diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityJsf12TagLibrary.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityJsf12TagLibrary.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ceebc911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityJsf12TagLibrary.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2010 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.faces.security;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import com.sun.facelets.tag.AbstractTagLibrary;
+
+/**
+ * Registers a tag handler for the <authorize> tag and several EL functions that can be used on any component that
+ * accepts EL expressions in its attributes. For details on the EL functions see {@link Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils}.
+ * 
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 2.2.0
+ * @see Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagHandler
+ * @see Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils
+ */
+public class SpringSecurityJsf12TagLibrary extends AbstractTagLibrary {
+
+	public static final String NAMESPACE = "http://www.springframework.org/security/tags";
+
+	public SpringSecurityJsf12TagLibrary() {
+		super(NAMESPACE);
+
+		this.addTagHandler("authorize", Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagHandler.class);
+
+		try {
+			Method[] methods = Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils.class.getMethods();
+			for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
+				if (Modifier.isStatic(methods[i].getModifiers())) {
+					this.addFunction(methods[i].getName(), methods[i]);
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityTagLibrary.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityTagLibrary.java
index f875e538..b874b5db 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityTagLibrary.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/security/SpringSecurityTagLibrary.java
@@ -18,14 +18,11 @@ package org.springframework.faces.security;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 
-import org.springframework.faces.webflow.JsfRuntimeInformation;
-
 import com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.AbstractTagLibrary;
 
 /**
  * Registers a tag handler for the &lt;authorize&gt; tag and several EL functions that can be used on any component that
- * accepts EL expressions in its attributes. For details on the EL functions see {@link FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils} or
- * {@link Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils} depending on your environment.
+ * accepts EL expressions in its attributes. For details on the EL functions see {@link FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils}.
  * 
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 2.2.0
@@ -39,15 +36,10 @@ public class SpringSecurityTagLibrary extends AbstractTagLibrary {
 	public SpringSecurityTagLibrary() {
 		super(NAMESPACE);
 
-		if (JsfRuntimeInformation.isAtLeastJsf20()) {
-			this.addTagHandler("authorize", FaceletsAuthorizeTagHandler.class);
-		} else {
-			this.addTagHandler("authorize", Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagHandler.class);
-		}
+		this.addTagHandler("authorize", FaceletsAuthorizeTagHandler.class);
 
 		try {
-			Method[] methods = (JsfRuntimeInformation.isAtLeastJsf20()) ? FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils.class.getMethods()
-					: Jsf12FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils.class.getMethods();
+			Method[] methods = FaceletsAuthorizeTagUtils.class.getMethods();
 			for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
 				if (Modifier.isStatic(methods[i].getModifiers())) {
 					this.addFunction(methods[i].getName(), methods[i]);
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springsecurity.taglib.xml b/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springsecurity.taglib.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5455cb2f..00000000
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springsecurity.taglib.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE facelet-taglib PUBLIC
-  "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Facelet Taglib 1.0//EN"
-  "http://java.sun.com/dtd/facelet-taglib_1_0.dtd">
-<facelet-taglib>
-	<library-class>org.springframework.faces.security.SpringSecurityTagLibrary</library-class>
-</facelet-taglib>
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