diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BasicSerializerFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BasicSerializerFactory.java
index fb3e010179..29c4a4900b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BasicSerializerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BasicSerializerFactory.java
@@ -389,16 +389,10 @@ protected final JsonSerializer<?> findSerializerByPrimaryType(SerializerProvider
         if (Map.Entry.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
             // 18-Oct-2015, tatu: With 2.7, need to dig type info:
             JavaType mapEntryType = type.findSuperType(Map.Entry.class);
-            
+
             // 28-Apr-2015, tatu: TypeFactory does it all for us already so
-            JavaType kt = mapEntryType.containedType(0);
-            if (kt == null) {
-                kt = TypeFactory.unknownType();
-            }
-            JavaType vt = mapEntryType.containedType(1);
-            if (vt == null) {
-                vt = TypeFactory.unknownType();
-            }
+            JavaType kt = mapEntryType.containedTypeOrUnknown(0);
+            JavaType vt = mapEntryType.containedTypeOrUnknown(1);
             return buildMapEntrySerializer(prov.getConfig(), type, beanDesc, staticTyping, kt, vt);
         }
         if (ByteBuffer.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
@@ -909,16 +903,6 @@ protected JsonSerializer<?> buildIteratorSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
         return new IteratorSerializer(valueType, staticTyping, createTypeSerializer(config, valueType));
     }
 
-    @Deprecated // since 2.5
-    protected JsonSerializer<?> buildIteratorSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
-            JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc, boolean staticTyping) throws JsonMappingException
-    {
-        JavaType[] params = config.getTypeFactory().findTypeParameters(type, Iterator.class);
-        JavaType vt = (params == null || params.length != 1) ?
-                TypeFactory.unknownType() : params[0];
-        return buildIteratorSerializer(config, type, beanDesc, staticTyping, vt); 
-    }
-
     /**
      * @since 2.5
      */
@@ -930,18 +914,6 @@ protected JsonSerializer<?> buildIterableSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
         return new IterableSerializer(valueType, staticTyping, createTypeSerializer(config, valueType));
     }
 
-    @Deprecated // since 2.5
-    protected JsonSerializer<?> buildIterableSerializer(SerializationConfig config,
-            JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc,
-            boolean staticTyping)
-        throws JsonMappingException
-    {
-        JavaType[] params = config.getTypeFactory().findTypeParameters(type, Iterable.class);
-        JavaType vt = (params == null || params.length != 1) ?
-                TypeFactory.unknownType() : params[0];
-        return buildIterableSerializer(config, type, beanDesc, staticTyping, vt); 
-    }
-    
     /**
      * @since 2.5
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BeanSerializerFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BeanSerializerFactory.java
index 284759c57e..68929c02ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BeanSerializerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BeanSerializerFactory.java
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ protected JsonSerializer<Object> constructBeanSerializer(SerializerProvider prov
         // Any properties to suppress?
         props = filterBeanProperties(config, beanDesc, props);
 
-        // [JACKSON-440] Need to allow reordering of properties to serialize
+        // Need to allow reordering of properties to serialize
         if (_factoryConfig.hasSerializerModifiers()) {
             for (BeanSerializerModifier mod : _factoryConfig.serializerModifiers()) {
                 props = mod.orderProperties(config, beanDesc, props);
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ protected List<BeanPropertyWriter> findBeanProperties(SerializerProvider prov,
         List<BeanPropertyDefinition> properties = beanDesc.findProperties();
         final SerializationConfig config = prov.getConfig();
 
-        // [JACKSON-429]: ignore specified types
+        // ignore specified types
         removeIgnorableTypes(config, beanDesc, properties);
         
         // and possibly remove ones without matching mutator...
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ protected List<BeanPropertyWriter> filterBeanProperties(SerializationConfig conf
      */
     protected void processViews(SerializationConfig config, BeanSerializerBuilder builder)
     {
-        // [JACKSON-232]: whether non-annotated fields are included by default or not is configurable
+        // whether non-annotated fields are included by default or not is configurable
         List<BeanPropertyWriter> props = builder.getProperties();
         boolean includeByDefault = config.isEnabled(MapperFeature.DEFAULT_VIEW_INCLUSION);
         final int propCount = props.size();
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ protected void removeSetterlessGetters(SerializationConfig config, BeanDescripti
         Iterator<BeanPropertyDefinition> it = properties.iterator();
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             BeanPropertyDefinition property = it.next();
-            // one caveat: as per [JACKSON-806], only remove implicit properties;
+            // one caveat: only remove implicit properties;
             // explicitly annotated ones should remain
             if (!property.couldDeserialize() && !property.isExplicitlyIncluded()) {
                 it.remove();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestExceptionSerialization.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestExceptionSerialization.java
index f056ab2580..0d1dc0aaa6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestExceptionSerialization.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestExceptionSerialization.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.*;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 
 /**
@@ -10,17 +11,31 @@
 public class TestExceptionSerialization
     extends BaseMapTest
 {
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    @JsonIgnoreProperties({ "bogus1" })
+    static class ExceptionWithIgnoral extends RuntimeException
+    {
+        public int bogus1 = 3;
+
+        public int bogus2 = 5;
+
+        public ExceptionWithIgnoral(String msg) {
+            super(msg);
+        }
+    }
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Tests
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
+    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+    
     public void testSimple() throws Exception
     {
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
         String TEST = "test exception";
-        Map<String,Object> result = writeAndMap(mapper, new Exception(TEST));
+        Map<String,Object> result = writeAndMap(MAPPER, new Exception(TEST));
         // JDK 7 has introduced a new property 'suppressed' to Throwable
         Object ob = result.get("suppressed");
         if (ob != null) {
@@ -39,4 +54,26 @@ public void testSimple() throws Exception
             fail("Expected a List for exception member 'stackTrace', got: "+traces);
         }
     }
+
+    // for [databind#877]
+    public void testIgnorals() throws Exception
+    {
+        // First, should ignore anything with class annotations
+        String json = MAPPER
+                .writeValueAsString(new ExceptionWithIgnoral("foobar"));
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Map<String,Object> result = MAPPER.readValue(json, Map.class);
+        assertEquals("foobar", result.get("message"));
+
+        assertNull(result.get("bogus1"));
+        assertNotNull(result.get("bogus2"));
+
+        // and then also remova second property with config overrides
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        mapper.configOverride(ExceptionWithIgnoral.class)
+            .setIgnorals(JsonIgnoreProperties.Value.forIgnoredProperties("bogus2"));
+        assertNull(result.get("bogus1"));
+        assertNotNull(result.get("bogus2"));
+    }
 }