diff --git a/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCachePutInterceptor.java b/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCachePutInterceptor.java
index 6a4153d..926b86a 100644
--- a/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCachePutInterceptor.java
+++ b/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCachePutInterceptor.java
@@ -99,19 +99,7 @@ public Object cachePut(CacheContextSource<I> cacheContextSource, I invocation) t
   protected void cacheValue(final InternalCacheKeyInvocationContext<? extends Annotation> cacheKeyInvocationContext,
                             final CachePutMethodDetails methodDetails, final Object value) {
 
-    final Object cachedValue;
-    if (value == null) {
-      if (methodDetails.getCacheAnnotation().cacheNull()) {
-        //Null values are cached, set value to the null placeholder
-        cachedValue = CacheContextSource.NULL_PLACEHOLDER;
-      } else {
-        //Ignore null values
-        return;
-      }
-    } else {
-      cachedValue = value;
-    }
-
+    final Object cachedValue = value;
 
     final CacheResolver cacheResolver = methodDetails.getCacheResolver();
     final Cache<Object, Object> cache = cacheResolver.resolveCache(cacheKeyInvocationContext);
diff --git a/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCacheResultInterceptor.java b/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCacheResultInterceptor.java
index 07dd176..b3c73ba 100644
--- a/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCacheResultInterceptor.java
+++ b/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/AbstractCacheResultInterceptor.java
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ public final Object cacheResult(CacheContextSource<I> cacheContextSource, I invo
     if (!cacheResultAnnotation.skipGet()) {
       //Look in cache for existing data
       result = cache.get(cacheKey);
-      if (cacheResultAnnotation.cacheNull() && CacheContextSource.NULL_PLACEHOLDER.equals(result)) {
-        return null;
-      } else if (result != null) {
+      if (result != null) {
         //Cache hit, return result
         return result;
       }
@@ -87,8 +85,6 @@ public final Object cacheResult(CacheContextSource<I> cacheContextSource, I invo
       //Cache non-null result
       if (result != null) {
         cache.put(cacheKey, result);
-      } else if (cacheResultAnnotation.cacheNull()) {
-        cache.put(cacheKey, CacheContextSource.NULL_PLACEHOLDER);
       }
 
       return result;
diff --git a/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/CacheContextSource.java b/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/CacheContextSource.java
index 9a5ef30..402e1ef 100644
--- a/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/CacheContextSource.java
+++ b/cache-annotations-ri/cache-annotations-ri-common/src/main/java/org/jsr107/ri/annotations/CacheContextSource.java
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
  * @since 1.0
  */
 public interface CacheContextSource<I> {
-  /**
-   * Placeholder used for caching a null value
-   */
-  NullPlaceholder NULL_PLACEHOLDER = NullPlaceholder.INSTANCE;
 
   /**
    * Get information about an invocation annotated {@link javax.cache.annotation.CacheResult},
@@ -64,15 +60,4 @@ public interface CacheContextSource<I> {
    */
   StaticCacheInvocationContext<? extends Annotation> getMethodDetails(Method method, Class<? extends Object> targetClass);
 
-
-  /**
-   * Used to cache null values, there should never be more than the single INSTANCE
-   */
-  public enum NullPlaceholder {
-    /**
-     * Null Placeholder for use with {@link javax.cache.annotation.CachePut} and
-     * {@link javax.cache.annotation.CacheResult}
-     */
-    INSTANCE;
-  }
 }