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 b983548f5..5baa1e320 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Mapping;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.index.MappingBuilder;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * AbstractElasticsearchTemplate
- * 
+ *
  * @author Sascha Woo
  */
 public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate {
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate {
 
 	protected ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter;
 
-	public AbstractElasticsearchTemplate(ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(elasticsearchConverter, "elasticsearchConverter must not be null.");
-		this.elasticsearchConverter = elasticsearchConverter;
-	}
-
 	protected String buildMapping(Class<?> clazz) {
 
 		// load mapping specified in Mapping annotation if present
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java
index 8a8c0574c..41328fb15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.client.support.AliasData;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.facet.FacetRequest;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.index.MappingBuilder;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
@@ -162,8 +161,8 @@ public class ElasticsearchRestTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate
 				new DefaultResultMapper(mappingElasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()));
 	}
 
-	public ElasticsearchRestTemplate(RestHighLevelClient client,
-                                     ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter, EntityMapper entityMapper) {
+	public ElasticsearchRestTemplate(RestHighLevelClient client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
+			EntityMapper entityMapper) {
 		initialize(client, elasticsearchConverter,
 				new DefaultResultMapper(elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext(), entityMapper));
 	}
@@ -172,14 +171,12 @@ public class ElasticsearchRestTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate
 		initialize(client, createElasticsearchConverter(), resultsMapper);
 	}
 
-	public ElasticsearchRestTemplate(RestHighLevelClient client,
-			ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter) {
-		initialize(client, elasticsearchConverter,
-				new DefaultResultMapper(elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()));
+	public ElasticsearchRestTemplate(RestHighLevelClient client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter) {
+		initialize(client, elasticsearchConverter, new DefaultResultMapper(elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()));
 	}
 
-	public ElasticsearchRestTemplate(RestHighLevelClient client,
-                                     ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter, ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
+	public ElasticsearchRestTemplate(RestHighLevelClient client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
+			ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
 		initialize(client, elasticsearchConverter, resultsMapper);
 	}
 
@@ -190,9 +187,8 @@ public class ElasticsearchRestTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate
 	private void initialize(RestHighLevelClient client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
 			ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
 
-		super(elasticsearchConverter);
-
 		Assert.notNull(client, "Client must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(elasticsearchConverter, "elasticsearchConverter must not be null.");
 		Assert.notNull(resultsMapper, "ResultsMapper must not be null!");
 
 		this.client = client;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
index b1d2962ba..ab219842d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.aggregation.AggregatedPage;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.facet.FacetRequest;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.index.MappingBuilder;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
@@ -128,7 +127,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @deprecated as of 4.0
  */
 @Deprecated
-public class ElasticsearchTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, EsClient<Client>, ApplicationContextAware {
+public class ElasticsearchTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate
+		implements ElasticsearchOperations, EsClient<Client>, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	private static final Logger QUERY_LOGGER = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger("org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.QUERY");
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate impleme
 	}
 
 	public ElasticsearchTemplate(Client client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter) {
-		this(client, elasticsearchConverter,
-				new DefaultResultMapper(elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()));
+		this(client, elasticsearchConverter, new DefaultResultMapper(elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()));
 	}
 
 	private MappingElasticsearchConverter createElasticsearchConverter() {
@@ -166,17 +165,16 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate impleme
 	public ElasticsearchTemplate(Client client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
 			ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
 
-		super(elasticsearchConverter);
-
 		initialize(client, elasticsearchConverter, resultsMapper);
 	}
 
-	private void initialize(Client client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
-			ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
+	private void initialize(Client client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter, ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
 		Assert.notNull(client, "Client must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(elasticsearchConverter, "elasticsearchConverter must not be null.");
 		Assert.notNull(resultsMapper, "ResultsMapper must not be null!");
 
 		this.client = client;
+		this.elasticsearchConverter = elasticsearchConverter;
 		this.resultsMapper = resultsMapper;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
index e5045fd3e..b141e935c 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.Double;
+import java.lang.Integer;
+import java.lang.Long;
+import java.lang.Object;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Score;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.ScriptedField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.aggregation.AggregatedPage;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.aggregation.impl.AggregatedPageImpl;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.geo.GeoPoint;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.*;
@@ -1667,12 +1672,14 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateTests {
 		SearchResultMapper searchResultMapper = new SearchResultMapper() {
 			@Override
 			public <T> AggregatedPage<T> mapResults(SearchResponse response, Class<T> clazz, Pageable pageable) {
-				DefaultEntityMapper defaultEntityMapper = new DefaultEntityMapper(new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext());
+				MappingElasticsearchConverter mappingElasticsearchConverter = new MappingElasticsearchConverter(
+						new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext());
 				ArrayList<T> result = new ArrayList<>();
 
 				for (SearchHit searchHit : response.getHits()) {
 					try {
-						result.add((T) defaultEntityMapper.mapToObject(searchHit.getSourceAsString(), SampleEntity.class));
+						result
+								.add((T) mappingElasticsearchConverter.mapToObject(searchHit.getSourceAsString(), SampleEntity.class));
 					} catch (IOException e) {
 						e.printStackTrace();
 					}
@@ -1688,8 +1695,8 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateTests {
 					assertThat(highlightFieldMessage.fragments()[0].toString()).isEqualTo(highlightedMessage);
 				}
 
-				return new AggregatedPageImpl<>(result, pageable, response.getHits().getTotalHits(), response.getAggregations(),
-						response.getScrollId(), response.getHits().getMaxScore());
+				return new AggregatedPageImpl<T>(result, pageable, response.getHits().getTotalHits().value,
+						response.getAggregations(), response.getScrollId(), response.getHits().getMaxScore());
 			}
 
 			@Override