diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java
index 4144efae000..21d4c29f467 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCompressedStream extends ServletOutputStream
     }
 
     /**
-     * @see org.eclipse.jetty.http.gzip.CompressedStream#getOutputStream()
+     * @see org.eclipse.jetty.http.gzip.CompressedStream#createOutputStream()
      */
     public OutputStream getOutputStream()
     {
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/BadResource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/BadResource.java
index d796ecfb1b9..410ae2cbe58 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/BadResource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/BadResource.java
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ class BadResource extends URLResource
         throw new FileNotFoundException(_message);
     }
         
-    /* --------------------------------------------------------- */
-    @Override
-    public OutputStream getOutputStream()
-        throws java.io.IOException, SecurityException
-    {
-        throw new FileNotFoundException(_message);
-    }
-        
     /* --------------------------------------------------------- */
     @Override
     public boolean delete()
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java
index aa72097f39f..030f02a314c 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java
@@ -276,17 +276,6 @@ public class FileResource extends URLResource
     {
         return FileChannel.open(_file.toPath(),StandardOpenOption.READ);
     }
-    
-    /* --------------------------------------------------------- */
-    /**
-     * Returns an output stream to the resource
-     */
-    @Override
-    public OutputStream getOutputStream()
-        throws java.io.IOException, SecurityException
-    {
-        return new FileOutputStream(_file);
-    }
         
     /* --------------------------------------------------------- */
     /**
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
index 15cfc7a6270..a9630e6019c 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
@@ -396,13 +396,6 @@ public abstract class Resource implements ResourceFactory
     public abstract ReadableByteChannel getReadableByteChannel()
         throws java.io.IOException;
 
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    /**
-     * Returns an output stream to the resource
-     */
-    public abstract OutputStream getOutputStream()
-        throws java.io.IOException, SecurityException;
-    
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
      * Deletes the given resource
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceCollection.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceCollection.java
index 800fb902741..35ab1be7970 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceCollection.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceCollection.java
@@ -362,22 +362,6 @@ public class ResourceCollection extends Resource
         return null;
     }
     
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    @Override
-    public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException, SecurityException
-    {
-        if(_resources==null)
-            throw new IllegalStateException("*resources* not set.");
-        
-        for(Resource r : _resources)
-        {
-            OutputStream os = r.getOutputStream();
-            if(os!=null)
-                return os;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-    
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     @Override
     public URL getURL()
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/URLResource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/URLResource.java
index 9a747e6142b..2431b880088 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/URLResource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/URLResource.java
@@ -232,17 +232,6 @@ public class URLResource extends Resource
         return null;
     }
 
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    /**
-     * Returns an output stream to the resource
-     */
-    @Override
-    public OutputStream getOutputStream()
-        throws java.io.IOException, SecurityException
-    {
-        throw new IOException( "Output not supported");
-    }
-
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
      * Deletes the given resource
diff --git a/jetty-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/OrderingTest.java b/jetty-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/OrderingTest.java
index 9289efb8164..7c19ca0d23a 100644
--- a/jetty-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/OrderingTest.java
+++ b/jetty-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/webapp/OrderingTest.java
@@ -111,16 +111,7 @@ public class OrderingTest
         {
             return _name;
         }
-
-        /**
-         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource#getOutputStream()
-         */
-        @Override
-        public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException, SecurityException
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
+        
         /**
          * @see org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource#getURL()
          */