diff --git a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java
index daa043fc0e4..74e6f91acff 100644
--- a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java
+++ b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrServer.java
@@ -42,47 +42,29 @@ public abstract class SolrServer implements Serializable
 {
   private DocumentObjectBinder binder;
 
-  public UpdateResponse add(Collection<SolrInputDocument> docs, boolean overwrite ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
+  public UpdateResponse add(Collection<SolrInputDocument> docs ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
     UpdateRequest req = new UpdateRequest();
     req.add(docs);
-    req.setOverwrite(overwrite);
     return req.process(this);
   }
 
-  public UpdateResponse addBeans(Collection<?> beans, boolean overwrite ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
+  public UpdateResponse addBeans(Collection<?> beans ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
     DocumentObjectBinder binder = this.getBinder();
     ArrayList<SolrInputDocument> docs =  new ArrayList<SolrInputDocument>(beans.size());
     for (Object bean : beans) {
       docs.add(binder.toSolrInputDocument(bean));
     }
-    return add(docs,overwrite);
+    return add(docs);
   }
 
-  public UpdateResponse add(SolrInputDocument doc, boolean overwrite ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
+  public UpdateResponse add(SolrInputDocument doc ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
     UpdateRequest req = new UpdateRequest();
     req.add(doc);
-    req.setOverwrite(overwrite);
     return req.process(this);
   }
 
-  public UpdateResponse addBean(Object obj, boolean overwrite) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
-    return add(getBinder().toSolrInputDocument(obj), overwrite);
-  }
-
-  public UpdateResponse add(SolrInputDocument doc) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
-    return add(doc, true);
-  }
-
   public UpdateResponse addBean(Object obj) throws IOException, SolrServerException {
-    return add(getBinder().toSolrInputDocument(obj), true);
-  }
-
-  public UpdateResponse add(Collection<SolrInputDocument> docs) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
-    return add(docs, true);
-  }
-
-  public UpdateResponse addBeans(Collection<?> beans ) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
-    return addBeans(beans,true);
+    return add(getBinder().toSolrInputDocument(obj));
   }
 
   /** waitFlush=true and waitSearcher=true to be inline with the defaults for plain HTTP access
diff --git a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/UpdateRequest.java b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/UpdateRequest.java
index e7b224492ed..e7523941244 100644
--- a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/UpdateRequest.java
+++ b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/UpdateRequest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.UpdateResponse;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.util.ClientUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
-import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.UpdateParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.ContentStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.XML;
@@ -47,11 +46,6 @@ public class UpdateRequest extends SolrRequest
     OPTIMIZE
   };
   
-
-  private boolean allowDups = false;
-  private boolean overwriteCommitted = true;
-  private boolean overwritePending = true;
-  
   private List<SolrInputDocument> documents = null;
   private List<String> deleteById = null;
   private List<String> deleteQuery = null;
@@ -169,11 +163,7 @@ public class UpdateRequest extends SolrRequest
   public String getXML() throws IOException {
     StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
     if( documents != null && documents.size() > 0 ) {
-      writer.write("<add ");
-      writer.write("allowDups=\"" + allowDups + "\" ");
-      // TODO: remove these when deprecations are removed
-      writer.write("overwriteCommitted=\"" + overwriteCommitted + "\" ");
-      writer.write("overwritePending=\"" + overwritePending + "\">");
+      writer.write("<add>");
       for (SolrInputDocument doc : documents ) {
         if( doc != null ) {
           ClientUtils.writeXML( doc, writer );
@@ -227,17 +217,6 @@ public class UpdateRequest extends SolrRequest
     res.setElapsedTime( System.currentTimeMillis()-startTime );
     return res;
   }
-
-  //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  // 
-  //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  public void setOverwrite( boolean v )
-  {
-    allowDups = !v;
-    overwriteCommitted = v;
-    overwritePending = v;
-  }
   
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // 
@@ -258,44 +237,6 @@ public class UpdateRequest extends SolrRequest
     return null;
   }
 
-  public boolean isAllowDups() {
-    return allowDups;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Use setOverwrite()
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void setAllowDups(boolean allowDups) {
-    this.allowDups = allowDups;
-  }
-
-  @Deprecated
-  public boolean isOverwriteCommitted() {
-    return overwriteCommitted;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Use setOverwrite()
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void setOverwriteCommitted(boolean overwriteCommitted) {
-    this.overwriteCommitted = overwriteCommitted;
-  }
-
-  @Deprecated
-  public boolean isOverwritePending() {
-    return overwritePending;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Use setOverwrite()
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void setOverwritePending(boolean overwritePending) {
-    this.overwritePending = overwritePending;
-  }
-
   public void setWaitFlush(boolean waitFlush) {
     setParam( UpdateParams.WAIT_FLUSH, waitFlush+"" );
   }