diff -ru sisu-inject-bootstrap.orig/org.eclipse.sisu.inject/src/org/eclipse/sisu/bean/BeanScheduler.java sisu-inject-bootstrap/org.eclipse.sisu.inject/src/org/eclipse/sisu/bean/BeanScheduler.java
--- sisu-inject-bootstrap.orig/org.eclipse.sisu.inject/src/org/eclipse/sisu/bean/BeanScheduler.java	2014-07-22 20:36:53.223380900 -0400
+++ sisu-inject-bootstrap/org.eclipse.sisu.inject/src/org/eclipse/sisu/bean/BeanScheduler.java	2014-07-24 12:34:51.562456309 -0400
@@ -29,23 +29,7 @@
 
     static
     {
-        Object activator;
-        try
-        {
-            // extra check in case we have both old and new versions of guice overlapping on the runtime classpath
-            Binder.class.getMethod( "bindListener", Matcher.class, com.google.inject.spi.ProvisionListener[].class );
-
-            activator = new Activator();
-        }
-        catch ( final Exception e )
-        {
-            activator = null;
-        }
-        catch ( final LinkageError e )
-        {
-            activator = null;
-        }
-        ACTIVATOR = activator;
+        ACTIVATOR = null;
     }
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -60,10 +44,6 @@
     {
         public void configure( final Binder binder )
         {
-            if ( null != ACTIVATOR )
-            {
-                binder.bindListener( Matchers.any(), (com.google.inject.spi.ProvisionListener) ACTIVATOR );
-            }
         }
     };
 
@@ -84,21 +64,6 @@
      */
     public final void schedule( final Object bean )
     {
-        if ( null != ACTIVATOR )
-        {
-            final Object[] holder = getPendingHolder();
-            final Object pending = holder[0];
-            if ( pending == PLACEHOLDER )
-            {
-                holder[0] = new Pending( bean );
-                return; // will be activated later
-            }
-            else if ( pending instanceof Pending )
-            {
-                ( (Pending) pending ).add( bean );
-                return; // will be activated later
-            }
-        }
         activate( bean ); // no ProvisionListener, so activate immediately
     }
 
@@ -157,34 +122,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Listens to provisioning events in order to determine safe activation points.
-     */
-    static final class Activator
-        implements com.google.inject.spi.ProvisionListener
-    {
-        public <T> void onProvision( final ProvisionInvocation<T> pi )
-        {
-            final Object[] holder = getPendingHolder();
-            if ( null == holder[0] )
-            {
-                final Object pending;
-                holder[0] = PLACEHOLDER;
-                try
-                {
-                    pi.provision(); // may involve nested calls/cycles
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    pending = holder[0];
-                    holder[0] = null;
-                }
-                if ( pending instanceof Pending )
-                {
-                    ( (Pending) pending ).activate();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }