diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java
index f2868d234..f7a175409 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ public class TransportClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<TransportClient>,
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TransportClientFactoryBean.class);
     private String clusterNodes;
     private String clusterName;
-    private Boolean enableHttp;
     private Boolean clientTransportSniff;
     private TransportClient client;
     private Properties properties;
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ public class TransportClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<TransportClient>,
         return settingsBuilder()
                 .put("cluster.name", clusterName)
                 .put("client.transport.sniff", clientTransportSniff)
-                .put("http.enabled", enableHttp)
                 .build();
     }
 
@@ -114,10 +112,6 @@ public class TransportClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<TransportClient>,
         this.clusterName = clusterName;
     }
 
-    public void setEnableHttp(Boolean enableHttp) {
-        this.enableHttp = enableHttp;
-    }
-
     public void setClientTransportSniff(Boolean clientTransportSniff) {
         this.clientTransportSniff = clientTransportSniff;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java
index b51b26040..5b0475c40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionP
 	private void setClusterNodes(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		builder.addPropertyValue("clusterNodes", element.getAttribute("cluster-nodes"));
         builder.addPropertyValue("clusterName", element.getAttribute("cluster-name"));
-        builder.addPropertyValue("enableHttp", Boolean.valueOf(element.getAttribute("http-enabled")));
         builder.addPropertyValue("clientTransportSniff", Boolean.valueOf(element.getAttribute("client-transport-sniff")));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
index 668aa618a..22b9d2f0f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@
                             <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[Name of the cluster in which this instance of node client will connect to]]> </xsd:documentation>
                         </xsd:annotation>
                     </xsd:attribute>
-                    <xsd:attribute name="http-enabled" type="xsd:boolean" default="true">
-                        <xsd:annotation>
-                            <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[to enable or desable http port]]> </xsd:documentation>
-                        </xsd:annotation>
-                    </xsd:attribute>
                     <xsd:attribute name="client-transport-sniff" type="xsd:boolean" default="true">
                         <xsd:annotation>
                             <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[The client allows to sniff the rest of the cluster, and add those into its list of machines to use.]]> </xsd:documentation>