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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java
index 60f51ddf5e..51a9079d20 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java
@@ -44,15 +44,13 @@ public abstract class VersionedExternalizableMessage implements Externalizable,
         out.writeShort(version);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Pre-Boron compatibility.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    protected abstract Object newLegacySerializedInstance();
-
     @Override
     public final Object toSerializable() {
-        return getVersion() >= DataStoreVersions.BORON_VERSION ? this : newLegacySerializedInstance();
+        if (getVersion() < DataStoreVersions.BORON_VERSION) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Versions prior to " + DataStoreVersions.BORON_VERSION + " are not supported");
+        }
+
+        return this;
     }
 
     @Override