diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/source/java/standard-technologies-applicationContext.xml b/openbis_standard_technologies/source/java/standard-technologies-applicationContext.xml
index 4e3bfb18d5ec7935651e5e32f00eb1ce189e2ef9..d20faa6fe2fa6c0f5583d63b2021452f67171a6d 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/source/java/standard-technologies-applicationContext.xml
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/source/java/standard-technologies-applicationContext.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@
     <import resource="proteomics-plugin-applicationContext.xml"/>
     <import resource="screening-plugin-applicationContext.xml"/>
     
-    <plugins:annotation-config />
-
-    <plugins:component-scan base-package="ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis">
-        <plugins:exclude-filter type="annotation"
-            expression="org.springframework.stereotype.Controller" />
+    <plugins:component-scan base-package="ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis" annotation-config="false">
+        <plugins:exclude-filter type="annotation" expression="org.springframework.stereotype.Controller" />
     </plugins:component-scan>
     
 </beans>
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