diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProvider.java
index b294a21dbf..7202c17e66 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProvider extends AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticatio
 
     /**
      * Create an initialized instance to the values passed as arguments
-     * 
+     *
      * @param authenticator
      * @param authoritiesPopulator
      */
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProvider extends AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticatio
         return user.createUserDetails();
     }
 
-    protected LdapAuthoritiesPopulator getAuthoritiesPoulator() {
-        return getAuthoritiesPopulator();
-    }
-
     protected UserDetails retrieveUser(String username, UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authentication)
         throws AuthenticationException {
         if (!StringUtils.hasLength(username)) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderTests.java
index 40834b54ec..1971991c44 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderTests.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderTests extends TestCase {
         LdapAuthenticationProvider ldapProvider = new LdapAuthenticationProvider(new MockAuthenticator(),
                 new MockAuthoritiesPopulator());
 
-        assertNotNull(ldapProvider.getAuthoritiesPoulator());
+        assertNotNull(ldapProvider.getAuthoritiesPopulator());
 
         UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authRequest = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("bob", "bobspassword");
         UserDetails user = ldapProvider.retrieveUser("bob", authRequest);