diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest.java
index 4c96859d4a..2fea524d11 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest implements Binder {
 
    @Override
    public <R extends HttpRequest> R bindToRequest(R request, Object input) {
-      checkArgument(checkNotNull(input, "input") instanceof S3Object, "this binder is only valid for S3Object!");
+      checkArgument(checkNotNull(input, "input") instanceof S3Object, "this binder is only valid for S3Object!, not %s", input);
       checkNotNull(request, "request");
 
       S3Object s3Object = S3Object.class.cast(input);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessor.java
index c337c5ce0b..1fc970da04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -944,7 +944,6 @@ public class RestAnnotationProcessor<T> {
 
    public GeneratedHttpRequest<T> decorateRequest(GeneratedHttpRequest<T> request) throws NegativeArraySizeException,
             ExecutionException {
-      Cache<Integer, Set<Annotation>> indexToParamExtractor = methodToIndexOfParamToParamParserAnnotations.get(request.getJavaMethod()); 
       OUTER: for (Entry<Integer, Set<Annotation>> entry : concat(//
                filterValues(methodToIndexOfParamToBinderParamAnnotation.get(request.getJavaMethod()).asMap(), notEmpty)
                         .entrySet(), //
@@ -979,17 +978,7 @@ public class RestAnnotationProcessor<T> {
                }
             }
             if (input != null) {
-               // Allow the input parameter to be parsed by the ParamParser before binding
-               Set<Annotation> extractors = indexToParamExtractor.get(entry.getKey());
-               Object parsedValue = null;
-               if (extractors != null && extractors.size() > 0) {
-                   ParamParser extractor = (ParamParser) extractors.iterator().next();
-                   parsedValue = injector.getInstance(extractor.value()).apply(input);
-               } else {
-                   parsedValue = input;
-               }
-
-               request = binder.bindToRequest(request, parsedValue);
+               request = binder.bindToRequest(request, input);
             }
             if (shouldBreak)
                break OUTER;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessorTest.java
index d7dfe69252..3fef693a26 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/rest/internal/RestAnnotationProcessorTest.java
@@ -2537,48 +2537,6 @@ public class RestAnnotationProcessorTest extends BaseRestClientTest {
       assertEquals(domain.getElem(), "Hello World");
    }
 
-   public static class AppendTextParser implements Function<Object, String> {
-       @Override
-       public String apply(Object input)
-       {
-           return input.toString() + "PARSED";
-       }
-   }
-
-   public interface TestBindWithParamParser {
-       @GET
-       @Path("/foo")
-       public ListenableFuture<String> bindWithoutParsing(
-           @BinderParam(BindToStringPayload.class) String param);
-
-       @GET
-       @Path("/bar")
-       public ListenableFuture<String> bindAfterParsing(
-           @BinderParam(BindToStringPayload.class) @ParamParser(AppendTextParser.class) String param);
-   }
-
-   @Test
-   public void testBindWithoutParamParser() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-       RestAnnotationProcessor<TestBindWithParamParser> processor = factory(TestBindWithParamParser.class);
-       Method method = TestBindWithParamParser.class.getMethod("bindWithoutParsing", String.class);
-       GeneratedHttpRequest<TestBindWithParamParser> request = processor.createRequest(method, "test");
-
-       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET http://localhost:9999/foo HTTP/1.1");
-       assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "");
-       assertPayloadEquals(request, "test", "application/unknown", false);
-   }
-
-   @Test
-   public void testBindWithParamParser() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-       RestAnnotationProcessor<TestBindWithParamParser> processor = factory(TestBindWithParamParser.class);
-       Method method = TestBindWithParamParser.class.getMethod("bindAfterParsing", String.class);
-       GeneratedHttpRequest<TestBindWithParamParser> request = processor.createRequest(method, "test");
-
-       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET http://localhost:9999/bar HTTP/1.1");
-       assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "");
-       assertPayloadEquals(request, "testPARSED", "application/unknown", false);
-   }
-
    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
    public void testAddHostNullWithHost() throws Exception{
        assertNull(RestAnnotationProcessor.addHostIfMissing(null,null));