diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/MessageSerializer.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/MessageSerializer.scala
index d70b83d987..3258fe3461 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/MessageSerializer.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/MessageSerializer.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ object MessageSerializer {
   private def SERIALIZER_JAVA:       Serializer.Java      = Serializer.Java
   private def SERIALIZER_JAVA_JSON:  Serializer.JavaJSON  = Serializer.JavaJSON
   private def SERIALIZER_SCALA_JSON: Serializer.ScalaJSON = Serializer.ScalaJSON
-  private def SERIALIZER_SBINARY:    Serializer.SBinary   = Serializer.SBinary
   private def SERIALIZER_PROTOBUF:   Serializer.Protobuf  = Serializer.Protobuf
 
   def setClassLoader(cl: ClassLoader) = {
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ object MessageSerializer {
     SERIALIZER_JAVA.classLoader       = someCl
     SERIALIZER_JAVA_JSON.classLoader  = someCl
     SERIALIZER_SCALA_JSON.classLoader = someCl
-    SERIALIZER_SBINARY.classLoader    = someCl
   }
 
   def deserialize(messageProtocol: MessageProtocol): Any = {
@@ -34,11 +32,6 @@ object MessageSerializer {
         val clazz = loadManifest(SERIALIZER_PROTOBUF.classLoader, messageProtocol)
         SERIALIZER_PROTOBUF.fromBinary(messageProtocol.getMessage.toByteArray, Some(clazz))
 
-      case SerializationSchemeType.SBINARY =>
-        val clazz = loadManifest(SERIALIZER_SBINARY.classLoader, messageProtocol)
-        val renderer = clazz.newInstance.asInstanceOf[Serializable.SBinary[_ <: AnyRef]]
-        renderer.fromBytes(messageProtocol.getMessage.toByteArray)
-
       case SerializationSchemeType.SCALA_JSON =>
         val clazz = loadManifest(SERIALIZER_SCALA_JSON.classLoader, messageProtocol)
         val renderer = clazz.newInstance.asInstanceOf[Serializable.ScalaJSON[_]]
@@ -60,9 +53,6 @@ object MessageSerializer {
     } else if (message.isInstanceOf[Serializable.ScalaJSON[_]]) {
       builder.setSerializationScheme(SerializationSchemeType.SCALA_JSON)
       setMessageAndManifest(builder, message.asInstanceOf[Serializable.ScalaJSON[_ <: Any]])
-    } else if (message.isInstanceOf[Serializable.SBinary[_]]) {
-      builder.setSerializationScheme(SerializationSchemeType.SBINARY)
-      setMessageAndManifest(builder, message.asInstanceOf[Serializable.SBinary[_ <: Any]])
     } else if (message.isInstanceOf[Serializable.JavaJSON]) {
       builder.setSerializationScheme(SerializationSchemeType.JAVA_JSON)
       setMessageAndManifest(builder, message.asInstanceOf[Serializable.JavaJSON])
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Binary.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Binary.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 71d16fac38..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Binary.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,320 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Scalable Solutions AB <http://scalablesolutions.se>
- */
-
-package akka.serialization
-
-import sbinary._
-import sbinary.Operations._
-import sbinary.DefaultProtocol._
-
-// --- PRIMITIVES ---
-case class BinaryString(val value: String) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryString] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]): BinaryString = BinaryString(fromByteArray[String](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigInt(val value: BigInt) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigInt] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigInt(fromByteArray[BigInt](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigDecimal(val value: BigDecimal) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigDecimal] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigDecimal(fromByteArray[BigDecimal](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryLong(val value: Long) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryLong] {
-  def this() = this(0L)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryLong(fromByteArray[Long](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryInt(val value: Int) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryInt] {
-  def this() = this(0)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryInt(fromByteArray[Int](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryDouble(val value: Double) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryDouble] {
-  def this() = this(0.0D)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryDouble(fromByteArray[Double](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryFloat(val value: Float) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryFloat] {
-  def this() = this(0.0F)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryFloat(fromByteArray[Float](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBoolean(val value: Boolean) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBoolean] {
-   def this() = this(true)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBoolean(fromByteArray[Boolean](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryByte(val value: Byte) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryByte] {
-  def this() = this(0x00)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryByte(fromByteArray[Byte](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryChar(val value: Char) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryChar] {
-  def this() = this(' ')
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryChar(fromByteArray[Char](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-
-// --- ARRAYS ---
-case class BinaryStringArray(val value: Array[String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringArray(fromByteArray[Array[String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigIntArray(val value: Array[BigInt]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigIntArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigIntArray(fromByteArray[Array[BigInt]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigDecimalArray(val value: Array[BigDecimal]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigDecimalArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigDecimalArray(fromByteArray[Array[BigDecimal]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryIntArray(val value: Array[Int]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryIntArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryIntArray(fromByteArray[Array[Int]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryLongArray(val value: Array[Long]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryLongArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryLongArray(fromByteArray[Array[Long]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryDoubleArray(val value: Array[Double]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryDoubleArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryDoubleArray(fromByteArray[Array[Double]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryFloatArray(val value: Array[Float]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryFloatArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryFloatArray(fromByteArray[Array[Float]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBooleanArray(val value: Array[Boolean]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBooleanArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBooleanArray(fromByteArray[Array[Boolean]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryByteArray(val value: Array[Byte]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryByteArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryByteArray(fromByteArray[Array[Byte]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-/*case class BinaryClassArray(val value: Array[Class[_]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryClassArray] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryClassArray(fromByteArray[Array[Class[_]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}*/
-
-// --- LISTS ---
-case class BinaryStringList(val value: List[String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringList(fromByteArray[List[String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigIntList(val value: List[BigInt]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigIntList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigIntList(fromByteArray[List[BigInt]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigDecimalList(val value: List[BigDecimal]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigDecimalList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigDecimalList(fromByteArray[List[BigDecimal]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryLongList(val value: List[Long]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryLongList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryLongList(fromByteArray[List[Long]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryIntList(val value: List[Int]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryIntList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryIntList(fromByteArray[List[Int]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryDoubleList(val value: List[Double]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryDoubleList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryDoubleList(fromByteArray[List[Double]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryFloatList(val value: List[Float]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryFloatList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryFloatList(fromByteArray[List[Float]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBooleanList(val value: List[Boolean]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBooleanList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBooleanList(fromByteArray[List[Boolean]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryClassList(val value: List[Class[_]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryClassList] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryClassList(fromByteArray[List[Class[_]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-
-// --- TUPLES ---
-case class BinaryStringStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[String, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringStringTuple] {
- def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[String, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigIntBigIntTuple(val value: Tuple2[BigInt, BigInt]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigIntBigIntTuple] {
- def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigIntBigIntTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[BigInt, BigInt]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigDecimalBigDecimalTuple(val value: Tuple2[BigDecimal, BigDecimal]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigDecimalBigDecimalTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigDecimalBigDecimalTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[BigDecimal, BigDecimal]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryLongLongTuple(val value: Tuple2[Long, Long]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryLongLongTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryLongLongTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Long, Long]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryIntIntTuple(val value: Tuple2[Int, Int]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryIntIntTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryIntIntTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Int, Int]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryDoubleDoubleTuple(val value: Tuple2[Double, Double]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryDoubleDoubleTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryDoubleDoubleTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Double, Double]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryFloatFloatTuple(val value: Tuple2[Float, Float]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryFloatFloatTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryFloatFloatTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Float, Float]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBooleanBooleanTuple(val value: Tuple2[Boolean, Boolean]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBooleanBooleanTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBooleanBooleanTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Boolean, Boolean]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryClassClassTuple(val value: Tuple2[Class[_], Class[_]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryClassClassTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryClassClassTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Class[_], Class[_]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryByteArrayByteArrayTuple(val value: Tuple2[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryByteArrayByteArrayTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryByteArrayByteArrayTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigIntStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[BigInt, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigIntStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigIntStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[BigInt, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigDecimalStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[BigDecimal, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigDecimalStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigDecimalStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[BigDecimal, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryLongStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[Long, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryLongStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryLongStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Long, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryIntStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[Int, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryIntStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryIntStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Int, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryDoubleStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[Double, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryDoubleStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryDoubleStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Double, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryFloatStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[Float, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryFloatStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryFloatStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Float, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBooleanStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[Boolean, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBooleanStringTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBooleanStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Boolean, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryClassStringTuple(val value: Tuple2[Class[_], String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryClassStringTuple] {
-  import sbinary.DefaultProtocol._
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryClassStringTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[Class[_], String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringByteArrayTuple(val value: Tuple2[String, Array[Byte]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringByteArrayTuple] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringByteArrayTuple(fromByteArray[Tuple2[String, Array[Byte]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-
-// --- MAPS ---
-case class BinaryStringStringMap(val value: Map[String, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringStringMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringStringMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigIntStringMap(val value: Map[BigInt, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigIntStringMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigIntStringMap(fromByteArray[Map[BigInt, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryBigDecimalStringMap(val value: Map[BigDecimal, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryBigDecimalStringMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryBigDecimalStringMap(fromByteArray[Map[BigDecimal, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryLongStringMap(val value: Map[Long, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryLongStringMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryLongStringMap(fromByteArray[Map[Long, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryIntStringMap(val value: Map[Int, String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryIntStringMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryIntStringMap(fromByteArray[Map[Int, String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryClassStringMap(val value: Map[Class[_], String]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryClassStringMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryClassStringMap(fromByteArray[Map[Class[_], String]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringBigIntMap(val value: Map[String, BigInt]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringBigIntMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringBigIntMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, BigInt]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringBigDecimalMap(val value: Map[String, BigDecimal]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringBigDecimalMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringBigDecimalMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, BigDecimal]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringLongMap(val value: Map[String, Long]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringLongMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringLongMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, Long]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringIntMap(val value: Map[String, Int]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringIntMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringIntMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, Int]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringClassMap(val value: Map[String, Class[_]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringClassMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringClassMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, Class[_]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
-case class BinaryStringByteArrayMap(val value: Map[String, Array[Byte]]) extends Serializable.SBinary[BinaryStringByteArrayMap] {
-  def this() = this(null)
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = BinaryStringByteArrayMap(fromByteArray[Map[String, Array[Byte]]](bytes))
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] =          toByteArray(value)
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializable.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializable.scala
index c3564240ad..4b368078ae 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializable.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializable.scala
@@ -28,37 +28,6 @@ trait Serializable {
  */
 object Serializable {
 
-  /**
-   * Example on how to use the SBinary serialization protocol:
-   * <pre>
-   * case class User(val usernamePassword: Tuple2[String, String],
-   *                 val email: String,
-   *                 val age: Int)
-   *   extends Serializable.SBinary[User] {
-   *   def this() = this(null, null, 0)
-   *   import sbinary.DefaultProtocol._
-   *   implicit object UserFormat extends Format[User] {
-   *     def reads(in : Input) = User(
-   *       read[Tuple2[String, String]](in),
-   *       read[String](in),
-   *       read[Int](in))
-   *     def writes(out: Output, value: User) = {
-   *       write[Tuple2[String, String]](out, value.usernamePassword)
-   *       write[String](out, value.email)
-   *       write[Int](out, value.age)
-   *     }
-   *   }
-   *   def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = fromByteArray[User](bytes)
-   *   def toBytes: Array[Byte] = toByteArray(this)
-   * }
-   * </pre>
-   * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
-   */
-  trait SBinary[T <: AnyRef] extends Serializable {
-    def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]): T
-    def toBytes: Array[Byte]
-  }
-
   /**
    * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
    */
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializer.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializer.scala
index 7fb8736010..3a292e0de0 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializer.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/Serializer.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class SerializerFactory {
   def getJava: Java.type = Java
   def getJavaJSON: JavaJSON.type = JavaJSON
   def getScalaJSON: ScalaJSON.type = ScalaJSON
-  def getSBinary: SBinary.type = SBinary
   def getProtobuf: Protobuf.type = Protobuf
 }
 
@@ -157,23 +156,5 @@ object Serializer {
     }
   }
   object ScalaJSON extends ScalaJSON
-
-  /**
-   * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
-   */
-  object SBinary extends SBinary
-  class SBinary {
-    import sbinary._
-    import sbinary.Operations._
-    import sbinary.DefaultProtocol._
-
-    var classLoader: Option[ClassLoader] = None
-
-    def deepClone[T <: AnyRef](obj: T)(implicit w : Writes[T], r : Reads[T]): T = fromBinary[T](toBinary[T](obj), None)
-
-    def toBinary[T](t : T)(implicit bin : Writes[T]): Array[Byte] = toByteArray[T](t)
-
-    def fromBinary[T](array : Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[T]])(implicit bin : Reads[T]): T = fromByteArray[T](array)
-  }
 }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/Messages.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/Messages.scala
index bb7e8cdbfc..8b7011c635 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/Messages.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/Messages.scala
@@ -4,30 +4,9 @@
 
 package akka
 
-import akka.serialization.Serializable
-import sbinary._
-import sbinary.Operations._
-
 case class User(val usernamePassword: Tuple2[String, String],
                 val email: String,
-                val age: Int)
-   extends Serializable.SBinary[User] {
-  def this() = this(null, null, 0)
-  import sbinary.DefaultProtocol._
-  implicit object UserFormat extends Format[User] {
-    def reads(in : Input) = User(
-      read[Tuple2[String, String]](in),
-      read[String](in),
-      read[Int](in))
-    def writes(out: Output, value: User) = {
-      write[Tuple2[String, String]](out, value.usernamePassword)
-      write[String](out, value.email)
-      write[Int](out, value.age)
-    }
-  }
-  def fromBytes(bytes: Array[Byte]) = fromByteArray[User](bytes)
-  def toBytes: Array[Byte] = toByteArray(this)
-}
+                val age: Int) extends java.io.Serializable
 
 case object RemotePing extends TestMessage
 case object RemotePong extends TestMessage
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/remote/RemoteSupervisorSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/remote/RemoteSupervisorSpec.scala
index f97ea75841..4026418d18 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/remote/RemoteSupervisorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/remote/RemoteSupervisorSpec.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package akka.actor.remote
 
 import java.util.concurrent.{LinkedBlockingQueue, TimeUnit, BlockingQueue}
-import akka.serialization.BinaryString
 import akka.config.Supervision._
 import akka.OneWay
 import org.scalatest._
@@ -26,14 +25,14 @@ object Log {
 
 @serializable class RemotePingPong1Actor extends Actor {
   def receive = {
-    case BinaryString("Ping") =>
+    case "Ping" =>
       Log.messageLog.put("ping")
       self.reply("pong")
 
     case OneWay =>
       Log.oneWayLog.put("oneway")
 
-    case BinaryString("Die") =>
+    case "Die" =>
       throw new RuntimeException("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
   }
 
@@ -44,10 +43,10 @@ object Log {
 
 @serializable class RemotePingPong2Actor extends Actor {
   def receive = {
-    case BinaryString("Ping") =>
+    case "Ping" =>
       Log.messageLog.put("ping")
       self.reply("pong")
-    case BinaryString("Die") =>
+    case "Die" =>
       throw new RuntimeException("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
   }
 
@@ -58,10 +57,10 @@ object Log {
 
 @serializable class RemotePingPong3Actor extends Actor {
   def receive = {
-    case BinaryString("Ping") =>
+    case "Ping" =>
       Log.messageLog.put("ping")
       self.reply("pong")
-    case BinaryString("Die") =>
+    case "Die" =>
       throw new RuntimeException("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
   }
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       Log.messageLog.clear
       val sup = getSingleActorAllForOneSupervisor
 
-      (pingpong1 !! BinaryString("Ping")) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! "Ping") must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     "StartServerForNestedSupervisorHierarchy" in {
@@ -92,14 +91,14 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       val sup = getNestedSupervisorsAllForOneConf
       sup.start
 
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     "killSingleActorOneForOne" in {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getSingleActorOneForOneSupervisor
 
-      (pingpong1 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong1 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
     }
@@ -108,14 +107,14 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getSingleActorOneForOneSupervisor
 
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
 
-      (pingpong1 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong1 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
     }
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getSingleActorAllForOneSupervisor
 
-      (pingpong1 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong1 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
     }
@@ -133,15 +132,15 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getSingleActorAllForOneSupervisor
 
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
 
-      (pingpong1 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong1 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
 
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
     }
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getMultipleActorsOneForOneConf
 
-      (pingpong1 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong1 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
     }
@@ -159,21 +158,21 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getMultipleActorsOneForOneConf
 
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      (pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      (pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong2 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong3 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
 
-      (pingpong2 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong2 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
 
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      (pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      (pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong2 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong3 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getMultipleActorsAllForOneConf
 
-      (pingpong2 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong2 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
@@ -195,23 +194,23 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       clearMessageLogs
       val sup = getMultipleActorsAllForOneConf
 
-      pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      pingpong2 !! ("Ping", 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      pingpong3 !! ("Ping", 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
 
-      (pingpong2 !!! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
+      (pingpong2 !!! ("Die", 5000)).await.exception.isDefined must be (true)
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance")
 
-      pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
-      pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      pingpong2 !! ("Ping", 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      pingpong3 !! ("Ping", 5000) must equal (Some("pong"))
 
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must equal ("ping")
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
     val sup = getMultipleActorsOneForOneConf
 
     intercept[RuntimeException] {
-      pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)
+      pingpong3 !! ("Die", 5000)
     }
 
     expect("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance") {
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
     clearMessageLogs
     val sup = getSingleActorOneForOneSupervisor
 
-    pingpong1 ! BinaryString("Die")
+    pingpong1 ! "Die"
 
     expect("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance") {
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
     expect("oneway") {
       oneWayLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
     }
-    pingpong1 ! BinaryString("Die")
+    pingpong1 ! "Die"
 
     expect("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance") {
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -381,15 +380,15 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
 
 
     expect("pong") {
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     expect("pong") {
-      (pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong2 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     expect("pong") {
-      (pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong3 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     expect("ping") {
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
     }
     intercept[RuntimeException] {
-      pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Die"), 5000)
+      pingpong2 !! ("Die", 5000)
     }
 
     expect("Expected exception; to test fault-tolerance") {
@@ -415,15 +414,15 @@ class RemoteSupervisorSpec extends AkkaRemoteTest {
       messageLog.poll(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
     }
     expect("pong") {
-      (pingpong1 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong1 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     expect("pong") {
-      (pingpong2 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong2 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     expect("pong") {
-      (pingpong3 !! (BinaryString("Ping"), 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
+      (pingpong3 !! ("Ping", 5000)) must equal (Some("pong"))
     }
 
     expect("ping") {
diff --git a/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala b/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala
index 10660639d0..fdecf65276 100644
--- a/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ trait AkkaBaseProject extends BasicScalaProject {
   val memcachedModuleConfig   = ModuleConfiguration("spy", "memcached", AkkaRepo)
   val netLagModuleConfig      = ModuleConfiguration("net.lag", AkkaRepo)
   val redisModuleConfig       = ModuleConfiguration("com.redis", AkkaRepo)
-  val sbinaryModuleConfig     = ModuleConfiguration("sbinary", AkkaRepo)
   val sjsonModuleConfig       = ModuleConfiguration("sjson.json", AkkaRepo)
   val triforkModuleConfig     = ModuleConfiguration("com.trifork", AkkaRepo)
   val vscaladocModuleConfig   = ModuleConfiguration("org.scala-tools", "vscaladoc", "1.1-md-3", AkkaRepo)
diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 90443f4049..1f63908e9e 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
 
     lazy val protobuf = "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "2.3.0" % "compile" //New BSD
 
-    lazy val sbinary = "sbinary" % "sbinary" % "2.8.0-0.3.1" % "compile" //MIT
-
     lazy val sjson      = "net.debasishg" % "sjson_2.8.1" % "0.9.1" % "compile" //ApacheV2
     lazy val sjson_test = "net.debasishg" % "sjson_2.8.1" % "0.9.1" % "test" //ApacheV2
 
@@ -330,7 +328,6 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     val jackson_core  = Dependencies.jackson_core
     val netty         = Dependencies.netty
     val protobuf      = Dependencies.protobuf
-    val sbinary       = Dependencies.sbinary
     val sjson         = Dependencies.sjson
 
     // testing