diff --git a/dspace/config/spring/api/core-hibernate.xml b/dspace/config/spring/api/core-hibernate.xml
index 1e8a6841ea..09094de971 100644
--- a/dspace/config/spring/api/core-hibernate.xml
+++ b/dspace/config/spring/api/core-hibernate.xml
@@ -17,21 +17,13 @@
             <props>
                 <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${db.dialect}</prop>
                 <prop key="hibernate.default_schema">${db.schema}</prop>
+                <prop key='net.sf.ehcache.configurationResourceName'>
+                    file:${dspace.dir}/config/hibernate-ehcache-config.xml
+                </prop>
             </props>
         </property>
     </bean>
 
-    <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
-        <property name="targetClass" value="java.lang.System" />
-        <property name="targetMethod" value="setProperty" />
-        <property name="arguments">
-            <list>
-                <value>net.sf.ehcache.configurationResourceName</value>
-                <value>file:${dspace.dir}/config/hibernate-ehcache-config.xml</value>
-            </list>
-        </property>
-    </bean>
-
     <bean id='dataSource'
           class='org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean'>
         <description>