diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
index 815eaa3808..a0caaf251f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.spi.InFlightMetadataCollector;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataBuildingContext;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataBuildingOptions;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.NaturalIdUniqueKeyBinder;
-import org.hibernate.cache.cfg.internal.DomainDataRegionConfigImpl.Builder;
-import org.hibernate.cache.spi.access.AccessType;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotatedClassType;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.CopyIdentifierComponentSecondPass;
@@ -147,8 +145,6 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 	private final Map<String, FetchProfile> fetchProfileMap = new HashMap<>();
 	private final Map<String, IdentifierGeneratorDefinition> idGeneratorDefinitionMap = new HashMap<>();
 
-	private final Map<String, Builder> regionConfigBuilders = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
 	private Map<String, SQLFunction> sqlFunctionMap;
 
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -297,27 +293,6 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 			throw new DuplicateMappingException( DuplicateMappingException.Type.ENTITY, entityName );
 		}
 		entityBindingMap.put( entityName, persistentClass );
-
-		final AccessType accessType = AccessType.fromExternalName( persistentClass.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
-		if ( accessType != null ) {
-			if ( persistentClass.isCached() ) {
-				locateCacheRegionConfigBuilder( persistentClass.getRootClass().getCacheRegionName() ).addEntityConfig(
-						persistentClass,
-						accessType
-				);
-			}
-
-			if ( persistentClass.hasNaturalId() && persistentClass instanceof RootClass && persistentClass.getNaturalIdCacheRegionName() != null ) {
-				locateCacheRegionConfigBuilder( persistentClass.getNaturalIdCacheRegionName() ).addNaturalIdConfig(
-						(RootClass) persistentClass,
-						accessType
-				);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	private Builder locateCacheRegionConfigBuilder(String regionName) {
-		return regionConfigBuilders.computeIfAbsent( regionName, Builder::new );
 	}
 
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -340,14 +315,6 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 			throw new DuplicateMappingException( DuplicateMappingException.Type.COLLECTION, collectionRole );
 		}
 		collectionBindingMap.put( collectionRole, collection );
-
-		final AccessType accessType = AccessType.fromExternalName( collection.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
-		if ( accessType != null ) {
-			locateCacheRegionConfigBuilder( collection.getCacheRegionName() ).addCollectionConfig(
-					collection,
-					accessType
-			);
-		}
 	}
 
 
@@ -2260,7 +2227,6 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 					sqlResultSetMappingMap,
 					namedEntityGraphMap,
 					sqlFunctionMap,
-					regionConfigBuilders.values(),
 					getDatabase(),
 					bootstrapContext
 			);
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/MetadataImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/MetadataImpl.java
index 8a793f6649..85f78d01f4 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/MetadataImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/MetadataImpl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.spi.BootstrapContext;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataBuildingOptions;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.SessionFactoryBuilderFactory;
-import org.hibernate.cache.cfg.internal.DomainDataRegionConfigImpl;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.NamedEntityGraphDefinition;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.NamedProcedureCallDefinition;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.SQLFunction;
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ public class MetadataImpl implements MetadataImplementor, Serializable {
 	private final Map<String, ResultSetMappingDefinition> sqlResultSetMappingMap;
 	private final Map<String, NamedEntityGraphDefinition> namedEntityGraphMap;
 	private final Map<String, SQLFunction> sqlFunctionMap;
-	private final java.util.Collection<DomainDataRegionConfigImpl.Builder> cacheRegionConfigBuilders;
 	private final Database database;
 
 	MetadataImpl(
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ public class MetadataImpl implements MetadataImplementor, Serializable {
 			Map<String, ResultSetMappingDefinition> sqlResultSetMappingMap,
 			Map<String, NamedEntityGraphDefinition> namedEntityGraphMap,
 			Map<String, SQLFunction> sqlFunctionMap,
-			java.util.Collection<DomainDataRegionConfigImpl.Builder> cacheRegionConfigBuilders,
 			Database database,
 			BootstrapContext bootstrapContext) {
 		this.uuid = uuid;
@@ -121,7 +118,6 @@ public class MetadataImpl implements MetadataImplementor, Serializable {
 		this.sqlResultSetMappingMap = sqlResultSetMappingMap;
 		this.namedEntityGraphMap = namedEntityGraphMap;
 		this.sqlFunctionMap = sqlFunctionMap;
-		this.cacheRegionConfigBuilders = cacheRegionConfigBuilders;
 		this.database = database;
 		this.bootstrapContext = bootstrapContext;
 	}