diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java
index 6fd68394ea..31e223260e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ContentManagementWebConfig.java
@@ -15,39 +15,38 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView;
 @Configuration
 public class ContentManagementWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 
-    public ContentManagementWebConfig() {
-        super();
-    }
+	public ContentManagementWebConfig() {
+		super();
+	}
 
-    // API
+	// API
 
-    @Override
-    public void configureContentNegotiation(final ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) {
-        configurer.favorPathExtension(true).
-        favorParameter(false).
-        parameterName("mediaType").
-        ignoreAcceptHeader(true).
-        useJaf(false).
-        defaultContentType(MediaType.TEXT_HTML).
-        mediaType("xml", MediaType.APPLICATION_XML).
-        mediaType("html", MediaType.TEXT_HTML).
-        mediaType("json", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
-    }
+	@Override
+	public void configureContentNegotiation(final ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) {
+		configurer.favorPathExtension(false).
+		favorParameter(true).
+		parameterName("mediaType").
+		ignoreAcceptHeader(true).
+		useJaf(false).
+		defaultContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).
+		mediaType("xml", MediaType.APPLICATION_XML).
+		mediaType("json", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+	}
 
-    @Override
-    public void addViewControllers(final ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
-        super.addViewControllers(registry);
-        registry.addViewController("/sample.html");
-    }
+	@Override
+	public void addViewControllers(final ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
+		super.addViewControllers(registry);
+		registry.addViewController("/sample.html");
+	}
 
-    @Bean
-    public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
-        final InternalResourceViewResolver bean = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
-        bean.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
-        bean.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/");
-        bean.setSuffix(".jsp");
-        bean.setOrder(0);
-        return bean;
-    }
+	@Bean
+	public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
+		final InternalResourceViewResolver bean = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
+		bean.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
+		bean.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/");
+		bean.setSuffix(".jsp");
+		bean.setOrder(0);
+		return bean;
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java
index 8a41718b8c..e18bbdbf63 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/EmployeeController.java
@@ -29,15 +29,6 @@ public class EmployeeController {
         return employeeMap.get(Id);
     }
 
-    @RequestMapping(value = "/employee/{Id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-    public String getEmployeeByIdHtmlView(@PathVariable final long Id, final ModelMap model) {
-        model.addAttribute("name", employeeMap.get(Id).getName());
-        model.addAttribute("contactNumber", employeeMap.get(Id).getContactNumber());
-        model.addAttribute("id", employeeMap.get(Id).getId());
-
-        return "employeeView";
-    }
-
     @RequestMapping(value = "/addEmployee", method = RequestMethod.POST)
     public String submit(@ModelAttribute("employee") final Employee employee, final BindingResult result, final ModelMap model) {
         if (result.hasErrors()) {
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java
index 753f243edb..eb069ebf0a 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/EmployeeController.java
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ public class EmployeeController {
 		return employeeMap.get(Id);
 	}
 
-	@RequestMapping(value = "/employee/{Id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-	public String getEmployeeByIdHtmlView(@PathVariable final long Id, final ModelMap model) {
-		model.addAttribute("name", employeeMap.get(Id).getName());
-		model.addAttribute("contactNumber", employeeMap.get(Id).getContactNumber());
-		model.addAttribute("id", employeeMap.get(Id).getId());
-
-		return "employeeView";
-	}
-
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/addEmployee", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 	public String submit(@ModelAttribute("employee") final Employee employee, final BindingResult result, final ModelMap model) {
 		if (result.hasErrors()) {
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml
index 0fcd85e399..49a5e7c35d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/contentManagementWebMvcConfig.xml
@@ -23,16 +23,15 @@
 	<!-- Content strategy using path extension -->
 	<bean id="contentNegotiationManager"
 		class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean">
-		<property name="favorPathExtension" value="true" />
-		<property name="favorParameter" value="false"/>
+		<property name="favorPathExtension" value="false" />
+		<property name="favorParameter" value="true"/>
 		<property name="parameterName" value="mediaType"/>
 		<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
-		<property name="defaultContentType" value="text/html" />
+		<property name="defaultContentType" value="application/json" />
 		<property name="useJaf" value="false" />
 
 		<property name="mediaTypes">
 			<map>
-				<entry key="html" value="text/html" />
 				<entry key="json" value="application/json" />
 				<entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
 			</map>