diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java
index b59d074c9df..83740f27dec 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.DatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ public class BatchAutoConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-	@ConditionalOnClass(DatabasePopulator.class)
 	@Conditional(OnBatchDatasourceInitializationCondition.class)
 	static class DataSourceInitializerConfiguration {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationWithoutJdbcTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationWithoutJdbcTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a832523145..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationWithoutJdbcTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.batch;
-
-import javax.sql.DataSource;
-
-import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.BatchConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.EnableBatchProcessing;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.explore.JobExplorer;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobOperator;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.transaction.TransactionAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
-import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.classpath.ClassPathExclusions;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-
-/**
- * Tests for {@link BatchAutoConfiguration} when Spring JDBC is not on the classpath.
- *
- * @author Andy Wilkinson
- */
-@ClassPathExclusions("spring-jdbc-*.jar")
-class BatchAutoConfigurationWithoutJdbcTests {
-
-	private final ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner()
-			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(BatchAutoConfiguration.class, TransactionAutoConfiguration.class))
-			.withUserConfiguration(BatchConfiguration.class);
-
-	@Test
-	void whenThereIsNoJdbcOnTheClasspathThenComponentsAreStillAutoConfigured() {
-		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
-			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(JobLauncherApplicationRunner.class);
-			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(JobExecutionExitCodeGenerator.class);
-			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(SimpleJobOperator.class);
-		});
-	}
-
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableBatchProcessing
-	static class BatchConfiguration implements BatchConfigurer {
-
-		@Bean
-		DataSource dataSource() {
-			return new HikariDataSource();
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public JobRepository getJobRepository() {
-			return mock(JobRepository.class);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public PlatformTransactionManager getTransactionManager() {
-			return mock(PlatformTransactionManager.class);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public JobLauncher getJobLauncher() {
-			return mock(JobLauncher.class);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public JobExplorer getJobExplorer() {
-			return mock(JobExplorer.class);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}