diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollection.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollection.java
index c24ac482b..4b144b7eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollection.java
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ public interface BeanCollection<E> extends Serializable {
    */
   void setFilterMany(ExpressionList<?> filterMany);
 
-  /**
-   * Set a listener to be notified when the BeanCollection is first touched.
-   */
-  void setBeanCollectionTouched(BeanCollectionTouched notify);
-
   /**
    * Return true if the collection has been registered with the batch loading context.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollectionTouched.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollectionTouched.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1451d9783..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollectionTouched.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.bean;
-
-/**
- * Used to specify a listener to be notified when a BeanCollection is first
- * used.
- * <p>
- * To use this you can set a BeanCollectionTouched onto a BeanCollection before
- * it has been used. When the BeanCollection is first used by the client code
- * then the BeanCollectionTouched is notified. It can only be notified once.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public interface BeanCollectionTouched {
-
-  /**
-   * Notify the listener that the bean collection has been used.
-   */
-  void notifyTouched(BeanCollection<?> c);
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/AbstractBeanCollection.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/AbstractBeanCollection.java
index ab124de4c..9d9653e31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/AbstractBeanCollection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/AbstractBeanCollection.java
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.common;
 
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
-
 import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
 import com.avaje.ebean.ExpressionList;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollection;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollectionLoader;
-import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollectionTouched;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 /**
  * Base class for List Set and Map implementations of BeanCollection.
  * 
@@ -36,8 +34,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements BeanCollection<E> {
 
   protected String ebeanServerName;
 
-  protected transient BeanCollectionTouched beanCollectionTouched;
-
   /**
    * The owning bean (used for lazy fetch).
    */
@@ -117,15 +113,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements BeanCollection<E> {
     if (setFlag) {
       touched = true;
     }
-    if (beanCollectionTouched != null) {
-      // only call this once
-      beanCollectionTouched.notifyTouched(this);
-      beanCollectionTouched = null;
-    }
-  }
-
-  public void setBeanCollectionTouched(BeanCollectionTouched notify) {
-    this.beanCollectionTouched = notify;
   }
 
   public boolean isRegisteredWithLoadContext() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
index 36123dab2..243c7eb4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.ExpressionList;
 import com.avaje.ebean.OrderBy;
 import com.avaje.ebean.PersistenceContextScope;
 import com.avaje.ebean.Query;
-import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollectionTouched;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.CallStack;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphNode;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.PersistenceContext;
@@ -226,18 +225,6 @@ public interface SpiQuery<T> extends Query<T> {
 
   List<String> getSoftDeletePredicates();
 
-  /**
-   * Return a listener that wants to be notified when the bean collection is
-   * first used.
-   */
-  BeanCollectionTouched getBeanCollectionTouched();
-
-  /**
-   * Set a listener to be notified when the bean collection has been touched
-   * (when the list/set/map is first used).
-   */
-  void setBeanCollectionTouched(BeanCollectionTouched notify);
-
   /**
    * Set the list of Id's that is being populated.
    * <p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
index f2c50e3bc..a3171a5a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.QueryIterator;
 import com.avaje.ebean.ValuePair;
 import com.avaje.ebean.Version;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollection;
-import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollectionTouched;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphNode;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
@@ -300,14 +299,6 @@ public class CQueryEngine {
       }
 
       BeanCollection<T> beanCollection = cquery.readCollection();
-
-      BeanCollectionTouched collectionTouched = query.getBeanCollectionTouched();
-      if (collectionTouched != null) {
-        // register a listener that wants to be notified when the
-        // bean collection is first used
-        beanCollection.setBeanCollectionTouched(collectionTouched);
-      }
-
       if (request.isLogSummary()) {
         logFindManySummary(cquery);
       }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
index e139b10bd..1e7d17e83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.querydefn;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.*;
 import com.avaje.ebean.OrderBy.Property;
-import com.avaje.ebean.bean.BeanCollectionTouched;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.CallStack;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphNode;
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphOrigin;
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ public class DefaultOrmQuery<T> implements SpiQuery<T> {
 
   private final EbeanServer server;
 
-  private BeanCollectionTouched beanCollectionTouched;
-
   private final ExpressionFactory expressionFactory;
 
   /**
@@ -1526,16 +1523,6 @@ public class DefaultOrmQuery<T> implements SpiQuery<T> {
     return disableReadAudit;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void setBeanCollectionTouched(BeanCollectionTouched notify) {
-    this.beanCollectionTouched = notify;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public BeanCollectionTouched getBeanCollectionTouched() {
-    return beanCollectionTouched;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public List<Object> getIdList() {
     return partialIds;