diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
index e960a1183d..0f64835556 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ object Serializer {
     def out[T](t : T)(implicit bin : Writes[T]): Array[Byte] = toByteArray[T](t)
 
     def in[T](array : Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[T]])(implicit bin : Reads[T]): T = fromByteArray[T](array)
-
-    def in[T](array : Array[Byte])(implicit bin : Reads[T]): T = fromByteArray[T](array)
   }
 }