diff --git a/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/EnableTransactionManagementIntegrationTests.java b/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/EnableTransactionManagementIntegrationTests.java
index 1cb515423f6..e5e59cdee57 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/EnableTransactionManagementIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/EnableTransactionManagementIntegrationTests.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -33,14 +32,9 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.aop.Advisor;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
-import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
-import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
-import org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCache;
-import org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleCacheManager;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
 import org.springframework.context.config.AdviceMode;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder;
@@ -158,38 +152,6 @@ public class EnableTransactionManagementIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(txManager2.rollbacks, equalTo(0));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void apcEscalation() {
-		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-		ctx.register(EnableTxAndCachingConfig.class);
-		ctx.refresh();
-	}
-
-
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableTransactionManagement
-	@ImportResource("org/springframework/transaction/annotation/enable-caching.xml")
-	static class EnableTxAndCachingConfig {
-		@Bean
-		public PlatformTransactionManager txManager() {
-			return new CallCountingTransactionManager();
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		public FooRepository fooRepository() {
-			return new DummyFooRepository();
-		}
-	
-		@Bean
-		public CacheManager cacheManager() {
-			SimpleCacheManager mgr = new SimpleCacheManager();
-			ArrayList<Cache> caches = new ArrayList<Cache>();
-			caches.add(new ConcurrentMapCache());
-			mgr.setCaches(caches);
-			return mgr;
-		}
-	}
-
 
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableTransactionManagement
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/resources/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/enable-caching.xml b/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/resources/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/enable-caching.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index efc9ec29f30..00000000000
--- a/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/resources/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/enable-caching.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:cache="http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache/spring-cache.xsd">
-
-	<cache:annotation-driven/>
-
-</beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.transaction/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration.java b/org.springframework.transaction/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration.java
index 74d5f583526..2dca350475b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.transaction/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration.java
+++ b/org.springframework.transaction/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration.java
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.transaction.annotation;
 
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
-
 import org.springframework.aop.config.AopConfigUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.InfrastructureAdvisorAutoProxyCreator;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
@@ -42,17 +39,6 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor;
 @Configuration
 public class ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration extends AbstractTransactionManagementConfiguration {
 
-	@Autowired
-	private DefaultListableBeanFactory registry;
-
-	@PostConstruct
-	public void registerAutoProxyCreator() {
-		AopConfigUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(registry);
-		if ((Boolean)enableTx.get("proxyTargetClass")) {
-			AopConfigUtils.forceAutoProxyCreatorToUseClassProxying(registry);
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Bean(name=TransactionManagementConfigUtils.TRANSACTION_ADVISOR_BEAN_NAME)
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
 	public BeanFactoryTransactionAttributeSourceAdvisor transactionAdvisor() {
@@ -81,4 +67,12 @@ public class ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration extends AbstractTransaction
 		return interceptor;
 	}
 
+	// TODO: deal with escalation of APCs
+	@Bean(name=AopConfigUtils.AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR_BEAN_NAME)
+	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
+	public InfrastructureAdvisorAutoProxyCreator apc() {
+		InfrastructureAdvisorAutoProxyCreator apc = new InfrastructureAdvisorAutoProxyCreator();
+		apc.setProxyTargetClass((Boolean) this.enableTx.get("proxyTargetClass"));
+		return apc;
+	}
 }