diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring/dao-config.xml b/src/main/resources/spring/dao-config.xml
index 80ea4fbf8..d4a411057 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spring/dao-config.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/spring/dao-config.xml
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
 				p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
 			<property name="jpaVendorAdapter">			
 				<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter"
-						p:database="${jpa.database}" p:showSql="${jpa.showSql}"/>			
+						p:database="${jpa.database}" p:showSql="${jpa.showSql}" />			
 			</property>
 			<property name="persistenceUnitName" value="petclinic" />
 			<property name="packagesToScan" value="org/springframework/samples/petclinic" />
 		</bean>
-	
+			
 		<!-- Transaction manager for a single JPA EntityManagerFactory (alternative to JTA) -->
 		<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager"
 				p:entityManagerFactory-ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties b/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties
index a199c64c3..214778bdc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/spring/jdbc.properties
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 # Targeted at system administrators, to avoid touching the context XML files.
 
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Common Settings
-
-hibernate.generate_statistics=true
-hibernate.show_sql=true
-jpa.showSql=true
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -25,16 +19,10 @@ jdbc.password=
 jdbc.initLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/initDB.sql
 jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/populateDB.sql
 
-# Property that determines which Hibernate dialect to use
-# (only applied with "applicationContext-hibernate.xml")
-hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect
-
-# Property that determines which JPA DatabasePlatform to use with TopLink Essentials
-jpa.databasePlatform=org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.toplink.EssentialsHSQLPlatformWithNativeSequence
-
 # Property that determines which database to use with an AbstractJpaVendorAdapter
 jpa.database=HSQL
 
+jpa.showSql=true
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MySQL Settings
@@ -52,8 +40,5 @@ jpa.database=HSQL
 # (only applied with "applicationContext-hibernate.xml")
 #hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 
-# Property that determines which JPA DatabasePlatform to use with TopLink Essentials
-#jpa.databasePlatform=oracle.toplink.essentials.platform.database.MySQL4Platform
-
 # Property that determines which database to use with an AbstractJpaVendorAdapter
 #jpa.database=MYSQL