diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ClassloaderClassResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ClassloaderClassResolver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c73c81557..0000000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ClassloaderClassResolver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization;
-
-class ClassLoaderClassResolver implements ClassResolver {
-
-    private final ClassLoader classLoader;
-
-    ClassLoaderClassResolver(ClassLoader classLoader) {
-        this.classLoader = classLoader;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Class<?> resolve(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
-        try {
-            return classLoader.loadClass(className);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            return Class.forName(className, false, classLoader);
-        }
-    }
-
-}