diff --git a/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml
index 2db58b8536..10ecabd283 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/action-services-context.xml
@@ -209,9 +209,6 @@
         <property name="mimetypeService">
             <ref bean="mimetypeService" />
         </property>
-        <property name="transformerRegistry">
-            <ref bean="contentTransformerRegistry" />
-        </property>
         <property name="applicableTypes">
         	<list>
         		<value>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content</value>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/TransformActionExecuter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/TransformActionExecuter.java
index acb16641cd..5b4c83e4dc 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/TransformActionExecuter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/action/executer/TransformActionExecuter.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
 import org.alfresco.repo.action.ParameterDefinitionImpl;
-import org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.ContentTransformer;
-import org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.ContentTransformerRegistry;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.Action;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.ParameterDefinition;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DataTypeDefinition;
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
  * @author Roy Wetherall
  */
 public class TransformActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase 
-{
+{    
     /** Error messages */
     public static final String ERR_OVERWRITE = "Unable to overwrite copy because more than one have been found.";
     
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ public class TransformActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase
 	private ContentService contentService;
 	private CopyService copyService;
     private MimetypeService mimetypeService;
-    private ContentTransformerRegistry transformerRegistry;
     
     /**
      * Set the mime type service
@@ -134,16 +131,6 @@ public class TransformActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase
 		this.copyService = copyService;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Set the transformer registry
-	 * 
-	 * @param transformerRegistry	the transformer registry
-	 */
-	public void setTransformerRegistry(ContentTransformerRegistry transformerRegistry)
-    {
-        this.transformerRegistry = transformerRegistry;
-    }
-	
 	/**
 	 * Add parameter definitions
 	 */
@@ -298,15 +285,18 @@ public class TransformActionExecuter extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase
 	protected void doTransform( Action ruleAction, 
 	                            NodeRef sourceNodeRef, ContentReader contentReader, 
 	                            NodeRef destinationNodeRef, ContentWriter contentWriter)	
+
 	{
-        // try to pre-empt the lack of a transformer
-        if (!this.contentService.isTransformable(contentReader, contentWriter))
+	    // Transformation options
+	    TransformationOptions options = new TransformationOptions(sourceNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME, destinationNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME);          
+        
+	    // try to pre-empt the lack of a transformer	    
+        if (this.contentService.isTransformable(contentReader, contentWriter, options) == false)
         {
             throw new NoTransformerException(contentReader.getMimetype(), contentWriter.getMimetype());
         }
         
         // transform
-        TransformationOptions options = new TransformationOptions(sourceNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME, destinationNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME);          
         this.contentService.transform(contentReader, contentWriter, options);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/TransformationOptions.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/TransformationOptions.java
index f95a950452..6435ccf168 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/TransformationOptions.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/repository/TransformationOptions.java
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
 public class TransformationOptions
 {
     /** Option map names to preserve backward compatibility */
-    public static final String OPT_SOURCE_NODEREF = "sourceNodeRef";
+    public static final String OPT_SOURCE_NODEREF = "contentReaderNodeRef";
     public static final String OPT_SOURCE_CONTENT_PROPERTY = "sourceContentProperty";
-    public static final String OPT_TARGET_NODEREF = "targetNodeRef";
+    public static final String OPT_TARGET_NODEREF = "contentWriterNodeRef";
     public static final String OPT_TARGET_CONTENT_PROPERTY = "targetContentProperty";
     
     /** The source node reference */
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ public class TransformationOptions
         return new HashMap<String, Object>(10);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Places the values of the transformation options into a Map
+     * 
+     * @param optionsMap    the options map
+     */
     protected void toMapImpl(Map<String, Object> optionsMap)
     {
         optionsMap.put(OPT_SOURCE_NODEREF, getSourceNodeRef());
@@ -190,12 +195,16 @@ public class TransformationOptions
         optionsMap.put(OPT_TARGET_CONTENT_PROPERTY, getTargetContentProperty());
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Populates the transformation options from a given Map of value.
+     * 
+     * @param optionsMap    the options map
+     */
     protected void fromMapImpl(Map<String, Object> optionsMap)
     {
         this.sourceNodeRef = (NodeRef)optionsMap.get(OPT_SOURCE_NODEREF);
         this.sourceContentProperty = (QName)optionsMap.get(OPT_SOURCE_CONTENT_PROPERTY);
         this.targetNodeRef = (NodeRef)optionsMap.get(OPT_TARGET_NODEREF);
         this.targetContentProperty = (QName)optionsMap.get(OPT_TARGET_CONTENT_PROPERTY);
-    }
-    
+    }    
 }