diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/plugin/BeanType.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/plugin/BeanType.java
index 3e19ca804..71fb1936a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/plugin/BeanType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/plugin/BeanType.java
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.event.BeanFindController;
 import com.avaje.ebean.event.BeanPersistController;
 import com.avaje.ebean.event.BeanPersistListener;
 import com.avaje.ebean.event.BeanQueryAdapter;
-import com.avaje.ebean.text.json.JsonReadOptions;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api.SpiQuery;
 import com.avaje.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocumentMapping;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
@@ -155,11 +152,6 @@ public interface BeanType<T> {
    */
   BeanDocType<T> docStore();
 
-  /**
-   * Read the JSON content returning the bean.
-   */
-  T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonReadOptions readOptions, Object objectMapper) throws IOException;
-
   /**
    * Add the discriminator value to the query if needed.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptor.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptor.java
index c949f2836..f5a8ee4a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptor.java
@@ -2709,9 +2709,4 @@ public class BeanDescriptor<T> implements MetaBeanInfo, BeanType<T> {
     return jsonHelp.jsonReadObject(jsonRead, path);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonReadOptions readOptions, Object objectMapper) throws IOException {
-    ReadJson jsonRead = new ReadJson(this, parser, readOptions, objectMapper);
-    return jsonRead(jsonRead, null);
-  }
 }