diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
index 297619bdf2..3d9fe3d4f0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -16,21 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.annotation.AnnotationDrivenParser;
 import org.springframework.integration.gateway.config.GatewayParser;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * Namespace handler for the integration namespace.
@@ -40,12 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  */
 public class IntegrationNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 
-	private static final String ADAPTER_PARSER_MAPPINGS_LOCATION = "META-INF/spring-integration.parsers";
-
-
-	private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass()); 
-
-
 	public void init() {
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("message-bus", new MessageBusParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("annotation-driven", new AnnotationDrivenParser());
@@ -61,48 +43,6 @@ public class IntegrationNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("aggregator", new AggregatorParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("resequencer", new ResequencerParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("pool-executor", new PoolExecutorParser());
-		Map<String, Class<? extends BeanDefinitionParser>> parserMappings = this.loadAdapterParserMappings();
-		try {
-			for (Map.Entry<String, Class<? extends BeanDefinitionParser>> entry : parserMappings.entrySet()) {
-				registerBeanDefinitionParser(entry.getKey(), (BeanDefinitionParser) entry.getValue().newInstance());
-			}
-		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to instantiate BeanDefinitionParser.", e);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Map<String, Class<? extends BeanDefinitionParser>> loadAdapterParserMappings() {
-		Map<String, Class<? extends BeanDefinitionParser>> parserMappings =
-				new HashMap<String, Class<? extends BeanDefinitionParser>>();
-		ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
-		try {
-			Properties mappings =
-					PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadAllProperties(ADAPTER_PARSER_MAPPINGS_LOCATION, classLoader);
-			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug("Loaded parser mappings [" + mappings + "]");
-			}
-			Enumeration<?> propertyNames = mappings.propertyNames();
-			while (propertyNames.hasMoreElements()) {
-				String name = (String) propertyNames.nextElement();
-				String classname = mappings.getProperty(name);
-				Class<?> parserClass = ClassUtils.forName(classname, classLoader);
-				if (!BeanDefinitionParser.class.isAssignableFrom(parserClass)) {
-					throw new IllegalStateException("Expected class of type BeanDefinitionParser, but '" +
-							name + "' was of type '" + parserClass.getSimpleName() + "'");
-				}
-				parserMappings.put(name, (Class<? extends BeanDefinitionParser>) parserClass);
-			}
-			return parserMappings;
-		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Unable to load BeanDefinitionParser mappings from location [" +
-					ADAPTER_PARSER_MAPPINGS_LOCATION + "]. Root cause: " + e);
-		}
-		catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to load BeanDefinitionParser.", e);
-		}
 	}
 
 }