diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index ba2bb591ed..d1256535ab 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@
 	<display-name>Spring MVC Application</display-name>
 
 	<!-- Spring root -->
-	<context-param>
-		<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
-		<param-value>
-         org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
-      </param-value>
-	</context-param>
 	<context-param>
 		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
-		<param-value>org.baeldung.spring.web.config</param-value>
+		<param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml</param-value>
 	</context-param>
 
 	<listener>