diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/resources/constructor-context.xml b/spring-core/src/main/resources/constructor-context.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 67d492a0d6..0000000000
--- a/spring-core/src/main/resources/constructor-context.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
-
-	<bean id="student" class="com.baeldung.model.Student">
-		<constructor-arg value="1" />
-		<constructor-arg value="John" />
-		<constructor-arg ref="college" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="college" class="com.baeldung.model.College">
-		<constructor-arg value="1" />
-		<constructor-arg value="New York" />
-	</bean>
-
-</beans>
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/resources/setter-context.xml b/spring-core/src/main/resources/setter-context.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e97bfb4b11..0000000000
--- a/spring-core/src/main/resources/setter-context.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
-
-	<bean id="college" class="com.baeldung.model.College">
-		<property name="id" value="2" />
-		<property name="name" value="Pittsburgh" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="student" class="com.baeldung.model.Student">
-		<property name="id" value="2" />
-		<property name="name" value="Tom" />
-		<property name="college">
-			<ref bean="college" />
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-</beans>
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