diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster.java
index f9a96f16bfd..fa2106c6425 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster.java
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ import org.springframework.core.OrderComparator;
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 1.2.3
- * @see #setCollectionClass
  * @see #getApplicationListeners()
  * @see SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster
  */
-public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster
-		implements ApplicationEventMulticaster, BeanFactoryAware {
+public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster implements ApplicationEventMulticaster, BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	private final ListenerRetriever defaultRetriever = new ListenerRetriever();
 
@@ -68,6 +66,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster
 		this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.add(listenerBeanName);
 	}
 
+	public void removeApplicationListener(ApplicationListener listener) {
+		this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.remove(listener);
+	}
+
+	public void removeApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName) {
+		this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.remove(listenerBeanName);
+	}
+
 	public void removeAllListeners() {
 		this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.clear();
 		this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.clear();
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationEventMulticaster.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationEventMulticaster.java
index ec7de14de78..6a2f2cd7457 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationEventMulticaster.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationEventMulticaster.java
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 
 /**
- * Interface to be implemented by objects that can manage a number
- * of ApplicationListeners, and publish events to them. An example
- * of such an object is an ApplicationEventPublisher, typically
- * the ApplicationContext, which can use an ApplicationEventMulticaster
- * as a helper to publish events to listeners.
+ * Interface to be implemented by objects that can manage a number of
+ * {@link ApplicationListener} objects, and publish events to them.
+ *
+ * <p>An {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher}, typically
+ * a Spring {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext}, can use an
+ * ApplicationEventMulticaster as a delegate for actually publishing events.
  *
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -38,11 +39,23 @@ public interface ApplicationEventMulticaster {
 	void addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener listener);
 
 	/**
-	 * Add a listener to be notified of all events.
+	 * Add a listener bean to be notified of all events.
 	 * @param listenerBeanName the name of the listener bean to add
 	 */
 	void addApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName);
 
+	/**
+	 * Remove a listener from the notification list.
+	 * @param listener the listener to remove
+	 */
+	void removeApplicationListener(ApplicationListener listener);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove a listener bean from the notification list.
+	 * @param listenerBeanName the name of the listener bean to add
+	 */
+	void removeApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName);
+
 	/**
 	 * Remove all listeners registered with this multicaster.
 	 * <p>After a remove call, the multicaster will perform no action