diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2000Platform.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2000Platform.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a8da0353..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2000Platform.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
-
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.PersistBatch;
-
-/**
- * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 specific platform.
- * <p>
- * <ul>
- * <li>supportsGetGeneratedKeys = false</li>
- * <li>Use select @@IDENTITY to return the generated Id instead</li>
- * <li>Uses LIMIT OFFSET clause</li>
- * <li>Uses [ & ] for quoted identifiers</li>
- * </ul>
- * </p>
- */
-public class MsSqlServer2000Platform extends DatabasePlatform {
-
-  public MsSqlServer2000Platform() {
-    super();
-    this.name = "mssqlserver2000";
-    this.persistBatchOnCascade = PersistBatch.NONE;
-    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.IDENTITY);
-    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(false);
-    this.dbIdentity.setSelectLastInsertedIdTemplate("select @@IDENTITY as X");
-    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);
-
-    this.openQuote = "[";
-    this.closeQuote = "]";
-
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BOOLEAN, new DbPlatformType("bit default 0"));
-
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BIGINT, new DbPlatformType("numeric", 19));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.REAL, new DbPlatformType("float(16)"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.DOUBLE, new DbPlatformType("float(32)"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.TINYINT, new DbPlatformType("smallint"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.DECIMAL, new DbPlatformType("numeric", 28));
-
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BLOB, new DbPlatformType("image"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.CLOB, new DbPlatformType("text"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.LONGVARBINARY, new DbPlatformType("image"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.LONGVARCHAR, new DbPlatformType("text"));
-
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.DATE, new DbPlatformType("datetime"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.TIME, new DbPlatformType("datetime"));
-    dbTypeMap.put(DbType.TIMESTAMP, new DbPlatformType("datetime"));
-
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DatabasePlatformFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DatabasePlatformFactory.java
index d882208b1..d410261c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DatabasePlatformFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DatabasePlatformFactory.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DB2Platform;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.H2Platform;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.HsqldbPlatform;
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.MsSqlServer2000Platform;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.MsSqlServer2005Platform;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.MySqlPlatform;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform.OraclePlatform;
@@ -88,12 +87,6 @@ public class DatabasePlatformFactory {
     if (dbName.equals("sqlserver")) {
       return new MsSqlServer2005Platform();
     }
-    if (dbName.equals("sqlserver2005")) {
-      return new MsSqlServer2005Platform();
-    }
-    if (dbName.equals("sqlserver2000")) {
-      return new MsSqlServer2000Platform();
-    }
     if (dbName.equals("sqlanywhere")) {
       return new SqlAnywherePlatform();
     }
@@ -146,11 +139,7 @@ public class DatabasePlatformFactory {
     if (dbProductName.contains("oracle")) {
       return new OraclePlatform();
     } else if (dbProductName.contains("microsoft")) {
-      if (majorVersion > 8) {
-        return new MsSqlServer2005Platform();
-      } else {
-        return new MsSqlServer2000Platform();
-      }
+      return new MsSqlServer2005Platform();
     } else if (dbProductName.contains("mysql")) {
       return new MySqlPlatform();
     } else if (dbProductName.contains("h2")) {