diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 60bfbca860..6cbf33cc5b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 package org.springframework.security.config;
 
-import org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator;
+import org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
-import org.springframework.metadata.Attributes;
 import org.springframework.security.intercept.method.MethodDefinitionAttributes;
 import org.springframework.security.intercept.method.aopalliance.MethodDefinitionSourceAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.security.intercept.method.aopalliance.MethodSecurityInterceptor;
@@ -53,9 +52,7 @@ class AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
         advisor.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(interceptor);
         parserContext.getRegistry().registerBeanDefinition(BeanIds.METHOD_DEFINITION_SOURCE_ADVISOR, advisor);
         
-        RootBeanDefinition daapc = new RootBeanDefinition(DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.class);
-        parserContext.getRegistry().registerBeanDefinition(BeanIds.DEFAULT_ADVISOR_AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR, daapc);
-        
+        AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(parserContext, element);
         
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/BeanIds.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/BeanIds.java
index ac3920e91c..84e8bc354a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/BeanIds.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/BeanIds.java
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ public class BeanIds {
 	public static final String METHOD_DEFINITION_SOURCE_ADVISOR = "_methodDefinitionSourceAdvisor";
 	public static final String SECURITY_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTES = "_securityAnnotationAttributes";
 	public static final String METHOD_DEFINITION_ATTRIBUTES = "_methodDefinitionAttributes";
-	public static final String DEFAULT_ADVISOR_AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR = "_defaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator";
 	
 }