diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
index 9d346ecf94bc02660077f11739f074832cfe9fda..a1525ee96e44b2bfecc8a94ba73935ab46834ba8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@ import org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.EntityScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.*;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
-import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
-import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
-import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
@@ -26,7 +23,6 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableJpaRepositories("eu.hbp.mip.repositories")
-@EnableTransactionManagement
 @EntityScan(basePackages = "eu.hbp.mip.model")
 public class PersistenceConfiguration {
 
@@ -71,20 +67,11 @@ public class PersistenceConfiguration {
     public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory() {
         LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean em = new LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean();
         em.setDataSource(portalDataSource());
-        //em.setPackagesToScan("eu.hbp.mip.model");
-        em.setPersistenceUnitName("portal");
         JpaVendorAdapter vendorAdapter = new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter();
         em.setJpaVendorAdapter(vendorAdapter);
         return em;
     }
 
-    @Bean
-    public PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager() {
-        JpaTransactionManager txManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
-        txManager.setEntityManagerFactory(entityManagerFactory().getNativeEntityManagerFactory());
-        return txManager;
-    }
-
     @Bean(name = "flyway", initMethod = "migrate")
     public Flyway migrations() {
         Flyway flyway = new Flyway();