diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index 59968b92de..7924248cfe 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -1404,13 +1404,6 @@ google-metadata.config = ${dspace.dir}/config/crosswalks/google-metadata.propert
 google-metadata.enable = true
 
 
-#### DSpace services configuration ####
-#
-# Declare the Spirng xml resources for the SpringServiceManager 
-# (currently, only bibliotransformation-engine xml file)
-#
-service.manager.spring.configs=spring/bte/bte.xml
-
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------#
 #--------------JSPUI SPECIFIC CONFIGURATIONS--------------------#
diff --git a/dspace/config/spring/bte/bte.xml b/dspace/config/spring/api/bte.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from dspace/config/spring/bte/bte.xml
rename to dspace/config/spring/api/bte.xml