diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/StringMessage.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/StringMessage.java
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index 9e9e7d3b43..0000000000
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/StringMessage.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.integration.core;
-
-
-/**
- * A message implementation that accepts a String payload. 
- * 
- * @author Mark Fisher
- */
-public class StringMessage extends GenericMessage<String> {
-
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5084164633133229804L;
-
-	public StringMessage(String payload) {
-		super(payload);
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-integration-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/test/TestMessage.java b/spring-integration-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/test/TestMessage.java
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--- a/spring-integration-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/test/TestMessage.java
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.integration.test;
-
-import org.springframework.integration.core.StringMessage;
-
-/**
- * @author Mark Fisher
- */
-@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-public class TestMessage extends StringMessage {
-
-	public TestMessage(String payload) {
-		super("test");
-	}
-
-}