diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
index 768fe4224..621ac198b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.EncryptKey;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbEncryptFunction;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbType;
-import com.avaje.ebean.text.StringFormatter;
 import com.avaje.ebean.text.StringParser;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.InternString;
 import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.generatedproperty.GeneratedProperty;
@@ -534,11 +533,11 @@ public class BeanProperty implements ElPropertyValue {
     return scalarType.read(ctx.getDataReader());
   }
 
-  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean, Class<?> type) throws SQLException {
+  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean) throws SQLException {
 
     try {
       Object value = scalarType.read(ctx.getDataReader());
-      if (bean != null && ((type == null || owningType.isAssignableFrom(type)))) {
+      if (bean != null) {
         setValue(bean, value);
       }
       return value;
@@ -782,10 +781,6 @@ public class BeanProperty implements ElPropertyValue {
     return scalarType;
   }
 
-  public StringFormatter getStringFormatter() {
-    return scalarType;
-  }
-
   public StringParser getStringParser() {
     return scalarType;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java
index dbbe402eb..bc664e64c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocMany.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public class BeanPropertyAssocMany<T> extends BeanPropertyAssoc<T> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean, Class<?> type) throws SQLException {
+  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean) throws SQLException {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocOne.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocOne.java
index 994d6b25e..4dbd7dcb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocOne.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyAssocOne.java
@@ -510,9 +510,8 @@ public class BeanPropertyAssocOne<T> extends BeanPropertyAssoc<T> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean, Class<?> type) throws SQLException {
-    boolean assignable = (type == null || owningType.isAssignableFrom(type));
-    return localHelp.readSet(ctx, bean, assignable);
+  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean) throws SQLException {
+    return localHelp.readSet(ctx, bean, true);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -614,7 +613,7 @@ public class BeanPropertyAssocOne<T> extends BeanPropertyAssoc<T> {
 
       boolean notNull = false;
       for (int i = 0; i < embeddedProps.length; i++) {
-        Object value = embeddedProps[i].readSet(ctx, embeddedBean, null);
+        Object value = embeddedProps[i].readSet(ctx, embeddedBean);
         if (value != null) {
           notNull = true;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyCompound.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyCompound.java
index babe6c835..642ee5d86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyCompound.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanPropertyCompound.java
@@ -123,14 +123,10 @@ public class BeanPropertyCompound extends BeanProperty {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean, Class<?> type) throws SQLException {
-
-    boolean assignable = (type == null || owningType.isAssignableFrom(type));
+  public Object readSet(DbReadContext ctx, EntityBean bean) throws SQLException {
 
     Object v = compoundType.read(ctx.getDataReader());
-    if (assignable) {
-      setValue(bean, v);
-    }
+    setValue(bean, v);
 
     return v;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java
index 4df09c6de..990720623 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public final class IdBinderEmbedded implements IdBinder {
     boolean notNull = true;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
-      Object value = props[i].readSet(ctx, embId, null);
+      Object value = props[i].readSet(ctx, embId);
       if (value == null) {
         notNull = false;
       }