diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java
index 417a855c8..80b1b9585 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.java
@@ -1394,13 +1394,6 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    */
   void save(Object bean, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException;
 
-  /**
-   * Deprecated - please change to iterate yourself and save.
-   * Save all the beans in the iterator with an explicit transaction.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  int save(Iterator<?> it, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException;
-
   /**
    * Deprecated - please migrate to saveAll().
    *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
index cf54032bd..8e4b68fdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
@@ -1689,11 +1689,6 @@ public final class DefaultServer implements SpiEbeanServer {
     return saveAllInternal(c.iterator(), t);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public int save(Iterator<?> it, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException {
-    return saveAllInternal(it, transaction);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public int saveAll(Collection<?> beans, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException {
     return saveAllInternal(beans.iterator(), transaction);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
index 18b49e5f6..eae141912 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/TDSpiEbeanServer.java
@@ -532,12 +532,7 @@ public class TDSpiEbeanServer implements SpiEbeanServer {
   public void save(Object bean, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException {
 
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public int save(Iterator<?> it, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException {
-    return 0;
-  }
-
+  
   @Override
   public int save(Collection<?> beans, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException {
     return 0;