diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java
index bf42b722de..0c477b6d20 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ public class StatefulPersistenceContext implements PersistenceContext {
 				lockMode,
 				existsInDatabase,
 				persister,
-				session.getTenantIdentifier(),
 				disableVersionIncrement,
 				lazyPropertiesAreUnfetched,
 				this
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EntityEntry.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EntityEntry.java
index 2bfc575edc..caf36e8df4 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EntityEntry.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EntityEntry.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 	private boolean existsInDatabase;
 	private Object version;
 	private transient EntityPersister persister; // for convenience to save some lookups
-	private final String tenantId;
 	private final String entityName;
 	private transient EntityKey cachedEntityKey; // cached EntityKey (lazy-initialized)
 	private boolean isBeingReplicated;
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 			final LockMode lockMode,
 			final boolean existsInDatabase,
 			final EntityPersister persister,
-			final String tenantId,
 			final boolean disableVersionIncrement,
 			final boolean lazyPropertiesAreUnfetched,
 			final PersistenceContext persistenceContext) {
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 		this.isBeingReplicated=disableVersionIncrement;
 		this.loadedWithLazyPropertiesUnfetched = lazyPropertiesAreUnfetched;
 		this.persister=persister;
-		this.tenantId = tenantId;
 		this.entityName = persister == null ? null : persister.getEntityName();
 		this.persistenceContext = persistenceContext;
 	}
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 			final SessionFactoryImplementor factory,
 			final String entityName,
 			final Serializable id,
-			final String tenantId,
 			final Status status,
 			final Status previousStatus,
 			final Object[] loadedState,
@@ -114,7 +110,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 		this.entityName = entityName;
 		this.persister = ( factory == null ? null : factory.getEntityPersister( entityName ) );
 		this.id = id;
-		this.tenantId = tenantId;
 		this.status = status;
 		this.previousStatus = previousStatus;
 		this.loadedState = loadedState;
@@ -396,7 +391,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 	public void serialize(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException {
 		oos.writeObject( entityName );
 		oos.writeObject( id );
-		oos.writeObject( tenantId );
 		oos.writeObject( status.name() );
 		oos.writeObject( (previousStatus == null ? "" : previousStatus.name()) );
 		// todo : potentially look at optimizing these two arrays
@@ -431,7 +425,6 @@ public final class EntityEntry implements Serializable {
 				( persistenceContext.getSession() == null ? null : persistenceContext.getSession().getFactory() ),
 				(String) ois.readObject(),
 				( Serializable ) ois.readObject(),
-				(String) ois.readObject(),
 				Status.valueOf( (String) ois.readObject() ),
 				( ( previousStatusString = ( String ) ois.readObject() ).length() == 0 ?
 							null :
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/EnhancerTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/EnhancerTest.java
index 6003d166eb..31f0b4caed 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/EnhancerTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/EnhancerTest.java
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ public class EnhancerTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 				LockMode.NONE,
 				false,
 				null,
-				null,
 				false,
 				false,
 				null
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/customer/CustomerEnhancerTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/customer/CustomerEnhancerTest.java
index a95cda980f..f2dd994132 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/customer/CustomerEnhancerTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bytecode/enhancement/customer/CustomerEnhancerTest.java
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ public class CustomerEnhancerTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 				LockMode.NONE,
 				false,
 				null,
-				null,
 				false,
 				false,
 				null