diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/DefaultExpressionParserFactory.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/DefaultExpressionParserFactory.java
index 9a70a0bd..7a8a585c 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/DefaultExpressionParserFactory.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/DefaultExpressionParserFactory.java
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ public final class DefaultExpressionParserFactory {
 		// this prevents the default OGNL-based parser from being initialized until it is actually used
 		// which allows OGNL to be an optional dependency if the expression parser wrapper is replaced and never used
 		return new ExpressionParser() {
-			public boolean isDelimitedExpression(String string) {
-				return getDefaultExpressionParser().isDelimitedExpression(string);
-			}
-
 			public Expression parseExpression(String expressionString, ParserContext context) throws ParserException {
 				return getDefaultExpressionParser().parseExpression(expressionString, context);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java
index f9edc469..60cf5eb6 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java
@@ -30,31 +30,28 @@ public class WebFlowELExpressionParser extends ELExpressionParser {
 	}
 
 	private static class RequestContextELContextFactory implements ELContextFactory {
-		public ELContext getELContext(Object target, VariableMapper variableMapper) {
+		public ELContext getELContext(Object target) {
 			List customResolvers = new ArrayList();
 			customResolvers.add(new RequestContextELResolver());
 			customResolvers.add(new ScopeSearchingELResolver());
 			ELResolver resolver = new DefaultELResolver(target, customResolvers);
-			return new WebFlowELContext(resolver, variableMapper);
+			return new WebFlowELContext(resolver);
 		}
 	}
 
 	private static class AttributeMapELContextFactory implements ELContextFactory {
-		public ELContext getELContext(Object target, VariableMapper variableMapper) {
+		public ELContext getELContext(Object target) {
 			ELResolver resolver = new DefaultELResolver(target, null);
-			return new WebFlowELContext(resolver, variableMapper);
+			return new WebFlowELContext(resolver);
 		}
 	}
 
 	private static class WebFlowELContext extends ELContext {
 
-		VariableMapper variableMapper;
+		private ELResolver resolver;
 
-		ELResolver resolver;
-
-		public WebFlowELContext(ELResolver resolver, VariableMapper variableMapper) {
+		public WebFlowELContext(ELResolver resolver) {
 			this.resolver = resolver;
-			this.variableMapper = variableMapper;
 		}
 
 		public ELResolver getELResolver() {
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ public class WebFlowELExpressionParser extends ELExpressionParser {
 		}
 
 		public VariableMapper getVariableMapper() {
-			return variableMapper;
+			return null;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/builder/support/TextToTransitionCriteria.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/builder/support/TextToTransitionCriteria.java
index c97c4d26..864e1620 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/builder/support/TextToTransitionCriteria.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/builder/support/TextToTransitionCriteria.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.binding.convert.support.AbstractConverter;
 import org.springframework.binding.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.binding.expression.ExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.binding.expression.ExpressionVariable;
+import org.springframework.binding.expression.ognl.OgnlExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.binding.expression.support.ParserContextImpl;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.webflow.engine.TransitionCriteria;
@@ -84,16 +85,21 @@ class TextToTransitionCriteria extends AbstractConverter {
 		if (!StringUtils.hasText(encodedCriteria)
 				|| WildcardTransitionCriteria.WILDCARD_EVENT_ID.equals(encodedCriteria)) {
 			return WildcardTransitionCriteria.INSTANCE;
-		} else if (parser.isDelimitedExpression(encodedCriteria)) {
-			Expression expression = parser.parseExpression(encodedCriteria, new ParserContextImpl().eval(
-					RequestContext.class).expect(Boolean.class).variable(
-					new ExpressionVariable("result", "lastEvent.id")));
-			return createBooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria(expression);
 		} else if (encodedCriteria.startsWith(BEAN_PREFIX)) {
 			return flowBuilderContext.getBeanFactory().getBean(encodedCriteria.substring(BEAN_PREFIX.length()),
 					TransitionCriteria.class);
 		} else {
-			return createEventIdTransitionCriteria(encodedCriteria);
+			if (parser instanceof OgnlExpressionParser) {
+				// 1.0 compatability
+				OgnlExpressionParser ognl = (OgnlExpressionParser) parser;
+				if (ognl.isTemplateExpression(encodedCriteria)) {
+					return createBooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria(encodedCriteria, parser);
+				} else {
+					return createEventIdTransitionCriteria(encodedCriteria);
+				}
+			} else {
+				return createBooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria(encodedCriteria, parser);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -110,12 +116,15 @@ class TextToTransitionCriteria extends AbstractConverter {
 	/**
 	 * Hook method subclasses can override to return a specialized expression evaluating transition criteria
 	 * implementation.
-	 * @param expression the expression to evaluate
+	 * @param encodedCriteria the encoded transition criteria expression
+	 * @param parser the parser that should parse the expression
 	 * @return the transition criteria object
 	 * @throws ConversionException when something goes wrong
 	 */
-	protected TransitionCriteria createBooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria(Expression expression)
-			throws ConversionException {
+	protected TransitionCriteria createBooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria(String encodedCriteria,
+			ExpressionParser parser) throws ConversionException {
+		Expression expression = parser.parseExpression(encodedCriteria, new ParserContextImpl().eval(
+				RequestContext.class).variable(new ExpressionVariable("result", "lastEvent.id")));
 		return new BooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria(expression);
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/support/BooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/support/BooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria.java
index 5b45a55e..a128a2e9 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/support/BooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/engine/support/BooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria.java
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ public class BooleanExpressionTransitionCriteria implements TransitionCriteria {
 	}
 
 	public boolean test(RequestContext context) {
-		return ((Boolean) booleanExpression.getValue(context)).booleanValue();
+		Object result = booleanExpression.getValue(context);
+		if (result instanceof Boolean) {
+			return ((Boolean) result).booleanValue();
+		} else {
+			return context.getLastEvent().getId().equals(String.valueOf(result));
+		}
 	}
 
 	public String toString() {