diff --git a/src/handlers/commands/support/java/javaPatterns.ts b/src/handlers/commands/support/java/javaPatterns.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index def7c58d..00000000
--- a/src/handlers/commands/support/java/javaPatterns.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2018 Atomist, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { BaseParameter } from "@atomist/automation-client/internal/metadata/decoratorSupport";
-
-/**
- * Validation pattern for Java identifiers
- * @type BaseParameter
- * @ModuleExport
- * @deprecated moved to sdm-pack-spring
- */
-export const JavaIdentifierRegExp: Partial<BaseParameter> = {
-    description: "valid Java identifier name",
-    pattern: /^([$a-zA-Z_][\w$]*)*$/,
-    validInput: "a valid Java identifier",
-    minLength: 1,
-    maxLength: 150,
-};
-
-/**
- * A useful parameter definition
- * @type BaseParameter
- * @ModuleExport
- * @deprecated moved to sdm-pack-spring
- */
-export const JavaPackageRegExp: Partial<BaseParameter> = {
-    displayName: "Root Package",
-    description: "root package for your generated source, often this will be namespaced under the group ID",
-    pattern: /^([a-zA-Z_][.\w]*)*$/,
-    validInput: "valid java package name",
-    minLength: 0,
-    maxLength: 150,
-};
-
-/**
- * A useful parameter definition
- * @type BaseParameter
- * @ModuleExport
- * @deprecated moved to sdm-pack-spring
- */
-export const MavenArtifactIdRegExp: Partial<BaseParameter> = {
-    displayName: "Maven Artifact ID",
-    description: "Maven artifact identifier, i.e., the name of the jar without the version." +
-    " Defaults to the project name",
-    pattern: /^([a-z][-a-z0-9_]*)$/,
-    validInput: "a valid Maven artifact ID, which starts with a lower-case letter and contains only " +
-    " alphanumeric, -, and _ characters. Defaults to project name",
-    minLength: 1,
-    maxLength: 50,
-};
-
-/**
- * A useful parameter definition
- * @type BaseParameter
- * @deprecated moved to sdm-pack-spring
- */
-export const MavenGroupIdRegExp: Partial<BaseParameter> = {
-    displayName: "Maven Group ID",
-    description: "Maven group identifier, often used to provide a namespace for your project," +
-    " e.g., com.pany.team",
-    pattern: /^([A-Za-z\-_][A-Za-z0-9_\-.]*)$/,
-    validInput: "a valid Maven group ID, which starts with a letter, -, or _ and contains only" +
-    " alphanumeric, -, and _ characters and may having leading period separated identifiers starting" +
-    " with letters or underscores and containing only alphanumeric and _ characters.",
-    minLength: 1,
-    maxLength: 50,
-};
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ab5cdcd6..e222207d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 export {
     DockerBuildGoal, LocalEndpointGoal, LocalUndeploymentGoal, NoGoals, StagingUndeploymentGoal, TagGoal, VersionGoal,
 }from "./pack/well-known-goals/commonGoals";
-export { JavaIdentifierRegExp, JavaPackageRegExp, MavenArtifactIdRegExp, MavenGroupIdRegExp } from "./handlers/commands/support/java/javaPatterns";
 export { DefaultLocalDeployerOptions } from "./internal/delivery/deploy/local/LocalDeployerOptions";
 export { ManagedDeploymentTargeter } from "./internal/delivery/deploy/local/ManagedDeployments";
 export {