diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
index e8aa672db..055d22d41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ public interface ElasticsearchPersistentProperty extends PersistentProperty<Elas
 	@Nullable
 	PropertyValueConverter getPropertyValueConverter();
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns true if the property may be read from the store into the entity.
-	 *
-	 * @return true if readable, false otherwise
-	 * @since 4.0
-	 */
-	boolean isReadable();
-
 	/**
 	 * @return {@literal true} if null values should be stored in Elasticsearch
 	 * @since 4.1
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
index f63b734d4..fc25d3421 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty extends
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isReadable() {
-		return !isTransient() && !isSeqNoPrimaryTermProperty() && !isAnnotationPresent(WriteOnlyProperty.class);
+        return super.isReadable() && !isAnnotationPresent(WriteOnlyProperty.class);
 	}
 
 	@Override