diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php
index 0ef405c23545e..20613c9699dc7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ class EntityChoiceList extends ArrayChoiceList
      */
     private $identifier = array();
 
-    /**
-     * A cache for \ReflectionProperty instances for the underlying class
-     *
-     * This property should only be accessed through getReflProperty().
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    private $reflProperties = array();
-
     /**
      * A cache for the UnitOfWork instance of Doctrine
      *
@@ -300,23 +291,6 @@ public function getEntity($key)
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the \ReflectionProperty instance for a property of the
-     * underlying class
-     *
-     * @param  string $property     The name of the property
-     * @return \ReflectionProperty  The reflection instance
-     */
-    private function getReflProperty($property)
-    {
-        if (!isset($this->reflProperties[$property])) {
-            $this->reflProperties[$property] = new \ReflectionProperty($this->class, $property);
-            $this->reflProperties[$property]->setAccessible(true);
-        }
-
-        return $this->reflProperties[$property];
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the values of the identifier fields of an entity
      *