diff --git a/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/integration/cache/cachestoreconfigurationnoop/CacheConfiguration.java b/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/integration/cache/cachestoreconfigurationnoop/CacheConfiguration.java
index afb57bada1d4..332ef1e270ac 100644
--- a/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/integration/cache/cachestoreconfigurationnoop/CacheConfiguration.java
+++ b/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/integration/cache/cachestoreconfigurationnoop/CacheConfiguration.java
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
 @Configuration
 class CacheConfiguration {
 
-	private CacheManager jdkCache() {
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	private CacheManager gemfireCache() {
-		return null;
-	}
-
 	// tag::snippet[]
 	@Bean
 	CacheManager cacheManager(CacheManager jdkCache, CacheManager gemfireCache) {
diff --git a/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/web/webmvc/mvcconfig/mvcconfigpathmatching/WebConfiguration.java b/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/web/webmvc/mvcconfig/mvcconfigpathmatching/WebConfiguration.java
index f08527787ddb..f15a7a803d4e 100644
--- a/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/web/webmvc/mvcconfig/mvcconfigpathmatching/WebConfiguration.java
+++ b/framework-docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/docs/web/webmvc/mvcconfig/mvcconfigpathmatching/WebConfiguration.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import org.springframework.web.method.HandlerTypePredicate;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.PathMatchConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
 
 // tag::snippet[]
 @Configuration
@@ -15,11 +14,5 @@ public class WebConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 	public void configurePathMatch(PathMatchConfigurer configurer) {
 		configurer.addPathPrefix("/api", HandlerTypePredicate.forAnnotation(RestController.class));
 	}
-
-	private PathPatternParser patternParser() {
-		PathPatternParser pathPatternParser = new PathPatternParser();
-		// ...
-		return pathPatternParser;
-	}
 }
 // end::snippet[]
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTestTypes.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTestTypes.java
index 06345c821fc4..ba50654b8d85 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTestTypes.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTestTypes.java
@@ -215,14 +215,6 @@ public DerivedConstructorDependenciesBean(TestBean spouse1, TestBean spouse2, In
 		setAge(age);
 		setName(name);
 	}
-
-	private void init() {
-		this.initialized = true;
-	}
-
-	private void destroy() {
-		this.destroyed = true;
-	}
 }