diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a2888a36..e8c45f31 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ javadoc {
   
   configure(options) {
       encoding  = "UTF-8"
-      stylesheetFile = file("${srcDir}/spring-javadoc.css")
       overview = "${srcDir}/overview.html"
       docFilesSubDirs = true
       outputLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocOutputLevel.QUIET
diff --git a/docs/src/api/spring-javadoc.css b/docs/src/api/spring-javadoc.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f009c4b..00000000
--- a/docs/src/api/spring-javadoc.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/* Spring-specific Javadoc style sheet rules */
-
-#overviewBody {
-
-}
-
-.code {
-	border: 1px solid black;
-	background-color: #F4F4F4;
-	padding: 5px;
-}
-
-/* Vanilla Javadoc style sheet rules */
-
-body {
-	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-	background-color: white;
-	font-size: 10pt;
-}
-
-td { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif }/* Javadoc style sheet */
-
-/* Define colors, fonts and other style attributes here to override the defaults */
-
-/* Page background color */
-body { background-color: #FFFFFF }
-
-/* Headings */
-h1 { font-size: 145% }
-
-/* Table colors */
-.TableHeadingColor     { background: #CCCCFF } /* Dark mauve */
-.TableSubHeadingColor  { background: #EEEEFF } /* Light mauve */
-.TableRowColor         { background: #FFFFFF } /* White */
-
-/* Font used in left-hand frame lists */
-.FrameTitleFont   { font-size: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif }
-.FrameHeadingFont { font-size:  90%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif }
-.FrameItemFont    { font-size:  90%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif }
-
-/* Navigation bar fonts and colors */
-.NavBarCell1    { background-color:#EEEEFF;} /* Light mauve */
-.NavBarCell1Rev { background-color:#00008B;} /* Dark Blue */
-.NavBarFont1    { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000000;}
-.NavBarFont1Rev { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#FFFFFF;}
-
-.NavBarCell2    { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color:#FFFFFF;}
-.NavBarCell3    { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color:#FFFFFF;}