diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 08db585f70..641f9435b8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package org.springframework.security.config;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
-import org.springframework.security.providers.ProviderManager;
 import org.springframework.security.providers.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -16,11 +14,6 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  */
 class AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
-    private ManagedList getRegisteredProviders(ParserContext parserContext) {
-        BeanDefinition authManager = ConfigUtils.registerProviderManagerIfNecessary(parserContext);
-        return (ManagedList) authManager.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue("providers").getValue();
-    }
-
     public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
         ConfigUtils.registerProviderManagerIfNecessary(parserContext);
 
@@ -37,7 +30,7 @@ class AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only support user-service provider at the moment.");
         }
 
-        getRegisteredProviders(parserContext).add(authProvider);
+        ConfigUtils.getRegisteredProviders(parserContext).add(authProvider);
 
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/ConfigUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/ConfigUtils.java
index ec0edd8864..377c220a57 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/ConfigUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/ConfigUtils.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public abstract class ConfigUtils {
                     "use a specific Id in yur configuration");
         }
 
-        return (UserDetailsService) services.values().toArray()[0];        
+        return (UserDetailsService) services.values().toArray()[0];
     }
 
     private static AuthenticationManager getAuthenticationManager(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory bf) {
@@ -124,4 +124,8 @@ public abstract class ConfigUtils {
         return accessMgr;
     }
 
+    static ManagedList getRegisteredProviders(ParserContext parserContext) {
+        BeanDefinition authManager = registerProviderManagerIfNecessary(parserContext);
+        return (ManagedList) authManager.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue("providers").getValue();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/LdapBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/LdapBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 44fb2206fc..12f84a56d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/LdapBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/LdapBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource;
 import org.springframework.security.providers.ldap.LdapAuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.providers.ldap.authenticator.BindAuthenticator;
 import org.springframework.security.providers.ldap.populator.DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
  * @version $Id$
  * @since 2.0
  */
-public class LdapBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
+public class LdapBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
     private Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
     /** Defines the Url of the ldap server to use. If not specified, an embedded apache DS instance will be created */
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ public class LdapBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 
     // Defaults
     private static final String DEFAULT_ROOT_SUFFIX = "dc=springframework,dc=org";
-    private static final String DEFAULT_PROVIDER_BEAN_ID = "_ldapAuthenticationProvider";
+//    private static final String DEFAULT_PROVIDER_BEAN_ID = "_ldapAuthenticationProvider";
     private static final String DEFAULT_DN_PATTERN = "uid={0},ou=people";
     private static final String DEFAULT_GROUP_CONTEXT = "ou=groups";
 
 
-    protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element elt, ParserContext parserContext) {
+    public BeanDefinition parse(Element elt, ParserContext parserContext) {
         String url = elt.getAttribute(URL_ATTRIBUTE);
 
         RootBeanDefinition contextSource;
@@ -84,12 +84,7 @@ public class LdapBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
             contextSource.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("password", managerPassword);
         }
 
-
-        // TODO: Make these default values for 2.0
-//        contextSource.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("useLdapContext", Boolean.TRUE);
-//        contextSource.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("dirObjectFactory", "org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DefaultDirObjectFactory");
-
-        String id = elt.getAttribute(ID_ATTRIBUTE);
+        String id = elt.getAttribute(AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.ID_ATTRIBUTE);
         String contextSourceId = "contextSource";
 
         if (StringUtils.hasText(id)) {
@@ -113,7 +108,9 @@ public class LdapBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
         ldapProvider.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(bindAuthenticator);
         ldapProvider.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(authoritiesPopulator);
 
-        return ldapProvider;
+        ConfigUtils.getRegisteredProviders(parserContext).add(ldapProvider);
+
+        return null;
     }
 
 
@@ -190,17 +187,4 @@ public class LdapBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 
         return contextSource;
     }
-
-
-    protected String resolveId(Element element, AbstractBeanDefinition definition, ParserContext parserContext) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
-        String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
-
-        if (StringUtils.hasText(id)) {
-            return id;
-        }
-
-        // TODO: Check for duplicate using default id here.
-
-        return DEFAULT_PROVIDER_BEAN_ID;
-    }
 }