diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.java
index 9e0601d1e8..5cdb2f1b67 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.java
@@ -102,18 +102,3 @@ class BeforeAdviceBindingTests {
 	}
 
 }
-
-
-class AuthenticationLogger {
-
-	public void logAuthenticationAttempt(String username) {
-		System.out.println("User [" + username + "] attempting to authenticate");
-	}
-
-}
-
-class SecurityManager {
-	public boolean authenticate(String username, String password) {
-		return false;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.xml
index bd0da186eb..5dce29a422 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.xml
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/BeforeAdviceBindingTests.xml
@@ -16,18 +16,10 @@
 		</aop:aspect>
 
 		<!-- variation with external pointcut reference -->
-		<aop:aspect ref="authenticationLogger">
-			<aop:pointcut id="authenticationMethodWithString"
-					expression="execution(boolean *..SecurityManager.authenticate(..)) and args(username,java.lang.String)"/>
-			<aop:before pointcut-ref="authenticationMethodWithString"
-					method="logAuthenticationAttempt(java.lang.String)"/>
-		</aop:aspect>
 	</aop:config>
 
 	<bean id="testAspect" class="org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AdviceBindingTestAspect"/>
 
 	<bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.TestBean"/>
 
-	<bean id="authenticationLogger" class="org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AuthenticationLogger"/>
-
 </beans>