diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/target/LazyInitTargetSource.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/target/LazyInitTargetSource.java
index 746a317f5771..e69a01842e00 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/target/LazyInitTargetSource.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/target/LazyInitTargetSource.java
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ public class LazyInitTargetSource extends AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSource {
 
 
 	@Override
-	@Nullable
 	public synchronized Object getTarget() throws BeansException {
 		if (this.target == null) {
 			this.target = getBeanFactory().getBean(getTargetBeanName());
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java
index 4550843e3654..7715f33faa6b 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
 	 * @see #getEarlySingletonInterfaces()
 	 */
 	@Override
-	@Nullable
 	public final T getObject() throws Exception {
 		if (isSingleton()) {
 			return (this.initialized ? this.singletonInstance : getEarlySingletonInstance());
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/ExpressionException.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/ExpressionException.java
index 42f8ffa47146..0b63adb694c6 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/ExpressionException.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/ExpressionException.java
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ public final int getPosition() {
 	 * @see #getSimpleMessage()
 	 * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage()
 	 */
-	@Override
-	@Nullable
 	public String getMessage() {
 		return toDetailedString();
 	}
@@ -133,7 +131,6 @@ public String getMessage() {
 	 * Return a detailed description of this exception, including the expression
 	 * String and position (if available) as well as the actual exception message.
 	 */
-	@Nullable
 	public String toDetailedString() {
 		if (this.expressionString != null) {
 			StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
@@ -158,7 +155,6 @@ public String toDetailedString() {
 	 * that caused the failure.
 	 * @since 4.0
 	 */
-	@Nullable
 	public String getSimpleMessage() {
 		return super.getMessage();
 	}