diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyChain.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyChain.java
index 8c5817ff0..031b601d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyChain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyChain.java
@@ -172,16 +172,6 @@ public class ElPropertyChain implements ElPropertyValue {
     return lastElPropertyValue.getAssocIdInValueExpr(size);
   }
 
-  public int getDeployOrder() {
-    int i = lastBeanProperty.getDeployOrder();
-    int max = chain.length - 1;
-    for (int j = 0; j < max; j++) {
-      int xtra = ((max - j) * 1000) * chain[j].getDeployOrder();
-      i += xtra;
-    }
-    return i;
-  }
-
   public boolean isAssocId() {
     return assocId;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyValue.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyValue.java
index d48361efd..cd96fb5d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyValue.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.el;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 import com.avaje.ebean.plugin.ExpressionPath;
-import com.avaje.ebean.text.StringParser;
 
 /**
  * The expression language object that can get values.
@@ -55,11 +54,6 @@ public interface ElPropertyValue extends ElPropertyDeploy, ExpressionPath {
    */
   boolean isDbEncrypted();
 
-  /**
-   * Return the deploy order for the property.
-   */
-  int getDeployOrder();
-
   /**
    * Return the value ensuring objects prior to the top scalar property are
    * automatically populated.