diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index 6d96576c0..c3c8d8c83 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 namespace Doctrine\ORM\Mapping;
 
 use BadMethodCallException;
-use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\ReflectionService;
 use Doctrine\Instantiator\Instantiator;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use RuntimeException;
@@ -650,12 +649,6 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
      */
     private $instantiator;
 
-    /**
-     * @var \ReflectionProperty[]|null (null if not yet initialized) - all instance properties of the class,
-     *                                 transient or not, in accessible form.
-     */
-    private $reflectionProperties;
-
     /**
      * Initializes a new ClassMetadata instance that will hold the object-relational mapping
      * metadata of the class with the given name.
@@ -674,30 +667,13 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
     /**
      * Gets the ReflectionProperties of the mapped class.
      *
-     * @return \ReflectionProperty[] An array of ReflectionProperty instances.
+     * @return array An array of ReflectionProperty instances.
      */
     public function getReflectionProperties()
     {
         return $this->reflFields;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieves all ReflectionProperties of this class, considering inherited and transient ones
-     *
-     * Note that this method should only be used after `wakeupReflection`
-     */
-    public function getAllReflectionProperties()
-    {
-        if (null === $this->reflectionProperties) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
-                'You cannot read the reflection properties before calling %s#wakeupReflection() first',
-                get_class($this)
-            ));
-        }
-
-        return $this->reflectionProperties;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets a ReflectionProperty for a specific field of the mapped class.
      *
@@ -987,8 +963,6 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
                 ? $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($mapping['declared'], $field)
                 : $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($this->name, $field);
         }
-
-        $this->initializeAllReflectionProperties($reflService);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1009,8 +983,6 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
         }
 
         $this->table['name'] = $this->namingStrategy->classToTableName($this->name);
-
-        $this->initializeAllReflectionProperties($reflService);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3341,56 +3313,4 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
 
         return $sequencePrefix;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Initializes the internal `reflectionProperties` property
-     *
-     * @param ReflectionService $reflectionService
-     */
-    private function initializeAllReflectionProperties(ReflectionService $reflectionService)
-    {
-        if (! $this->reflClass) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $currentClass = $this->reflClass;
-        $properties   = array();
-
-        do {
-            $className = $currentClass->getName();
-
-            foreach ($currentClass->getProperties() as $property) {
-                // static properties are not instance properties
-                if ($property->isStatic()) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                // indexing by logical name to avoid duplicates
-                $logicalName   = $property->getDeclaringClass()->getName() . '::' . $property->getName();
-                $propertyName  = $property->getName();
-                $existingField = isset($this->reflFields[$propertyName]) ? $this->reflFields[$propertyName] : null;
-
-                if (! $existingField) {
-                    $properties[$logicalName] = $reflectionService->getAccessibleProperty($className, $propertyName);
-
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                // private properties are not inherited: need to handle them separately and precisely
-                if ($property->isPrivate()
-                    && $existingField->getDeclaringClass()->getName() !== $property->getDeclaringClass()->getName()
-                ) {
-                    $properties[$logicalName] = $reflectionService->getAccessibleProperty($className, $propertyName);
-
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                $properties[$logicalName] = $existingField;
-            }
-
-            $parentClass = $currentClass->getParentClass();
-        } while ($parentClass && $currentClass = $reflectionService->getClass($parentClass->getName()));
-
-        $this->reflectionProperties = array_values($properties);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php
index a6aafce96..0ffb41c18 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataTest.php
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\RuntimeReflectionService;
-use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\StaticReflectionService;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Events;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\DefaultNamingStrategy;
-use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\AbstractContentItem;
-use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\File;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../../Models/Global/GlobalNamespaceModel.php';
 
@@ -1128,73 +1125,6 @@ class ClassMetadataTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\MyArrayObjectEntity', $classMetadata->newInstance());
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @group DDC-2704
-     */
-    public function testGetAllReflectionPropertiesFailsOnNonInitializedMetadata()
-    {
-        $classMetadata = new ClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\MyArrayObjectEntity');
-
-        $this->setExpectedException('RuntimeException');
-
-        $classMetadata->getAllReflectionProperties();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @group DDC-2704
-     */
-    public function testGetAllReflectionPropertiesFailsOnPartiallyInitializedMetadata()
-    {
-        $classMetadata = new ClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\MyArrayObjectEntity');
-
-        $classMetadata->initializeReflection(new StaticReflectionService());
-
-        $this->setExpectedException('RuntimeException');
-
-        $classMetadata->getAllReflectionProperties();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @group DDC-2704
-     */
-    public function testGetAllReflectionPropertiesRetrievesCollidingPrivateProperties()
-    {
-        $classMetadata = new ClassMetadata(File::CLASSNAME);
-
-        $classMetadata->initializeReflection(new RuntimeReflectionService());
-
-        $properties = $classMetadata->getAllReflectionProperties();
-
-        $this->assertInternalType('array', $properties);
-        $this->assertCount(5, $properties);
-
-        $propertyNames = array_map(
-            function (\ReflectionProperty $property) {
-                return $property->getDeclaringClass()->getName() . '::' . $property->getName();
-            },
-            $properties
-        );
-
-        sort($propertyNames);
-
-        $this->assertEquals(
-            [
-                'Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\AbstractContentItem::id',
-                'Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\AbstractContentItem::name',
-                'Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\AbstractContentItem::nodeIsLoaded',
-                'Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\AbstractContentItem::parentDirectory',
-                'Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\File::extension',
-            ],
-            $propertyNames
-        );
-
-        $this->assertNotContains(
-            'Doctrine\Tests\Models\DirectoryTree\AbstractContentItem::fileSystem',
-            $propertyNames,
-            'Abstract properties should not be part of class metadata information'
-        );
-    }
 }
 
 /**