diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent.java
index bd58a1aa31..31603da59d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent.java
@@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent
 	 * Retrieves the entity involved in the database operation.
 	 *
 	 * @return The entity.
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated Support for JACC will be removed in 6.0
 	 */
 	@Override
-	@Deprecated
 	public Object getEntity() {
 		return entity;
 	}