diff --git a/src/main/resources/default-config.xml b/src/main/resources/default-config.xml
index a4a30d9..c82010f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/default-config.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/default-config.xml
@@ -125,9 +125,7 @@
 				<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">${hibernate.show_sql}</prop>
 				<prop key="hibernate.cache.use_query_cache">${hibernate.cache.use_query_cache}</prop>
 				<prop key="hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache">${hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache}
-				</prop>
-				<prop key="hibernate.cache.provider_class">${hibernate.cache.provider}</prop>
-				<prop key="hibernate.cache.region.factory_class">${hibernate.cache.region.factory}</prop>
+				</prop>				
 				<prop key="hibernate.jdbc.time_zone">${hibernate.jdbc.time_zone}</prop>
 			</props>
 		</property>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/properties/hibernate.properties b/src/main/resources/properties/hibernate.properties
index e394a88..bd073e5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/properties/hibernate.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/properties/hibernate.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 hibernate.show_sql=false
 hibernate.cache.use_query_cache=false
 hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache=false
-hibernate.cache.provider=org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider
-hibernate.cache.region.factory=org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.EhCacheRegionFactory
-hibernate.jdbc.time_zone=UTC
\ No newline at end of file
+hibernate.jdbc.time_zone=UTC
+# Ehcache 2 integration removed; disable legacy cache settings
+hibernate.cache.provider=
+hibernate.cache.region.factory=