diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/RootApplicationContextConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/RootApplicationContextConfig.java
index 254b3209c..da0add1b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/RootApplicationContextConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/RootApplicationContextConfig.java
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.config;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
 
 @Configuration
-@Import(BusinessConfig.class)
-@ImportResource("classpath:spring/tools-config.xml")
+@Import({BusinessConfig.class, ToolsConfig.class})
 public class RootApplicationContextConfig {
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/ToolsConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/ToolsConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0cccb195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/config/ToolsConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.config;
+
+import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching;
+import org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager;
+import org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Description;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableAspectJAutoProxy;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableMBeanExport;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.util.CallMonitoringAspect;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableCaching // enables scanning for @Cacheable annotation
+@EnableMBeanExport
+@EnableAspectJAutoProxy
+public class ToolsConfig {
+	
+	@Bean
+    @Description("Call monitoring aspect that monitors call count and call invocation time")
+	public CallMonitoringAspect callMonitor() {
+		return new CallMonitoringAspect();
+	}
+	
+	@Bean
+	@Autowired
+	public EhCacheCacheManager ehCacheCacheManager(CacheManager cacheManager) {
+		EhCacheCacheManager ehCacheCacheManager = new EhCacheCacheManager();
+		ehCacheCacheManager.setCacheManager(cacheManager);
+		return ehCacheCacheManager;
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public EhCacheManagerFactoryBean cacheManager() {
+		EhCacheManagerFactoryBean ehCacheManager = new EhCacheManagerFactoryBean();
+		ehCacheManager.setConfigLocation(new ClassPathResource("cache/ehcache.xml"));
+		return ehCacheManager;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring/tools-config.xml b/src/main/resources/spring/tools-config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1be7e3b6c..000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/spring/tools-config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-	Application context definition for PetClinic on JPA.
--->
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-       xmlns:cache="http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
-         http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
-         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
-         http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
-         http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
-
-    <!--
-        Simply defining this bean will cause requests to owner names to be saved.
-        This aspect is defined in petclinic.jar's META-INF/aop.xml file.
-        Note that we can dependency inject this bean like any other bean.
-    -->
-    <aop:aspectj-autoproxy>
-        <aop:include name="callMonitor"/>
-    </aop:aspectj-autoproxy>
-
-    <!-- Call monitoring aspect that monitors call count and call invocation time -->
-    <bean id="callMonitor" class="org.springframework.samples.petclinic.util.CallMonitoringAspect"/>
-
-    <!--
-        Exporter that exposes the CallMonitoringAspect via JMX,
-        based on the @ManagedResource, @ManagedAttribute, and @ManagedOperation annotations.
-    -->
-    <context:mbean-export/>
-
-    <!-- enables scanning for @Cacheable annotation -->
-    <cache:annotation-driven/>
-
-    <bean id="cacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager">
-        <property name="cacheManager" ref="ehcache"/>
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean id="ehcache" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean">
-        <property name="configLocation" value="classpath:cache/ehcache.xml"/>
-    </bean>
-
-
-</beans>
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