diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperations.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperations.java
index 46b800dd0..268dad9c0 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperations.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperations.java
@@ -196,18 +196,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
    */
   <T> List<T> getCollection(String collectionName, Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Query for a list of objects of type T from the specified collection, mapping the DBObject using
-   * the provided MongoReader.
-   *
-   * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-   * @param targetClass    the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader         the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the converted collection
-   */
-  <T> List<T> getCollection(String collectionName, Class<T> targetClass,
-                            MongoReader<T> reader);
-
   /**
    * Ensure that an index for the provided {@link IndexDefinition} exists for the default collection.
    * If not it will be created.
@@ -243,25 +231,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
    */
   <T> T findOne(Query query, Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a single instance of an object
-   * of the specified type.
-   * <p/>
-   * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of
-   * {@see MongoConverter}.  Unless configured otherwise, an
-   * instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
-   * <p/>
-   * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
-   * feature rich {@link Query}.
-   *
-   * @param query       the query class that specifies the criteria used to find a record and also an optional fields specification
-   * @param targetClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader      the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the converted object
-   */
-  <T> T findOne(Query query, Class<T> targetClass,
-                MongoReader<T> reader);
-
   /**
    * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a single instance of an object
    * of the specified type.
@@ -281,26 +250,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
   <T> T findOne(String collectionName, Query query,
                 Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a single instance of an object
-   * of the specified type.
-   * <p/>
-   * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of
-   * {@see MongoConverter}.  Unless configured otherwise, an
-   * instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
-   * <p/>
-   * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
-   * feature rich {@link Query}.
-   *
-   * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-   * @param query          the query class that specifies the criteria used to find a record and also an optional fields specification
-   * @param targetClass    the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader         the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the converted object
-   */
-  <T> T findOne(String collectionName, Query query,
-                Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader);
-
   /**
    * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a List of the specified type.
    * <p/>
@@ -317,24 +266,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
    */
   <T> List<T> find(Query query, Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a List of the specified type.
-   * <p/>
-   * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of
-   * {@see MongoConverter}.  Unless configured otherwise, an
-   * instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
-   * <p/>
-   * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
-   * feature rich {@link Query}.
-   *
-   * @param query       the query class that specifies the criteria used to find a record and also an optional fields specification
-   * @param targetClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader      the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the List of converted objects
-   */
-  <T> List<T> find(Query query, Class<T> targetClass,
-                   MongoReader<T> reader);
-
   /**
    * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a List of the specified type.
    * <p/>
@@ -353,26 +284,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
   <T> List<T> find(String collectionName, Query query,
                    Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a List of the specified type.
-   * <p/>
-   * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of
-   * {@see MongoConverter}.  Unless configured otherwise, an
-   * instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
-   * <p/>
-   * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
-   * feature rich {@link Query}.
-   *
-   * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-   * @param query          the query class that specifies the criteria used to find a record and also an optional fields specification
-   * @param targetClass    the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader         the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the List of converted objects
-   */
-  <T> List<T> find(String collectionName, Query query,
-                   Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader);
-
-
   /**
    * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a List of the specified type.
    * <p/>
@@ -410,26 +321,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
    */
   <T> T findAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a single instance of an object
-   * of the specified type. The first document that matches the query is returned and also removed from the
-   * collection in the database.
-   * <p/>
-   * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of
-   * {@see MongoConverter}.  Unless configured otherwise, an
-   * instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
-   * <p/>
-   * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
-   * feature rich {@link Query}.
-   *
-   * @param query       the query class that specifies the criteria used to find a record and also an optional fields specification
-   * @param targetClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader      the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the converted object
-   */
-  <T> T findAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> targetClass,
-                MongoReader<T> reader);
-
   /**
    * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a single instance of an object
    * of the specified type. The first document that matches the query is returned and also removed from the
@@ -450,27 +341,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
   <T> T findAndRemove(String collectionName, Query query,
                 Class<T> targetClass);
 
-  /**
-   * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a single instance of an object
-   * of the specified type. The first document that matches the query is returned and also removed from the
-   * collection in the database.
-   * <p/>
-   * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of
-   * {@see MongoConverter}.  Unless configured otherwise, an
-   * instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
-   * <p/>
-   * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
-   * feature rich {@link Query}.
-   *
-   * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-   * @param query          the query class that specifies the criteria used to find a record and also an optional fields specification
-   * @param targetClass    the parameterized type of the returned list.
-   * @param reader         the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
-   * @return the converted object
-   */
-  <T> T findAndRemove(String collectionName, Query query,
-                Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader);
-
   /**
    * Insert the object into the default collection.
    * <p/>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplate.java
index fe9630a04..7f404b549 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -438,19 +438,9 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 		return findOne(determineCollectionName(targetClass), query, targetClass);
 	}
 
-	public <T> T findOne(Query query, Class<T> targetClass,
-											 MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return findOne(determineCollectionName(targetClass), query, targetClass, reader);
-	}
-
 	public <T> T findOne(String collectionName, Query query,
 											 Class<T> targetClass) {
-		return findOne(collectionName, query, targetClass, null);
-	}
-
-	public <T> T findOne(String collectionName, Query query,
-											 Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return doFindOne(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), targetClass, reader);
+		return doFindOne(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), targetClass);
 	}
 
 	// Find methods that take a Query to express the query and that return a List of objects.
@@ -459,10 +449,6 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 		return find(determineCollectionName(targetClass), query, targetClass);
 	}
 
-	public <T> List<T> find(Query query, Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return find(determineCollectionName(targetClass), query, targetClass, reader);
-	}
-
 	public <T> List<T> find(String collectionName, final Query query, Class<T> targetClass) {
 		CursorPreparer cursorPreparer = null;
 		if (query.getSkip() > 0 || query.getLimit() > 0 || query.getSortObject() != null) {
@@ -490,10 +476,6 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 		return doFind(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), targetClass, cursorPreparer);
 	}
 
-	public <T> List<T> find(String collectionName, Query query, Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return doFind(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), targetClass, reader);
-	}
-
 	public <T> List<T> find(String collectionName, Query query,
 													Class<T> targetClass, CursorPreparer preparer) {
 		return doFind(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), targetClass, preparer);
@@ -506,19 +488,9 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 		return findAndRemove(determineCollectionName(targetClass), query, targetClass);
 	}
 
-	public <T> T findAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> targetClass,
-														 MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return findAndRemove(determineCollectionName(targetClass), query, targetClass, reader);
-	}
-
 	public <T> T findAndRemove(String collectionName, Query query,
 														 Class<T> targetClass) {
-		return findAndRemove(collectionName, query, targetClass, null);
-	}
-
-	public <T> T findAndRemove(String collectionName, Query query,
-														 Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return doFindAndRemove(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), query.getSortObject(), targetClass, reader);
+		return doFindAndRemove(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), query.getSortObject(), targetClass);
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
@@ -904,11 +876,6 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 		});
 	}
 
-	public <T> List<T> getCollection(String collectionName, Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		return executeEach(new FindCallback(null), null, new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(reader, targetClass),
-				collectionName);
-	}
-
 	public DB getDb() {
 		return MongoDbUtils.getDB(mongo, databaseName, username, password == null ? null : password.toCharArray());
 	}
@@ -937,7 +904,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to an object using the provided MongoReader
+	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to an object using the template's converter
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query document is specified as a standard DBObject and so is the fields specification.
 	 *
@@ -945,14 +912,10 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 	 * @param query					the query document that specifies the criteria used to find a record
 	 * @param fields				 the document that specifies the fields to be returned
 	 * @param targetClass		the parameterized type of the returned list.
-	 * @param reader				 the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
 	 * @return the List of converted objects.
 	 */
-	protected <T> T doFindOne(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		MongoReader<? super T> readerToUse = reader;
-		if (readerToUse == null) {
-			readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
-		}
+	protected <T> T doFindOne(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> targetClass) {
+		MongoReader<? super T> readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
 		PersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(targetClass);
 		DBObject mappedQuery = mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
 
@@ -992,7 +955,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a List using the provided MongoReader
+	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a List using the template's converter.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query document is specified as a standard DBObject and so is the fields specification.
 	 *
@@ -1003,14 +966,15 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 	 * @param reader				 the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
 	 * @return the List of converted objects.
 	 */
-	protected <T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
+	protected <T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> targetClass) {
 		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			LOGGER.debug("find using query: " + query + " fields: " + fields + " for class: " + targetClass + " in collection: " + collectionName);
 		}
+		MongoReader<? super T> readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
 		PersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(targetClass);
 		return executeEach(new FindCallback(mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity), fields),
 				null,
-				new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(reader, targetClass),
+				new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(readerToUse, targetClass),
 				collectionName);
 	}
 
@@ -1031,7 +995,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to an object using the provided MongoReader
+	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to an object using the template's converter.
 	 * The first document that matches the query is returned and also removed from the collection in the database.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query document is specified as a standard DBObject and so is the fields specification.
@@ -1042,11 +1006,8 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationEventPublisher
 	 * @param reader				 the MongoReader to convert from DBObject to an object.
 	 * @return the List of converted objects.
 	 */
-	protected <T> T doFindAndRemove(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, DBObject sort, Class<T> targetClass, MongoReader<T> reader) {
-		MongoReader<? super T> readerToUse = reader;
-		if (readerToUse == null) {
-			readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
-		}
+	protected <T> T doFindAndRemove(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, DBObject sort, Class<T> targetClass) {
+		MongoReader<? super T> readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
 		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			LOGGER.debug("findAndRemove using query: " + query + " fields: " + fields + " sort: " + sort + " for class: " + targetClass + " in collection: " + collectionName);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperationsUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperationsUnitTests.java
index badb97780..1ca9842da 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperationsUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoOperationsUnitTests.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public abstract class MongoOperationsUnitTests {
     new Execution() {
       @Override
       public void doWith(MongoOperations operations) {
-        operations.getCollection("collection", Object.class, converter);
+        operations.getCollection("collection", Object.class);
       }
     }.assertDataAccessException();
   }
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/analytics/MvcAnalyticsTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/analytics/MvcAnalyticsTests.java
index 90554f740..0dcb34455 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/analytics/MvcAnalyticsTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/analytics/MvcAnalyticsTests.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.mongodb.*;
+
+import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -13,17 +15,45 @@ import org.springframework.data.document.analytics.MvcEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.document.analytics.Parameters;
 import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.MongoReader;
 import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.MongoTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.convert.MongoConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.query.BasicQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingContext;
 
 
 public class MvcAnalyticsTests {
 
   private MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;
+  private MongoTemplate mongoDummyTemplate;
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     Mongo m = new Mongo();
     mongoTemplate = new MongoTemplate(m, "mvc");
+    mongoDummyTemplate = new MongoTemplate(
+    		m, 
+    		"mvc",
+    		new MongoConverter() {
+				public void write(Object t, DBObject dbo) {
+				}
+		
+				public <S> S read(Class<S> clazz, DBObject dbo) {
+					return null;
+				}
+		
+				public <T> T convertObjectId(ObjectId id, Class<T> targetType) {
+					return null;
+				}
+		
+				public ObjectId convertObjectId(Object id) {
+					return null;
+				}
+		
+				public MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>> getMappingContext() {
+					return null;
+				}
+		    	
+		    });
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -49,12 +79,7 @@ public class MvcAnalyticsTests {
         MvcEvent.class);
     Assert.assertEquals(22, mvcEvents.size());
 
-    mongoTemplate.getCollection("mvc", MvcEvent.class,
-        new MongoReader<MvcEvent>() {
-          public <S extends MvcEvent> S read(Class<S> clazz, DBObject dbo) {
-            return null;
-          }
-        });
+    mongoDummyTemplate.getCollection("mvc", MvcEvent.class);
 
   }