diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncContainer.java b/api/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncContainer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3219dd569..000000000
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncContainer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Todoroo Inc
- *
- * See the file "LICENSE" for the full license governing this code.
- */
-package com.todoroo.astrid.sync;
-
-import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Metadata;
-import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Task;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-/**
- * Container class for transmitting tasks and including local and remote
- * metadata. Synchronization Providers can subclass this class if desired.
- *
- * @author Tim Su <tim@todoroo.com>
- *
- */
-public class SyncContainer {
-    public Task task;
-    public ArrayList<Metadata> metadata;
-
-    /**
-     * Method called when sync container is about to be saved into the database.
-     */
-    public void prepareForSaving() {
-        // override me necessary
-    }
-}
diff --git a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/GtasksMetadataService.java b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/GtasksMetadataService.java
index b7b3519cd..da3aa4346 100644
--- a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/GtasksMetadataService.java
+++ b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/GtasksMetadataService.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton;
  *
  */
 @Singleton
-public final class GtasksMetadataService extends SyncMetadataService<GtasksTaskContainer> {
+public final class GtasksMetadataService extends SyncMetadataService {
 
     @Inject
     public GtasksMetadataService(TaskDao taskDao, MetadataDao metadataDao) {
diff --git a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/sync/GtasksTaskContainer.java b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/sync/GtasksTaskContainer.java
index 5eda083e3..e7fb78762 100644
--- a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/sync/GtasksTaskContainer.java
+++ b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/sync/GtasksTaskContainer.java
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Metadata;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Task;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.gtasks.GtasksMetadata;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.gtasks.api.GtasksApiUtilities;
-import com.todoroo.astrid.sync.SyncContainer;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
-public class GtasksTaskContainer extends SyncContainer {
+public class GtasksTaskContainer {
+
+    public Task task;
+    public ArrayList<Metadata> metadata;
 
     public Metadata gtaskMetadata;
     private final long updateTime;
@@ -53,9 +55,7 @@ public class GtasksTaskContainer extends SyncContainer {
         return updateTime;
     }
 
-    @Override
     public void prepareForSaving() {
-        super.prepareForSaving();
         metadata.add(gtaskMetadata);
     }
 }
diff --git a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/SyncMetadataService.java b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/SyncMetadataService.java
index cac25e6c9..0a9bb2d7a 100644
--- a/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/SyncMetadataService.java
+++ b/astrid/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/utility/SyncMetadataService.java
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.MetadataDao;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.MetadataDao.MetadataCriteria;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.TaskDao;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Metadata;
-import com.todoroo.astrid.sync.SyncContainer;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.gtasks.sync.GtasksTaskContainer;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-abstract public class SyncMetadataService<TYPE extends SyncContainer> {
+abstract public class SyncMetadataService {
 
     protected final TaskDao taskDao;
     protected final MetadataDao metadataDao;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ abstract public class SyncMetadataService<TYPE extends SyncContainer> {
     /**
      * Saves a task and its metadata
      */
-    public void saveTaskAndMetadata(TYPE task) {
+    public void saveTaskAndMetadata(GtasksTaskContainer task) {
         task.prepareForSaving();
         taskDao.save(task.task);
         synchronizeMetadata(task.task.getId(), task.metadata, getMetadataKey());