diff --git a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/config/annotation/web/http/SpringHttpSessionConfiguration.java b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/config/annotation/web/http/SpringHttpSessionConfiguration.java
index a13f6daf..2833a301 100644
--- a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/config/annotation/web/http/SpringHttpSessionConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/config/annotation/web/http/SpringHttpSessionConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2019 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.
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public class SpringHttpSessionConfiguration implements ApplicationContextAware {
 			SessionRepository<S> sessionRepository) {
 		SessionRepositoryFilter<S> sessionRepositoryFilter = new SessionRepositoryFilter<>(
 				sessionRepository);
-		sessionRepositoryFilter.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
 		sessionRepositoryFilter.setHttpSessionIdResolver(this.httpSessionIdResolver);
 		return sessionRepositoryFilter;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilter.java b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilter.java
index ce7cd842..f6d13640 100644
--- a/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilter.java
+++ b/spring-session-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2019 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.
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilter<S extends Session> extends OncePerRequestFi
 
 	private final SessionRepository<S> sessionRepository;
 
-	private ServletContext servletContext;
-
 	private HttpSessionIdResolver httpSessionIdResolver = new CookieHttpSessionIdResolver();
 
 	/**
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilter<S extends Session> extends OncePerRequestFi
 		request.setAttribute(SESSION_REPOSITORY_ATTR, this.sessionRepository);
 
 		SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper wrappedRequest = new SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper(
-				request, response, this.servletContext);
+				request, response);
 		SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper wrappedResponse = new SessionRepositoryResponseWrapper(
 				wrappedRequest, response);
 
@@ -155,10 +153,6 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilter<S extends Session> extends OncePerRequestFi
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
-		this.servletContext = servletContext;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Allows ensuring that the session is saved if the response is committed.
 	 *
@@ -203,8 +197,6 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilter<S extends Session> extends OncePerRequestFi
 
 		private final HttpServletResponse response;
 
-		private final ServletContext servletContext;
-
 		private S requestedSession;
 
 		private boolean requestedSessionCached;
@@ -216,10 +208,9 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilter<S extends Session> extends OncePerRequestFi
 		private boolean requestedSessionInvalidated;
 
 		private SessionRepositoryRequestWrapper(HttpServletRequest request,
-				HttpServletResponse response, ServletContext servletContext) {
+				HttpServletResponse response) {
 			super(request);
 			this.response = response;
-			this.servletContext = servletContext;
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -340,15 +331,6 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilter<S extends Session> extends OncePerRequestFi
 			return currentSession;
 		}
 
-		@Override
-		public ServletContext getServletContext() {
-			if (this.servletContext != null) {
-				return this.servletContext;
-			}
-			// Servlet 3.0+
-			return super.getServletContext();
-		}
-
 		@Override
 		public HttpSessionWrapper getSession() {
 			return getSession(true);
diff --git a/spring-session-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java b/spring-session-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java
index 36e9c60f..beb61ee8 100644
--- a/spring-session-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-session-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2019 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.
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
-import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.session.MapSession;
 import org.springframework.session.MapSessionRepository;
 import org.springframework.session.Session;
@@ -240,22 +239,6 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilterTests {
 		});
 	}
 
-	// gh-111
-	@Test
-	public void doFilterServletContextExplicit() throws Exception {
-		final ServletContext expectedContext = new MockServletContext();
-		this.filter = new SessionRepositoryFilter<>(this.sessionRepository);
-		this.filter.setServletContext(expectedContext);
-
-		doFilter(new DoInFilter() {
-			@Override
-			public void doFilter(HttpServletRequest wrappedRequest) {
-				ServletContext context = wrappedRequest.getSession().getServletContext();
-				assertThat(context).isSameAs(expectedContext);
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void doFilterMaxInactiveIntervalDefault() throws Exception {
 		doFilter(new DoInFilter() {