diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ConverterExtensionsConfig.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ConverterExtensionsConfig.java
index df673b3f03..42bf50ac5f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ConverterExtensionsConfig.java
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/ConverterExtensionsConfig.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ public class ConverterExtensionsConfig {
         final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter xmlConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
 
         final XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
-        xstreamMarshaller.setAutodetectAnnotations(true);
         xmlConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
         xmlConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
index 4fce72a75f..69724fda29 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
         final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter xmlConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
 
         final XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
-        xstreamMarshaller.setAutodetectAnnotations(true);
         xmlConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
         xmlConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);