diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonAutoConfiguration.java
index 744ea428..f3e50634 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.EurekaClientAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import com.netflix.client.IClient;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import com.netflix.client.IClient;
 @ConditionalOnClass({ IClient.class, RestTemplate.class })
 @RibbonClients
 @AutoConfigureAfter(EurekaClientAutoConfiguration.class)
+@AutoConfigureBefore(LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.class)
 public class RibbonAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Autowired(required = false)
@@ -54,25 +56,10 @@ public class RibbonAutoConfiguration {
 		return factory;
 	}
 
-	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(RestTemplate.class)
-	public RestTemplate restTemplate(RibbonInterceptor ribbonInterceptor) {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
-		List<ClientHttpRequestInterceptor> list = new ArrayList<>();
-		list.add(ribbonInterceptor);
-		restTemplate.setInterceptors(list);
-		return restTemplate;
-	}
-
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(LoadBalancerClient.class)
 	public LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient() {
 		return new RibbonLoadBalancerClient(springClientFactory());
 	}
 
-	@Bean
-	public RibbonInterceptor ribbonInterceptor(LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient) {
-		return new RibbonInterceptor(loadBalancerClient);
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptor.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d82c3d57..00000000
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013-2015 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.cloud.netflix.ribbon;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
-
-import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
-import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
-import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerRequest;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestExecution;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
-import org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpRequestWrapper;
-
-/**
- * @author Spencer Gibb
- */
-public class RibbonInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestInterceptor {
-
-	private LoadBalancerClient loadBalancer;
-
-	public RibbonInterceptor(LoadBalancerClient loadBalancer) {
-		this.loadBalancer = loadBalancer;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public ClientHttpResponse intercept(final HttpRequest request, final byte[] body,
-			final ClientHttpRequestExecution execution) throws IOException {
-		final URI originalUri = request.getURI();
-		String serviceName = originalUri.getHost();
-		return this.loadBalancer.execute(serviceName,
-				new LoadBalancerRequest<ClientHttpResponse>() {
-
-					@Override
-					public ClientHttpResponse apply(final ServiceInstance instance)
-							throws Exception {
-						HttpRequest serviceRequest = new ServiceRequestWrapper(request,
-								instance);
-						return execution.execute(serviceRequest, body);
-					}
-
-				});
-	}
-
-	private class ServiceRequestWrapper extends HttpRequestWrapper {
-
-		private final ServiceInstance instance;
-
-		public ServiceRequestWrapper(HttpRequest request, ServiceInstance instance) {
-			super(request);
-			this.instance = instance;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public URI getURI() {
-			URI uri = RibbonInterceptor.this.loadBalancer.reconstructURI(this.instance,
-					getRequest().getURI());
-			return uri;
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java
index af7f7cf8..41c3ebd9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerRequest;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonLoadBalancerClient.RibbonServer;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class RibbonInterceptorTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testIntercept() throws Exception {
 		RibbonServer server = new RibbonServer("myservice", new Server("myhost", 8080));
-		RibbonInterceptor interceptor = new RibbonInterceptor(new MyClient(server));
+		LoadBalancerInterceptor interceptor = new LoadBalancerInterceptor(new MyClient(server));
 		given(this.request.getURI()).willReturn(new URL("http://myservice").toURI());
 		given(this.execution.execute(isA(HttpRequest.class), isA(byte[].class)))
 				.willReturn(this.response);