diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ed1602939..0000000000
--- a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http\://www.springframework.org/schema/security=org.acegisecurity.config.SecurityNamespaceHandler
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ab095477..0000000000
--- a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-http\://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-2.0.xsd=org/acegisecurity/config/spring-security-2.0.xsd
-