diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
index 4c4113c4..0e8a2824 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
@@ -106,26 +106,6 @@ public class SpringMvcContract extends Contract.BaseContract
 		this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	protected void processAnnotationOnClass(MethodMetadata data, Class<?> clz) {
-		if(clz.getInterfaces().length == 0) {
-			RequestMapping classAnnotation = findMergedAnnotation(clz,
-					RequestMapping.class);
-			if (classAnnotation != null) {
-				// Prepend path from class annotation if specified
-				if (classAnnotation.value().length > 0) {
-					String pathValue = emptyToNull(classAnnotation.value()[0]);
-					pathValue = resolve(pathValue);
-					if (!pathValue.startsWith("/")) {
-						pathValue = "/" + pathValue;
-					}
-					data.template().insert(0, pathValue);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-    }
-	
-	
 	@Override
 	public MethodMetadata parseAndValidateMetadata(Class<?> targetType, Method method) {
 		this.processedMethods.put(Feign.configKey(targetType, method), method);
@@ -134,6 +114,19 @@ public class SpringMvcContract extends Contract.BaseContract
 		RequestMapping classAnnotation = findMergedAnnotation(targetType,
 				RequestMapping.class);
 		if (classAnnotation != null) {
+			// Prepend path from class annotation if specified
+			if (classAnnotation.value().length > 0) {
+				String pathValue = emptyToNull(classAnnotation.value()[0]);
+				checkState(pathValue != null,
+						"RequestMapping.value() was empty on type %s",
+						method.getDeclaringClass().getName());
+				pathValue = resolve(pathValue);
+				if (!pathValue.startsWith("/")) {
+					pathValue = "/" + pathValue;
+				}
+				md.template().insert(0, pathValue);
+			}
+
 			// produces - use from class annotation only if method has not specified this
 			if (!md.template().headers().containsKey(ACCEPT)) {
 				parseProduces(md, method, classAnnotation);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
index 26363910..bf91e535 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
@@ -72,51 +72,39 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 				String.class);
 		MethodMetadata data = this.contract
 				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
-		MethodMetadata extendingData = this.contract
-				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
 
-		assertEquals("/prepend/{anotherId}", data.template().url());
-		assertEquals(data.template().url(), extendingData.template().url());
+		assertEquals("/test/{id}", data.template().url());
 		assertEquals("GET", data.template().method());
-		assertEquals(data.template().method(), extendingData.template().method());
 		assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE,
 				data.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next());
-		assertEquals(data.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next(), 
-				extendingData.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next());
-		
-		assertEquals("anotherId", data.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next());
-		assertEquals(data.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next(),
-				extendingData.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next());
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testProcessAnnotations_Simple() throws Exception {
 		Method method = TestTemplate_Simple.class.getDeclaredMethod("getTest",
-				String.class, String.class);
+				String.class);
 		MethodMetadata data = this.contract
 				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
 
-		assertEquals("/prepend/{anotherId}/test/{id}", data.template().url());
+		assertEquals("/test/{id}", data.template().url());
 		assertEquals("GET", data.template().method());
 		assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE,
 				data.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next());
 
-		assertEquals("anotherId", data.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next());
-		assertEquals("id", data.indexToName().get(1).iterator().next());
+		assertEquals("id", data.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testProcessAnnotations_SimplePost() throws Exception {
 		Method method = TestTemplate_Simple.class.getDeclaredMethod("postTest",
-				String.class, TestObject.class);
+				TestObject.class);
 		MethodMetadata data = this.contract
 				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
 
-		assertEquals("/prepend/{anotherId}", data.template().url());
+		assertEquals("", data.template().url());
 		assertEquals("POST", data.template().method());
 		assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE,
 				data.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next());
-		assertEquals("anotherId", data.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next());
 
 	}
 
@@ -200,16 +188,14 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testProcessAnnotations_Advanced3() throws Exception {
-		Method method = TestTemplate_Simple.class.getDeclaredMethod("getTest", 
-				String.class);
+		Method method = TestTemplate_Simple.class.getDeclaredMethod("getTest");
 		MethodMetadata data = this.contract
 				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
 
-		assertEquals("/prepend/{anotherId}", data.template().url());
+		assertEquals("", data.template().url());
 		assertEquals("GET", data.template().method());
 		assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE,
 				data.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next());
-		assertEquals("anotherId", data.indexToName().get(0).iterator().next());
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -276,20 +262,15 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	@RequestMapping("/prepend/{anotherId}")
 	public interface TestTemplate_Simple {
 		@RequestMapping(value = "/test/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
-		ResponseEntity<TestObject> getTest(@PathVariable String anotherId, @PathVariable String id);
+		ResponseEntity<TestObject> getTest(@PathVariable("id") String id);
 
 		@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
-		TestObject getTest(@PathVariable String anotherId);
+		TestObject getTest();
 
 		@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
-		TestObject postTest(@PathVariable String anotherId, @RequestBody TestObject object);
-	}
-	
-	public interface TestTemplate_Simple_Extending extends TestTemplate_Simple{
-		
+		TestObject postTest(@RequestBody TestObject object);
 	}
 
 	public interface TestTemplate_Headers {