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 a081bb284..045380cc8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyChain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyChain.java
@@ -253,20 +253,6 @@ public class ElPropertyChain implements ElPropertyValue {
 		return chain[last].elGetValue(prevBean);
 	}
 	
-
-	public void elSetLoaded(EntityBean bean) {
-
-		for (int i = 0; i < last; i++) {
-			bean = (EntityBean)chain[i].elGetValue(bean);
-			if (bean == null){
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if (bean != null){
-			bean._ebean_getIntercept().setLoaded();
-		}
-	}
-
 	public void elSetValue(EntityBean bean, Object value, boolean populate) {
 
 		EntityBean prevBean = bean;
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 bfe82846c..00114959f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/el/ElPropertyValue.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.el;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
-import com.avaje.ebean.text.StringFormatter;
 import com.avaje.ebean.text.StringParser;
 
 /**
@@ -65,11 +64,6 @@ public interface ElPropertyValue extends ElPropertyDeploy {
      */
     StringParser getStringParser();
 
-    /**
-     * Return the default StringFormatter for the scalar property.
-     */
-    StringFormatter getStringFormatter();
-
     /**
      * Return true if the last type is "DateTime capable" - can support
      * {@link #parseDateTime(long)}.