diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index 7fbe06192..18c1924f9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ In order to run the tests locally with `./mvnw test` you need to have docker run
 
 == Class names of the test classes
 
-Test classes that do depend on the client have either `ERHLC` (when using the deprecated Elasticsearch  `RestHighLevelClient`) or `ELC` (the new `ElasticsearchClient`) in their name.
+Tset classes that do depend on the client have either `ERHLC` (when using the deprecated Elasticsearch  `RestHighLevelClient`) or `ELC` (the new `ElasticsearchClient`) in their name.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 56b9718ff..2bf5acf90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.MoreLikeThisQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SeqNoPrimaryTerm;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.UpdateQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.UpdateResponse;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.routing.DefaultRoutingResolver;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.routing.RoutingResolver;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.support.VersionInfo;
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Subhobrata Dey
  * @author Steven Pearce
  * @author Anton Naydenov
- * @author Haibo Liu
  */
 public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOper
 	@Override
 	public String delete(Object entity, IndexCoordinates index) {
 		String entityId = getEntityId(entity);
-		Assert.notNull(entityId, "entity must have an id that is notnull");
+		Assert.notNull(entityId, "entity must have an if that is notnull");
 		return this.delete(entityId, index);
 	}
 
@@ -470,25 +468,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOper
 		return getRequiredPersistentEntity(clazz).getIndexCoordinates();
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public <T> UpdateResponse update(T entity) {
-		return update(this.buildUpdateQueryByEntity(entity), this.getIndexCoordinatesFor(entity.getClass()));
-	}
-
-	protected <T> UpdateQuery buildUpdateQueryByEntity(T entity) {
-		String id = this.getEntityId(entity);
-		Assert.notNull(entity, "entity must have an id that is notnull");
-
-		UpdateQuery.Builder updateQueryBuilder = UpdateQuery.builder(id)
-				.withDocument(elasticsearchConverter.mapObject(entity));
-
-		String routing = this.getEntityRouting(entity);
-		if (Objects.nonNull(routing)) {
-			updateQueryBuilder.withRouting(routing);
-		}
-		return updateQueryBuilder.build();
-	}
-
 	protected <T> T updateIndexedObject(T entity, IndexedObjectInformation indexedObjectInformation) {
 
 		ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity = elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()
@@ -529,7 +508,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOper
 	}
 
 	@Nullable
-	public String getEntityId(Object entity) {
+	private String getEntityId(Object entity) {
 
 		Object id = entityOperations.forEntity(entity, elasticsearchConverter.getConversionService(), routingResolver)
 				.getId();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/DocumentOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/DocumentOperations.java
index 8f8b3438e..ced39843e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/DocumentOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/DocumentOperations.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @author Farid Faoudi
  * @author Sijia Liu
- * @author Haibo Liu
  * @since 4.0
  */
 public interface DocumentOperations {
@@ -308,15 +307,6 @@ public interface DocumentOperations {
 	 */
 	ByQueryResponse delete(Query query, Class<?> clazz, IndexCoordinates index);
 
-	/**
-	 * Partially update a document by the given entity.
-	 *
-	 * @param entity the entity to update partially
-	 * @return the update response
-	 * @param <T> the entity type
-	 */
-	<T> UpdateResponse update(T entity);
-
 	/**
 	 * Partial update of the document.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchIntegrationTests.java
index f0239e99a..cbe7697de 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchIntegrationTests.java
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  * @author Farid Faoudi
  * @author Peer Mueller
  * @author Sijia Liu
- * @author Haibo Liu
  */
 @SpringIntegrationTest
 public abstract class ElasticsearchIntegrationTests implements NewElasticsearchClientDevelopment {
@@ -178,20 +177,6 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchIntegrationTests implements NewElasticsearchC
 
 	protected abstract Query getQueryWithRescorer();
 
-	@Test
-	public void shouldThrowDataAccessExceptionIfDocumentDoesNotExistWhileDoingPartialUpdateByEntity() {
-
-		// given
-		String documentId = nextIdAsString();
-		String messageBeforeUpdate = "some test message";
-
-		SampleEntity sampleEntity = SampleEntity.builder().id(documentId).message(messageBeforeUpdate)
-				.version(System.currentTimeMillis()).build();
-
-		assertThatThrownBy(() -> operations.update(sampleEntity))
-				.isInstanceOf(DataAccessException.class);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void shouldThrowDataAccessExceptionIfDocumentDoesNotExistWhileDoingPartialUpdate() {
 
@@ -1514,33 +1499,6 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchIntegrationTests implements NewElasticsearchC
 		assertThat(indexOperations.exists()).isFalse();
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void shouldDoPartialUpdateBySuppliedEntityForExistingDocument() {
-
-		// given
-		String documentId = nextIdAsString();
-		String messageBeforeUpdate = "some test message";
-		String messageAfterUpdate = "test message";
-
-		SampleEntity sampleEntity = SampleEntity.builder().id(documentId).message(messageBeforeUpdate)
-				.version(System.currentTimeMillis()).build();
-
-		IndexQuery indexQuery = getIndexQuery(sampleEntity);
-
-		operations.index(indexQuery, IndexCoordinates.of(indexNameProvider.indexName()));
-
-		// modify the entity
-		sampleEntity.setMessage(messageAfterUpdate);
-
-		// when
-		operations.update(sampleEntity);
-
-		// then
-		SampleEntity indexedEntity = operations.get(documentId, SampleEntity.class,
-				IndexCoordinates.of(indexNameProvider.indexName()));
-		assertThat(indexedEntity.getMessage()).isEqualTo(messageAfterUpdate);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void shouldDoPartialUpdateForExistingDocument() {