diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6427df656..5165f9361 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <!-- Spring and Spring Boot dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
@@ -69,7 +65,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-   
 
     <!-- Databases - Uses HSQL by default -->
     <dependency>
@@ -120,11 +115,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/PetClinicApplication.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/PetClinicApplication.java
index fc403edea..224c326c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/PetClinicApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/PetClinicApplication.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.samples.petclinic;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer;
-import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 
 /**
  * PetClinic Spring Boot Application.
@@ -28,23 +26,10 @@ import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
  *
  */
 @SpringBootApplication
-public class PetClinicApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
-    @Override
-    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
-        return application.sources(Application.class);
-    }
+public class PetClinicApplication {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         SpringApplication.run(PetClinicApplication.class, args);
     }
 
 }
-/**@SpringBootApplication
-*public class PetClinicApplication {
-*
-*    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-*        SpringApplication.run(PetClinicApplication.class, args);
-*    }
-*
-*}
-*/