diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
index 4d19741210..de76c86a24 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-feign</artifactId>
 			<version>1.2.5.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
-		</dependency>
 	 <dependency>
 	  <groupId>junit</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingApplication.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingApplication.java
index e8beebeadf..8a1662999b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingApplication.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingApplication.java
@@ -5,16 +5,9 @@
  */
 package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.greeting;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.EnableDiscoveryClient;
-import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.EnableFeignClients;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.ui.Model;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableDiscoveryClient
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingController.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingController.java
index d701a2c762..d98e22f822 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/GreetingController.java
@@ -6,16 +6,11 @@
 package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.greeting;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.EnableFeignClients;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-
-import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
-@Controller
+@RestController
 public class GreetingController {
 
 	@Autowired
@@ -23,10 +18,9 @@ public class GreetingController {
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/get-greeting", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 
-	public String greeting(Model model) {
+	public String greeting() {
 
-		model.addAttribute("greeting", helloWorldClient.HelloWorld());
-		return "greeting-view";
+		return helloWorldClient.HelloWorld();
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/HelloWorldClient.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/HelloWorldClient.java
index d2b91ca715..c56cb1907a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/HelloWorldClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/greeting/HelloWorldClient.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.EnableDiscoveryClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.EnableFeignClients;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.FeignClient;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
@@ -36,12 +34,6 @@ public class HelloWorldClient {
 		String HelloWorld();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Initiate call to Validation.
-	 *
-	 * @param name
-	 * @return the response
-	 */
 	public String HelloWorld() {
 		return theClient.HelloWorld();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/helloworld/HelloWorldController.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/helloworld/HelloWorldController.java
index d5ea84de19..9048e6bed8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/helloworld/HelloWorldController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/helloworld/HelloWorldController.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.helloworld;
 
-import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;