diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterNamespaceHandler.java b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterNamespaceHandler.java
index 6fc7c21f5e..0dc22df983 100644
--- a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ public class TwitterNamespaceHandler extends AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler
 
 
 	public void init() {
-		// twitter connection
-		registerBeanDefinitionParser("twitter-connection", new ConnectionParser());
-
 		// inbound
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("inbound-update-channel-adapter", new TwitterReceivingMessageSourceParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("inbound-dm-channel-adapter", new TwitterReceivingMessageSourceParser());
diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/spring-integration-twitter-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/spring-integration-twitter-2.0.xsd
index 8c124c2bcf..703273deb8 100644
--- a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/spring-integration-twitter-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/spring-integration-twitter-2.0.xsd
@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@
 	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 				schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.0.xsd"/>
 
-	<xsd:element name="twitter-connection">
-		<xsd:annotation>
-			<xsd:documentation>
-				Sets up an instance of OAuthConfiguration which all adapters need to function properly
-			</xsd:documentation>
-		</xsd:annotation>
-		<xsd:complexType>
-			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
-			<xsd:attribute name="consumer-key" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
-			<xsd:attribute name="consumer-secret" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
-			<xsd:attribute name="access-token" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
-			<xsd:attribute name="access-token-secret" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
-		</xsd:complexType>
-	</xsd:element>
-
 	<!--
 		This defines the beans we have for working with Twitter
 		-->