diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinderTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinderTests.java
index 5c0d2d619..ef339e771 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinderTests.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.support.PayloadArgumentR
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.invocation.HandlerMethodArgumentResolverComposite;
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.invocation.InvocableHandlerMethod;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBinderTests<B extends AbstractTestBinder<? extends
 		DirectChannel moduleOutputChannel = createBindableChannel("output", outputBindingProperties);
 
 		BindingProperties inputBindingProperties = createConsumerBindingProperties(createConsumerProperties());
-		//inputBindingProperties.setContentType("tex/plain");
 		DirectChannel moduleInputChannel = createBindableChannel("input", inputBindingProperties);
 
 		Binding<MessageChannel> producerBinding = binder.bindProducer(String.format("foo%s0y",
@@ -749,11 +747,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBinderTests<B extends AbstractTestBinder<? extends
 		consumerBinding.unbind();
 	}
 
-	private static boolean equalTypeAndSubType(MimeType m1, MimeType m2) {
-		return m1 != null && m2 != null && m1.getType().equalsIgnoreCase(m2.getType())
-				&& m1.getSubtype().equalsIgnoreCase(m2.getSubtype());
-	}
-
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused") // it is used via reflection
 	private Station echoStation(Station station) {
 		return station;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/AbstractAvroMessageConverter.java b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/AbstractAvroMessageConverter.java
index 11288b0da..92665b2fa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/AbstractAvroMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/AbstractAvroMessageConverter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificDatumReader;
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificDatumWriter;
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord;
 
-import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.OriginalContentTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/OriginalContentTypeResolver.java b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/OriginalContentTypeResolver.java
similarity index 87%
rename from spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/OriginalContentTypeResolver.java
rename to spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/OriginalContentTypeResolver.java
index 66b3e56af..5d3d5e9e0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/OriginalContentTypeResolver.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-schema/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/schema/avro/OriginalContentTypeResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2017-2018 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.
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder;
+package org.springframework.cloud.stream.schema.avro;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.BinderHeaders;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
 import org.springframework.messaging.converter.ContentTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
  * returns the contentType
  *
  */
-public class OriginalContentTypeResolver implements ContentTypeResolver {
+class OriginalContentTypeResolver implements ContentTypeResolver {
 
 	private ConcurrentMap<String, MimeType> mimeTypeCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinder.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinder.java
index eb10c3976..4d2f61ac9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinder.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/AbstractBinder.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBinder<T, C extends ConsumerProperties, P extends
 
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
-	protected final StringConvertingContentTypeResolver contentTypeResolver = new StringConvertingContentTypeResolver();
-
 	private volatile AbstractApplicationContext applicationContext;
 
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/StringConvertingContentTypeResolver.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/StringConvertingContentTypeResolver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 80d0ae2c6..000000000
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/StringConvertingContentTypeResolver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 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.stream.binder;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
-
-import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
-import org.springframework.messaging.converter.DefaultContentTypeResolver;
-import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
-
-/**
- * A {@link DefaultContentTypeResolver} that can parse String values.
- *
- * @author David Turanski
- */
-public class StringConvertingContentTypeResolver extends DefaultContentTypeResolver {
-
-	private ConcurrentMap<String, MimeType> mimeTypeCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-	@Override
-	public MimeType resolve(MessageHeaders headers) {
-		return resolve((Map<String, Object>) headers);
-	}
-
-	public MimeType resolve(Map<String, Object> headers) {
-		MimeType mimeType = null;
-		Object value = headers.get(MessageHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE);
-		if (value instanceof MimeType) {
-			mimeType = (MimeType) value;
-		}
-		else if (value instanceof String) {
-			mimeType = mimeTypeCache.get(value);
-			if (mimeType == null) {
-				String valueAsString = (String) value;
-				mimeType = MimeType.valueOf(valueAsString);
-				mimeTypeCache.put(valueAsString, mimeType);
-			}
-		}
-		return mimeType != null ? mimeType : getDefaultMimeType();
-	}
-}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/KryoMessageConverter.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/KryoMessageConverter.java
index 4573bc05b..01cfc8799 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/KryoMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/KryoMessageConverter.java
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 
 /**
  * @author Vinicius Carvalho
+ * @deprecated as of 2.0 all language specific type converters (kryo, java etc) are deprecated and won't be supported in the future.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class KryoMessageConverter implements SmartMessageConverter {
 
 	protected final KryoPool pool;