diff --git a/pmd/rulesets/experimental.xml b/pmd/rulesets/experimental.xml
index 9063b31e75..168788c0b7 100644
--- a/pmd/rulesets/experimental.xml
+++ b/pmd/rulesets/experimental.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
 This is the sandbox.
   </description>
 
+ <rule name="UnnecessaryCast"
+        message="Avoid unnecessary casts"
+        class="net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.UnnecessaryCastRule">
+    <description>
+A variable is cast to itself, one of its supertypes or one of its interfaces.  Usually
+indicates that the programmer is not clear on the class structure they
+are working with.
+    </description>
+
+    <example>
+<![CDATA[
+public Collection doSomething() {
+  List list = new ArrayList();
+
+  return (Collection) list; // Unnecessary Cast
+}
+]]>
+    </example>
+  </rule>
 
   <rule name="PositionalIterator"
         message="Avoid positional iterators"
diff --git a/pmd/rulesets/future.xml b/pmd/rulesets/future.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 06a7761865..0000000000
--- a/pmd/rulesets/future.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<ruleset name="future">
-  <description>
-These are rules for the future, when we're doing cross-class type checking and such
-  </description>
-
-
- <rule name="UnnecessaryCast"
-        message="Avoid unnecessary casts"
-        class="net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.UnnecessaryCastRule">
-    <description>
-A variable is cast to itself, one of its supertypes or one of its interfaces.  Usually
-indicates that the programmer is not clear on the class structure they
-are working with.
-    </description>
-
-    <example>
-<![CDATA[
-public Collection doSomething() {
-  List list = new ArrayList();
-
-  return (Collection) list; // Unnecessary Cast
-}
-]]>
-    </example>
-  </rule>
-
-
-</ruleset>
-
-
-