diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/resources/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/context/security.xml b/spring-test/src/test/resources/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/context/security.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f6cb546bc7b..00000000000
--- a/spring-test/src/test/resources/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/samples/context/security.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<b:beans xmlns:b="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.1.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
-
-	<http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true">
-		<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="hasRole('ROLE_USER')" />
-	</http>
-
-	<authentication-manager>
-		<authentication-provider>
-			<user-service>
-				<user name="user" password="password" authorities="ROLE_USER" />
-			</user-service>
-		</authentication-provider>
-	</authentication-manager>
-</b:beans>