diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/SubscribableMailSourceTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/SubscribableMailSourceTests.java
index 13f16ec8e1..246e6ab094 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/SubscribableMailSourceTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/SubscribableMailSourceTests.java
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
 import org.easymock.classextension.EasyMock;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.scheduling.SimpleTaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.integration.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
-import org.springframework.integration.util.TestUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Jonas Partner
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public class SubscribableMailSourceTests {
 		javax.mail.Message message = EasyMock.createMock(MimeMessage.class);
 		StubFolderConnection folderConnection = new StubFolderConnection(message);
 		QueueChannel channel = new QueueChannel();
-		TaskScheduler scheduler = TestUtils.createTaskScheduler(5);
+		TaskScheduler scheduler = new SimpleTaskScheduler(new SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor());
 		scheduler.start();
 		ListeningMailSource mailSource = new ListeningMailSource(folderConnection);
 		mailSource.setTaskScheduler(scheduler);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java
index 56cb676f32..6e6c07b9a7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class CronSequenceGenerator {
 	/**
 	 * Construct a {@link CronSequenceGenerator} from the pattern provided.
 	 * 
-	 * @param pattern a single space separated list of time fields
+	 * @param pattern a space separated list of time fields
 	 * 
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the pattern cannot be parsed
 	 */
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class CronSequenceGenerator {
 	 * @param expression
 	 */
 	private void parse(String expression) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		String[] fields = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(expression, " ");
+		String[] fields = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(expression, " ");
 		if (fields.length != 6) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Expression must consist of 6 fields (found %d in %s)",
 					fields.length, expression));