diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
index c64d83c9..3442ff97 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/GsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/GsonProvider.java
index a820a2eb..5829cfc8 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/GsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/GsonProvider.java
@@ -163,11 +163,6 @@ public class GsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         return parser.parse(json);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Object parse(Reader jsonReader) throws InvalidJsonException {
-        return parser.parse(jsonReader);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Object parse(InputStream jsonStream) throws InvalidJsonException {
         return parser.parse(new InputStreamReader(jsonStream));
@@ -184,11 +179,6 @@ public class GsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         return JsonNull.INSTANCE;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Object createMap() {
-        return new JsonObject();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Object createArray() {
         return new JsonArray();
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
index 919d8070..cd87dd9f 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
@@ -23,12 +23,9 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 public class JacksonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
 
@@ -75,15 +72,6 @@ public class JacksonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Object parse(Reader jsonReader) throws InvalidJsonException {
-        try {
-            return objectReader.readValue(jsonReader);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new InvalidJsonException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Object parse(InputStream jsonStream) throws InvalidJsonException {
         try {
@@ -108,11 +96,6 @@ public class JacksonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Map<String, Object> createMap() {
-        return new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public List<Object> createArray() {
         return new LinkedList<Object>();
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java
index 31c554da..85394137 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import net.minidev.json.parser.ParseException;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -43,10 +42,6 @@ public class JsonSmartJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         this.mode = mode;
     }
 
-    public Object createMap() {
-        return orderedMapper.createObject();
-    }
-
     public Object createArray() {
         return orderedMapper.createArray();
     }
@@ -59,15 +54,6 @@ public class JsonSmartJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Object parse(Reader jsonReader) throws InvalidJsonException {
-        try {
-            return createParser().parse(jsonReader, orderedMapper);
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            throw new InvalidJsonException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Object parse(InputStream jsonStream) throws InvalidJsonException {
         try {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java
index 952ce2c2..cb630ae8 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.ValueCompareException;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 public interface JsonProvider {
@@ -31,16 +30,12 @@ public interface JsonProvider {
 
     Object parse(String json) throws InvalidJsonException;
 
-    Object parse(Reader jsonReader) throws InvalidJsonException;
-
     Object parse(InputStream jsonStream) throws InvalidJsonException;
 
     String toJson(Object obj);
 
     Object createNull();
 
-    Object createMap();
-
     Object createArray();
 
     /**