diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/pom.xml
index 0a10afad08..011b17659f 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/pom.xml
@@ -46,21 +46,7 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.persistence-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${jpa.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.subethamail</groupId>
             <artifactId>subethasmtp</artifactId>
@@ -72,6 +58,11 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
+		    <scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -80,57 +71,13 @@
             <resource>
                 <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
-                <excludes>
-                    <exclude>**/conf.properties</exclude>
-                </excludes>
             </resource>
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>autoconfiguration</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <phase>integration-test</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>test</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <excludes>
-                                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>**/*IntTest.java</exclude>
-                                    </excludes>
-                                    <includes>
-                                        <include>**/AutoconfigurationTest.java</include>
-                                    </includes>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <systemPropertyVariables>
-                                <test.mime>json</test.mime>
-                            </systemPropertyVariables>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
     <properties>
         <!-- The main class to start by executing java -jar -->
         <start-class>com.baeldung.exclude_urls_filter.Application</start-class>
-        <jquery.version>3.1.1</jquery.version>
-        <bootstrap.version>3.3.7-1</bootstrap.version>
-        <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exclude_urls_filter/Application.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exclude_urls_filter/Application.java
index 4fb6938694..9841a9b967 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exclude_urls_filter/Application.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exclude_urls_filter/Application.java
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ package com.baeldung.exclude_urls_filter;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
-@ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.baeldung.exclude_urls_filter")
-@Configuration
+
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class Application {
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/slash/Application.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/slash/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f2352b499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/slash/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.slash;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceTransactionManagerAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
+
+@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {
+	    DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class,
+	    DataSourceTransactionManagerAutoConfiguration.class,
+	    HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class})
+public class Application implements WebMvcConfigurer {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/slash/SlashParsingController.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/slash/SlashParsingController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b62a5b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-web-url/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/slash/SlashParsingController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.slash;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("slash")
+public class SlashParsingController {	
+
+    @GetMapping("mypaths/{anything}")
+    public String pathVariable(@PathVariable("anything") String anything) {
+        return anything;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("all/**")
+    public String allDirectories(HttpServletRequest request) {
+        return request.getRequestURI()
+            .split(request.getContextPath() + "/all/")[1];
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("all")
+    public String queryParameter(@RequestParam("param") String param) {
+        return param;
+    }
+
+}