diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistry.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistry.java
index 43a0cbc177..c2a23405fc 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistry.java
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public final class RedisLockRegistry implements LockRegistry {
 	 * @param registryKey The key prefix for locks.
 	 * @param expireAfter The expiration in milliseconds.
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public RedisLockRegistry(RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory, String registryKey, long expireAfter) {
 		this(connectionFactory, registryKey, expireAfter, new DefaultLockRegistry());
 	}
@@ -147,7 +148,9 @@ public final class RedisLockRegistry implements LockRegistry {
 	 * @param expireAfter The expiration in milliseconds.
 	 * @param localRegistry The local registry used to reduce wait time,
 	 * {@link DefaultLockRegistry} is used by default.
+	 * @deprecated since 4.3.10, will be removed in 5.0, - the {@code localRegistry} isn't used any more
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public RedisLockRegistry(RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory, String registryKey,
 							 long expireAfter, LockRegistry localRegistry) {
 		Assert.notNull(connectionFactory, "'connectionFactory' cannot be null");
@@ -172,7 +175,9 @@ public final class RedisLockRegistry implements LockRegistry {
 	 * different {@link RedisLock} objects for same unlocked key.
 	 * @param useWeakReferences set to true for switch thread local weak references storage on, false by default
 	 * @since 4.0.7
+	 * @deprecated since 4.3.10, will be removed in 5.0, - the thread local cache isn't used any more
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public void setUseWeakReferences(boolean useWeakReferences) {
 		this.useWeakReferences = useWeakReferences;
 	}
@@ -292,6 +297,12 @@ public final class RedisLockRegistry implements LockRegistry {
 		return lock;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A list of locks in store for this {@link #registryKey}.
+	 * @return the list of locks in store for this {@link #registryKey}
+	 * @deprecated since 4.3.10, will be removed in 5.0 to avoid deserialized locks created in different process
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Collection<Lock> listLocks() {
 		return this.redisTemplate.execute(new RedisCallback<Collection<Lock>>() {
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistryTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistryTests.java
index 365a2ab150..9f751ce93c 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/util/RedisLockRegistryTests.java
@@ -352,24 +352,6 @@ public class RedisLockRegistryTests extends RedisAvailableTests {
 		assertNull(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(registry, "hardThreadLocks", ThreadLocal.class).get());
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	@RedisAvailable
-	public void testList() throws Exception {
-		RedisLockRegistry registry = new RedisLockRegistry(this.getConnectionFactoryForTest(), this.registryKey);
-		Lock foo = registry.obtain("foo");
-		foo.lockInterruptibly();
-		Lock bar = registry.obtain("bar");
-		bar.lockInterruptibly();
-		Lock baz = registry.obtain("baz");
-		baz.lockInterruptibly();
-		Collection<Lock> locks = registry.listLocks();
-		assertEquals(3, locks.size());
-		foo.unlock();
-		bar.unlock();
-		baz.unlock();
-		assertNull(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(registry, "hardThreadLocks", ThreadLocal.class).get());
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	@RedisAvailable
 	public void testExpireNoLockInStore() throws Exception {
@@ -391,7 +373,6 @@ public class RedisLockRegistryTests extends RedisAvailableTests {
 	@RedisAvailable
 	public void testExpireDuringSecondObtain() throws Exception {
 		RedisLockRegistry registry = new RedisLockRegistry(this.getConnectionFactoryForTest(), this.registryKey, 100);
-		registry.setUseWeakReferences(true);
 		Lock foo = registry.obtain("foo");
 		foo.lockInterruptibly();
 		waitForExpire("foo");
@@ -433,13 +414,12 @@ public class RedisLockRegistryTests extends RedisAvailableTests {
 	public void testEquals() throws Exception {
 		RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory = this.getConnectionFactoryForTest();
 		RedisLockRegistry registry1 = new RedisLockRegistry(connectionFactory, this.registryKey);
-		registry1.setUseWeakReferences(true);
 		RedisLockRegistry registry2 = new RedisLockRegistry(connectionFactory, this.registryKey);
 		RedisLockRegistry registry3 = new RedisLockRegistry(connectionFactory, this.registryKey2);
 		Lock lock1 = registry1.obtain("foo");
+		lock1.lock();
 		Lock lock2 = registry1.obtain("foo");
 		assertEquals(lock1, lock2);
-		lock1.lock();
 		lock2.lock();
 		assertEquals(lock1, lock2);
 		lock1.unlock();
@@ -466,7 +446,6 @@ public class RedisLockRegistryTests extends RedisAvailableTests {
 	@RedisAvailable
 	public void testThreadLocalListLeaks() {
 		RedisLockRegistry registry = new RedisLockRegistry(this.getConnectionFactoryForTest(), this.registryKey, 100);
-		registry.setUseWeakReferences(true);
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 			registry.obtain("foo" + i);