diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/loan-broker/src/main/resources/loan-broker-config.xml b/spring-integration-samples/loan-broker/src/main/resources/loan-broker-config.xml
index dc1c931c69..ac5fd8c6cb 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/loan-broker/src/main/resources/loan-broker-config.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/loan-broker/src/main/resources/loan-broker-config.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 		</header-enricher>
 	</chain>
 
-	<router id="bankRecipientListRouter" input-channel="banksDistributionChannel" 
-			expression="headers['BANKS']" apply-sequence="true"/>
+	<header-value-router input-channel="banksDistributionChannel" header-name="BANKS" apply-sequence="true"/>
 
 	<!-- Messages are sent to the banks via bank channels and will be received and processed by an aggregator -->