diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java
index 1a0350fd26..bd75a95d7d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package com.baeldung.springbootxml;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
 
-@Configuration
-@EnableAutoConfiguration
+@SpringBootApplication
 @ImportResource("classpath:beans.xml")
 public class SpringBootXmlApplication implements CommandLineRunner {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c36ac7905..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.springbootxml;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
-import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
-
-@Configuration
-@ImportResource("classpath:beansconf.xml")
-public class SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication implements CommandLineRunner {
-
-    @Autowired private Pojo pojo;
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.class, args);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
-        System.out.println(pojo.getField());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beansconf.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beansconf.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f328370a8..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beansconf.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans
-        xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-        xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
-        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
-
-    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:application.properties"/>
-
-    <bean class="com.baeldung.springbootxml.Pojo">
-        <property name="field" value="${sample}"></property>
-    </bean>
-</beans>
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