diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/internal/EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/internal/EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java
index 89c8cc9568..9790fcfd43 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/internal/EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/internal/EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java
@@ -857,7 +857,6 @@ public class EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl implements EntityManagerFactoryBuil
 		try {
 			SessionFactoryBuilder sfBuilder = metadata().getSessionFactoryBuilder();
 			populate( sfBuilder, standardServiceRegistry );
-			sfBuilder.build();
 
 			SchemaManagementToolCoordinator.process(
 					metadata, standardServiceRegistry, configurationValues, DelayedDropRegistryNotAvailableImpl.INSTANCE