diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3bfebe7dca9..094daef0b28 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	apply plugin: "java"
 	apply plugin: "test-source-set-dependencies"
 	apply from: "${gradleScriptDir}/ide.gradle"
-	apply plugin: "maven"
 
 	[compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.compilerArgs = [
 		"-Xlint:serial",
@@ -632,7 +631,6 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.19")
 		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.12")
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
-		optional("org.lesscss:lesscss:1.3.3")
 		provided("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
 		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
 		provided("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LessResourceTransformer.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LessResourceTransformer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2268a3fdde0..00000000000
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LessResourceTransformer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-
-import org.lesscss.LessCompiler;
-import org.lesscss.LessException;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-
-
-/**
- *
- * @author Jeremy Grelle
- * @since 4.0
- */
-public class LessResourceTransformer implements ResourceTransformer {
-
-	private static final String LESS_EXT = "less";
-
-	private final LessCompiler compiler = new LessCompiler();
-
-
-	@Override
-	public Resource transform(Resource original) throws IOException {
-		TransformedResource transformed;
-		try {
-			String content = "";
-			if (original instanceof TransformedResource) {
-				content = ((TransformedResource) original).getContentAsString();
-			}
-			else {
-				content = this.compiler.compile(original.getFile());
-			}
-			transformed = new TransformedResource(original.getFilename().replace(
-					"." + LESS_EXT, ""), content.getBytes("UTF-8"), original.lastModified());
-		}
-		catch (LessException ex) {
-			//TODO - Nicely print out the compilation error
-			ex.printStackTrace();
-			return null;
-		}
-		return transformed;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean willTransform(HttpServletRequest request, Resource original) {
-		return LESS_EXT.equals(StringUtils.getFilenameExtension(original.getFilename()));
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/spring-webmvc/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
index 1f7f3d0980e..785c094dde1 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 		<level value="debug" />
 	</logger>
 
-	<logger name="org.springframework.web.servlet.resource">
-		<level value="trace" />
-	</logger>
-
 	<!-- Root Logger -->
 	<root>
 		<priority value="warn" />