriptor} for the {@link GemfirePersistentEntity entity's}
-	 * persistent property.
-	 * @param owner {@link GemfirePersistentEntity entity} owning the persistent property.
-	 * @param simpleTypeHolder {@link SimpleTypeHolder} used to handle primitive types.
-	 * @see #GemfirePersistentProperty(Property, PersistentEntity, SimpleTypeHolder)
-	 * @see #newProperty(Field, PropertyDescriptor)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder
-	 * @see java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
-	 * @see java.lang.reflect.Field
-	 */
-	public GemfirePersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor,
-			PersistentEntity<?, GemfirePersistentProperty> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-
-		this(newProperty(field, propertyDescriptor), owner, resolveSimpleTypeHolder(simpleTypeHolder));
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructs an instance of {@link GemfirePersistentProperty} initialized with entity persistent property
@@ -92,7 +53,6 @@ public class GemfirePersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty
 	 */
 	public GemfirePersistentProperty(Property property, PersistentEntity<?, GemfirePersistentProperty> owner,
 			SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-
 		super(property, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
 	}