diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletMapping.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletMapping.java
index 8faa21bf690..5e71213d0e0 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletMapping.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletMapping.java
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 /**
  * Mock implementation of {@link HttpServletMapping}.
  *
+ * <p>Currently not exposed in {@link MockHttpServletMapping} as a setter to
+ * avoid issues for Maven builds in applications with a Servlet 3.1 runtime
+ * requirement.
+ *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.3.4
  */
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
index b7126ee294d..e12c278baca 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletMapping;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
@@ -275,8 +274,6 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 
 	private final MultiValueMap<String, Part> parts = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
 
-	private HttpServletMapping httpServletMapping = new MockHttpServletMapping("", "", "", null);
-
 
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Constructors
@@ -1393,15 +1390,6 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	public void setHttpServletMapping(HttpServletMapping httpServletMapping) {
-		this.httpServletMapping = httpServletMapping;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public HttpServletMapping getHttpServletMapping() {
-		return this.httpServletMapping;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public <T extends HttpUpgradeHandler> T upgrade(Class<T> handlerClass) throws IOException, ServletException {
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();