diff --git a/spring-orm/spring-orm.gradle b/spring-orm/spring-orm.gradle
index 319efc8af47..db00899a11f 100644
--- a/spring-orm/spring-orm.gradle
+++ b/spring-orm/spring-orm.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ dependencies {
 	optional(project(":spring-context"))
 	optional(project(":spring-web"))
 	optional("jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api")
-	optional("jakarta.validation:jakarta.validation-api")
 	optional("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa")
 	optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta")
 	testImplementation(project(":spring-core-test"))
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/persistenceunit/DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/persistenceunit/DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.java
index e85b783bf61..daeb31b9f1d 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/persistenceunit/DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/persistenceunit/DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceException;
 import jakarta.persistence.SharedCacheMode;
 import jakarta.persistence.ValidationMode;
 import jakarta.persistence.spi.PersistenceUnitInfo;
-import jakarta.validation.NoProviderFoundException;
-import jakarta.validation.Validation;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup.DataSourceLookup;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup.JndiDataSourceLookup;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup.MapDataSourceLookup;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 
@@ -103,9 +100,6 @@ public class DefaultPersistenceUnitManager
 	public static final String ORIGINAL_DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_UNIT_NAME = "default";
 
 
-	private static final boolean beanValidationPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
-			"jakarta.validation.Validation", DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.class.getClassLoader());
-
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
 	private String[] persistenceXmlLocations = new String[] {DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_XML_LOCATION};
@@ -465,16 +459,11 @@ public class DefaultPersistenceUnitManager
 			if (this.sharedCacheMode != null) {
 				pui.setSharedCacheMode(this.sharedCacheMode);
 			}
-
-			// Override validation mode or pre-resolve provider detection
+			// Setting validationMode != ValidationMode.AUTO will ignore bean validation
+			// during schema generation, see https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-12287
 			if (this.validationMode != null) {
 				pui.setValidationMode(this.validationMode);
 			}
-			else if (pui.getValidationMode() == ValidationMode.AUTO) {
-				pui.setValidationMode(
-						beanValidationPresent && BeanValidationDelegate.isValidationProviderPresent() ?
-						ValidationMode.CALLBACK : ValidationMode.NONE);
-			}
 
 			// Initialize persistence unit ClassLoader
 			if (this.loadTimeWeaver != null) {
@@ -710,21 +699,4 @@ public class DefaultPersistenceUnitManager
 		return pui;
 	}
 
-
-	/**
-	 * Inner class to avoid a hard dependency on the Bean Validation API at runtime.
-	 */
-	private static class BeanValidationDelegate {
-
-		static boolean isValidationProviderPresent() {
-			try {
-				Validation.byDefaultProvider().configure();
-				return true;
-			}
-			catch (NoProviderFoundException ex) {
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 }