diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
index f066da4c9..1052e0170 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
@@ -86,10 +86,8 @@ public static boolean reload(PropertySourceLocator locator, ConfigurableEnvironm
 	 * @param <S> property source type
 	 * @param sourceClass class for which property sources will be found
 	 * @return finds all registered property sources of the given type
-	 * @deprecated this method will not be public in the next major release.
 	 */
-	@Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
-	public static <S extends PropertySource<?>> List<S> findPropertySources(Class<S> sourceClass,
+	static <S extends PropertySource<?>> List<S> findPropertySources(Class<S> sourceClass,
 			ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
 		List<S> managedSources = new ArrayList<>();
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/EventBasedConfigurationChangeDetectorTests.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/EventBasedConfigurationChangeDetectorTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c08f8449..000000000
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/EventBasedConfigurationChangeDetectorTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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
- *
- *      https://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.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.fabric8.config;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapList;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapListBuilder;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.NonNamespaceOperation;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.BootstrapPropertySource;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.NamedConfigMapNormalizedSource;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.NormalizedSource;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadUtil;
-import org.springframework.mock.env.MockEnvironment;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-/**
- * @author Ryan Baxter
- */
-class EventBasedConfigurationChangeDetectorTests {
-
-	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
-	@Test
-	void verifyConfigChangesAccountsForBootstrapPropertySources() {
-		MockEnvironment env = new MockEnvironment();
-		KubernetesClient k8sClient = mock(KubernetesClient.class);
-		ConfigMap configMap = new ConfigMap();
-		configMap.setMetadata(new ObjectMetaBuilder().withName("myconfigmap").build());
-		Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
-		data.put("foo", "bar");
-		configMap.setData(data);
-		MixedOperation<ConfigMap, ConfigMapList, Resource<ConfigMap>> mixedOperation = mock(MixedOperation.class);
-		when(k8sClient.configMaps()).thenReturn(mixedOperation);
-		NonNamespaceOperation nonNamespaceOperation = mock(NonNamespaceOperation.class);
-		when(mixedOperation.inNamespace("default")).thenReturn(nonNamespaceOperation);
-		when(nonNamespaceOperation.list()).thenReturn(new ConfigMapListBuilder().addToItems(configMap).build());
-
-		Resource<ConfigMap> resource = mock(Resource.class);
-
-		when(resource.get()).thenReturn(configMap);
-		when(k8sClient.getNamespace()).thenReturn("default");
-
-		NormalizedSource source = new NamedConfigMapNormalizedSource("myconfigmap", "default", true, false);
-		Fabric8ConfigContext context = new Fabric8ConfigContext(k8sClient, source, "default", env);
-		Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource = new Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource(context);
-		env.getPropertySources().addFirst(new BootstrapPropertySource<>(fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource));
-
-		List<Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource> sources = ConfigReloadUtil
-			.findPropertySources(Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource.class, env);
-		assertThat(sources.size()).isEqualTo(1);
-		assertThat(sources.get(0).getProperty("foo")).isEqualTo("bar");
-	}
-
-}