diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java
index a24e1aae883..72384a747dd 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ public class FormHttpMessageConverter implements SmartHttpMessageConverter<Objec
 	/** The default charset used by the converter. */
 	public static final Charset DEFAULT_CHARSET = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-	private static final ResolvableType MULTIVALUE_TYPE =
-			ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(MultiValueMap.class, String.class, String.class);
-
-	private static final ResolvableType MAP_TYPE =
-			ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(Map.class, String.class, String.class);
 
 	private Charset charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 2e6b89350a0..9f3ef75d22c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/FormHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -209,10 +209,6 @@ class FormHttpMessageConverterTests {
 				.as("Invalid content-length").isEqualTo(outputMessage.getBodyAsBytes().length);
 	}
 
-	private void assertCanRead(MediaType mediaType) {
-		assertCanRead(MULTI_VALUE_MAP, mediaType);
-	}
-
 	private void assertCanRead(ResolvableType type, MediaType mediaType) {
 		assertThat(this.converter.canRead(type, mediaType)).as(type.toClass().getSimpleName() + " : " + mediaType).isTrue();
 	}