diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle b/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
index 70c9fce253..66136850ff 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sourceSets.test.resources {
 }
 
 tasks.test {
-    enabled =  ['pgsql', 'cockroachdb', 'mariadb'].contains( project.db )
+    enabled =  ['pgsql', 'cockroachdb', 'mariadb', 'mysql_docker', 'mysql_docker'].contains( project.db )
 }
 
 tasks.test.include '**/*'
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeometryLiteralFormatter.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeometryLiteralFormatter.java
index dc85c8467a..553e88b607 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeometryLiteralFormatter.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeometryLiteralFormatter.java
@@ -31,17 +31,23 @@ public class GeometryLiteralFormatter<T> implements JdbcLiteralFormatter<T> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	//todo -- clean this up
 	public void appendJdbcLiteral(
 			SqlAppender appender, T value, Dialect dialect, WrapperOptions wrapperOptions) {
 		appender.appendSql( geomFromTextName );
+		int srid = 0;
 		appender.appendSql( "('" );
 		if ( javaType instanceof GeolatteGeometryJavaTypeDescriptor ) {
 			appender.appendSql( Wkt.toWkt( (Geometry<?>) value, wktDialect ) );
+			srid = ( (Geometry<?>) value ).getSRID();
 		}
 		else {
 			appender.appendSql( Wkt.toWkt( jts2Gl( value ), wktDialect ) );
+			srid = ( (org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry) value ).getSRID();
 		}
-		appender.appendSql( "')" );
+		appender.appendSql( "', " );
+		appender.appendSql( srid );
+		appender.appendSql(")");
 	}
 
 	private <T> Geometry<?> jts2Gl(T value) {
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/contributor/ContributorResolver.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/contributor/ContributorResolver.java
index b1a4331fac..f6e923e289 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/contributor/ContributorResolver.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/contributor/ContributorResolver.java
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.CockroachDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.JdbcServices;
 import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.cockroachdb.CockroachDbContributor;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mariadb.MariaDBDialectContributor;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQLDialectContributor;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.postgis.PostgisDialectContributor;
 
 class ContributorResolver {
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ class ContributorResolver {
 		CONTRIBUTOR_MAP.put( PostgreSQLDialect.class, PostgisDialectContributor::new );
 		CONTRIBUTOR_MAP.put( CockroachDialect.class, CockroachDbContributor::new );
 		CONTRIBUTOR_MAP.put( MariaDBDialect.class, MariaDBDialectContributor::new );
+		CONTRIBUTOR_MAP.put( MySQLDialect.class, MySQLDialectContributor::new );
 	}
 
 	private ContributorResolver() {
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL56SpatialDialect.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL56SpatialDialect.java
index cf93119f3a..4ba67b5968 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL56SpatialDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL56SpatialDialect.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.hibernate.spatial.SpatialDialect;
  *
  * @author Karel Maesen
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class MySQL56SpatialDialect extends MySQL55Dialect implements SpatialDialect {
 
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL5SpatialDialect.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL5SpatialDialect.java
index ee8b83c4be..bc03488fc7 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL5SpatialDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQL5SpatialDialect.java
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ import org.hibernate.spatial.SpatialDialect;
  *
  * @author Karel Maesen, Geovise BVBA
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class MySQL5SpatialDialect extends MySQL5Dialect implements SpatialDialect {
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLDialectContributor.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLDialectContributor.java
index 2ba170696c..2a52bb7872 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLDialectContributor.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLDialectContributor.java
@@ -7,5 +7,45 @@
 
 package org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql;
 
-public class MySQLDialectContributor {
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.FunctionContributions;
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.TypeContributions;
+import org.hibernate.query.sqm.function.SqmFunctionRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.GeolatteGeometryType;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.HSMessageLogger;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.JTSGeometryType;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.KeyedSqmFunctionDescriptors;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.contributor.ContributorImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mariadb.MariaDBSqmFunctionDescriptors;
+
+public class MySQLDialectContributor implements ContributorImplementor {
+
+	private final ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry;
+
+	public MySQLDialectContributor(ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry) {
+		this.serviceRegistry = serviceRegistry;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void contributeTypes(TypeContributions typeContributions) {
+		HSMessageLogger.LOGGER.typeContributions( this.getClass().getCanonicalName() );
+		typeContributions.contributeType( new GeolatteGeometryType( MySQLGeometryType.INSTANCE ) );
+		typeContributions.contributeType( new JTSGeometryType( MySQLGeometryType.INSTANCE ) );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void contributeFunctions(FunctionContributions functionContributions) {
+		HSMessageLogger.LOGGER.functionContributions( this.getClass().getCanonicalName() );
+		final KeyedSqmFunctionDescriptors mysqlFunctions = new MySqlSqmFunctionDescriptors( functionContributions );
+		final SqmFunctionRegistry functionRegistry = functionContributions.getFunctionRegistry();
+		mysqlFunctions.asMap().forEach( (key, desc) -> {
+			functionRegistry.register( key.getName(), desc );
+			key.getAltName().ifPresent( altName -> functionRegistry.registerAlternateKey( altName, key.getName() ) );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry() {
+		return serviceRegistry;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLGeometryType.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLGeometryType.java
index e02893f268..5d3af1722a 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLGeometryType.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLGeometryType.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Types;
 
+import org.hibernate.spatial.GeometryLiteralFormatter;
 import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.ValueBinder;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.ValueExtractor;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.WrapperOptions;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.BasicBinder;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.BasicExtractor;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcLiteralFormatter;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcType;
 
 import org.geolatte.geom.ByteBuffer;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.geolatte.geom.Geometry;
 import org.geolatte.geom.codec.Wkb;
 import org.geolatte.geom.codec.WkbDecoder;
 import org.geolatte.geom.codec.WkbEncoder;
+import org.geolatte.geom.codec.Wkt;
 
 /**
  * Descriptor for MySQL Geometries.
@@ -51,6 +54,11 @@ public class MySQLGeometryType implements JdbcType {
 		return SqlTypes.GEOMETRY;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public <T> JdbcLiteralFormatter<T> getJdbcLiteralFormatter(JavaType<T> javaTypeDescriptor) {
+		return new GeometryLiteralFormatter<T>( javaTypeDescriptor, Wkt.Dialect.SFA_1_1_0, "ST_GeomFromText" );
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public <X> ValueBinder<X> getBinder(final JavaType<X> javaTypeDescriptor) {
 		return new BasicBinder<X>( javaTypeDescriptor, this ) {
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ public class MySQLGeometryType implements JdbcType {
 		};
 	}
 
-	private Geometry toGeometry(byte[] bytes) {
+	public Geometry toGeometry(byte[] bytes) {
 		if ( bytes == null ) {
 			return null;
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLSpatialDialect.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLSpatialDialect.java
index 116e3c6a6b..19a9b5992d 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLSpatialDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySQLSpatialDialect.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.hibernate.spatial.SpatialDialect;
  *
  * @author Karel Maesen, Boni Gopalan
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class MySQLSpatialDialect extends MySQLDialect implements SpatialDialect {
 
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySqlSqmFunctionDescriptors.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySqlSqmFunctionDescriptors.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df56a2aa57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/mysql/MySqlSqmFunctionDescriptors.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+
+package org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.FunctionContributions;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.BaseSqmFunctionDescriptors;
+
+public class MySqlSqmFunctionDescriptors extends BaseSqmFunctionDescriptors {
+	public MySqlSqmFunctionDescriptors(FunctionContributions functionContributions) {
+		super( functionContributions );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/postgis/PGGeometryType.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/postgis/PGGeometryType.java
index a927b0bde7..37cac414a9 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/postgis/PGGeometryType.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/main/java/org/hibernate/spatial/dialect/postgis/PGGeometryType.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class PGGeometryType implements JdbcType {
 
 	@Override
 	public <T> JdbcLiteralFormatter<T> getJdbcLiteralFormatter(JavaType<T> javaTypeDescriptor) {
-		return new GeometryLiteralFormatter<T>( javaTypeDescriptor, Wkt.Dialect.POSTGIS_EWKT_1, "ST_GeomFromEwkt" );
+		return new GeometryLiteralFormatter<T>( javaTypeDescriptor, Wkt.Dialect.SFA_1_1_0, "ST_GeomFromText" );
 	}
 
 	private PGGeometryType(Wkb.Dialect dialect) {
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeomCodec.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeomCodec.java
index 4bc80b2c78..2b45c2e015 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeomCodec.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/GeomCodec.java
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ import org.geolatte.geom.Geometry;
 
 public interface GeomCodec {
 
+	/**
+	 * Decode value returned by JDBC Driver for Geometry as Geolatte Geometry
+	 * @param in value returned by JDBC Driver
+	 * @return the decoded Geoemtry
+	 */
 	Geometry<?> toGeometry(Object in);
 
-	Object fromGeometry(Geometry<?> in);
 
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/IsSupportedBySpatial.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/IsSupportedBySpatial.java
index fde8993ac1..b3866e9d98 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/IsSupportedBySpatial.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/IsSupportedBySpatial.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package org.hibernate.spatial.testing;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.CockroachDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect;
 
 import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DialectFeatureCheck;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public class IsSupportedBySpatial implements DialectFeatureCheck {
 	public boolean apply(Dialect dialect) {
 		return dialect instanceof PostgreSQLDialect
 				|| dialect instanceof CockroachDialect
+				|| dialect instanceof MySQLDialect
 				|| dialect instanceof MariaDBDialect;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/TestSupportFactories.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/TestSupportFactories.java
index 200c2ae7bb..d7b95f4507 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/TestSupportFactories.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/TestSupportFactories.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package org.hibernate.spatial.testing;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.CockroachDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.SpatialDialect;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.datareader.TestSupport;
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ public class TestSupportFactories {
 			return CockroachDBTestSupport.class;
 		}
 
+		if ( MySQLDialect.class.isAssignableFrom( dialect.getClass() ) ) {
+			return dialect.getVersion() >= 800 ?  MySQL8TestSupport.class : MySQL56TestSupport.class;
+		}
+
 		if ( "org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.h2geodb.GeoDBDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ) {
 			return GeoDBTestSupport.class;
 		}
@@ -66,19 +71,7 @@ public class TestSupportFactories {
 		if ( "org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.sqlserver.SqlServer2012SpatialDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ) {
 			return SQLServerTestSupport.class;
 		}
-		if ( "org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQLSpatialDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ||
-				"org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQL5InnoDBSpatialDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ) {
-			return MySQLTestSupport.class;
-		}
 
-		if ( "org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQL8SpatialDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ) {
-			return MySQL8TestSupport.class;
-		}
-
-		if ( "org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQL56SpatialDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ||
-				"org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQL56InnoDBSpatialDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ) {
-			return MySQL56TestSupport.class;
-		}
 		if ( "org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.oracle.OracleSpatial10gDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ||
 				"org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.oracle.OracleSpatialSDO10gDialect".equals( canonicalName ) ) {
 			return OracleSDOTestSupport.class;
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/cockroachdb/CockroachDBTestSupport.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/cockroachdb/CockroachDBTestSupport.java
index 9cfcd8a694..3bb690fb28 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/cockroachdb/CockroachDBTestSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/cockroachdb/CockroachDBTestSupport.java
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ public class CockroachDBTestSupport extends TestSupport {
 			public Geometry<?> toGeometry(Object in) {
 				return PGGeometryType.INSTANCE_WKB_2.toGeometry( in );
 			}
-
-			@Override
-			public Object fromGeometry(Geometry<?> in) {
-				return Wkt.toWkt( in, Wkt.Dialect.POSTGIS_EWKT_1 );
-			}
 		};
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mariadb/MariaDBTestSupport.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mariadb/MariaDBTestSupport.java
index 585c7496db..83bb4129ab 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mariadb/MariaDBTestSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mariadb/MariaDBTestSupport.java
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ public class MariaDBTestSupport extends TestSupport {
 				return MariaDBGeometryType.INSTANCE.toGeometry( (byte[])in );
 			}
 
-			@Override
-			public Object fromGeometry(Geometry<?> in) {
-				return Wkt.toWkt( in, Wkt.Dialect.MYSQL_WKT );
-			}
 		};
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mysql/MySQLTestSupport.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mysql/MySQLTestSupport.java
index e8be865bfd..cd393562dc 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mysql/MySQLTestSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/mysql/MySQLTestSupport.java
@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@
 package org.hibernate.spatial.testing.dialects.mysql;
 
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.hibernate.spatial.CommonSpatialFunction;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.GeomCodec;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mariadb.MariaDBGeometryType;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQLGeometryType;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.AbstractExpectationsFactory;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.JTSGeometryEquality;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.datareader.TestData;
 import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.datareader.TestSupport;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.dialects.NativeSQLTemplates;
+import org.hibernate.spatial.testing.dialects.PredicateRegexes;
+
+import org.geolatte.geom.Geometry;
 
 /**
  * @author Karel Maesen, Geovise BVBA
@@ -24,4 +34,30 @@ public class MySQLTestSupport extends TestSupport {
 		return TestData.fromFile( "mysql/test-mysql-functions-data-set.xml" );
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public NativeSQLTemplates templates() {
+		return new MySqlNativeSqlTemplates();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public PredicateRegexes predicateRegexes() {
+		return new PredicateRegexes( "st_geomfromtext" );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<CommonSpatialFunction, String> hqlOverrides() {
+		return super.hqlOverrides();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public GeomCodec codec() {
+		return new GeomCodec() {
+			@Override
+			public Geometry<?> toGeometry(Object in) {
+				return MySQLGeometryType.INSTANCE.toGeometry( (byte[])in );
+			}
+
+		};
+
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/postgis/PostgisTestSupport.java b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/postgis/PostgisTestSupport.java
index 319d5287d6..caeb5059a9 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/postgis/PostgisTestSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/java/org/hibernate/spatial/testing/dialects/postgis/PostgisTestSupport.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class PostgisTestSupport extends TestSupport {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public PredicateRegexes predicateRegexes(){ return new PredicateRegexes("st_geomfromewkt");}
+	public PredicateRegexes predicateRegexes(){ return new PredicateRegexes("st_geomfromtext");}
 
 	//TODO  put this in its own class (analogous to NativeSQLTemplates)
 	@Override
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ public class PostgisTestSupport extends TestSupport {
 			public Geometry<?> toGeometry(Object in) {
 				return PGGeometryType.INSTANCE_WKB_2.toGeometry( in );
 			}
-
-			@Override
-			public Object fromGeometry(Geometry<?> in) {
-				return Wkt.toWkt( in, Wkt.Dialect.POSTGIS_EWKT_1 );
-			}
 		};
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index 4e47fc02fc..1d4cc70dbe 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ hibernate.cache.region.factory_class org.hibernate.testing.cache.CachingRegionFa
 #hibernate.connection.username hibern8
 #hibernate.connection.password hibern8Pass
 ##
-## MySQL 5 dialects
+## MySQL
 ##
-#hibernate.dialect org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql.MySQLSpatialDialect
+#hibernate.dialect org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 #hibernate.connection.driver_class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
-#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mysql://hibernate-spatial-integration.cctaez8ywvn2.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com/test
-#hibernate.connection.username hbs
-#hibernate.connection.password
+#hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mysql://localhost/hibernate_orm_test?allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true
+#hibernate.connection.username hibernate_orm_test
+#hibernate.connection.password hibernate_orm_test
 ##
 ## MySQL 5 InnoDDB dialect
 ##