diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring/business-config.xml b/src/main/resources/spring/business-config.xml
index 731bd1c25..5cc8bd2a2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spring/business-config.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/spring/business-config.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@
      <!-- enables scanning for @Transactional annotations -->
     <tx:annotation-driven />
  
-
-    <beans profile="jpa,spring-data-jpa">
+	
+	<!-- ==================		 3 Profiles to choose from 			=================== 
+									- default (uses JPA)
+									- jdbc (uses Spring" JdbcTemplate)
+									- spring-data-jpa	
+		  =============================================================================-->
+	
+    <beans profile="default,spring-data-jpa">
         <!-- JPA EntityManagerFactory -->
         <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean"
               p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
@@ -69,8 +75,9 @@
         <context:component-scan base-package="org.springframework.samples.petclinic.repository.jdbc"/>
     </beans>
 
-    <beans profile="jpa">
+    <beans profile="default">
         <!--
+            Loads JPA beans
             Will automatically be transactional due to @Transactional.
             EntityManager will be auto-injected due to @PersistenceContext.
             PersistenceExceptions will be auto-translated due to @Repository.
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 000f6244c..a19348eec 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -8,15 +8,20 @@ http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
     <display-name>Spring PetClinic</display-name>
     <description>Spring PetClinic sample application</description>
 
-    <context-param>
+   <!-- Default profile is "jpa" (see business-config.xml for more details). 
+   When using Spring JDBC, uncomment the following: -->
+   <!--  <context-param>
         <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
         <param-value>jdbc</param-value>
-        <!-- Available profiles:
-		<param-value>jdbc</param-value>
-		<param-value>jpa</param-value> (in the case of plain JPA)
-		<param-value>spring-data-jpa</param-value> (in the case of Spring Data JPA)
-		-->
+    </context-param>  -->
+
+   <!--  When using Spring Data JPA, uncomment the following: -->
+   <!--
+   	<context-param>
+        <param-name>spring.profiles.active</param-name>
+		<param-value>spring-data-jpa</param-value>
     </context-param>
+	-->
 
     <!--
 		- Location of the XML file that defines the root application context.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/ClinicServiceJpaTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/ClinicServiceJpaTests.java
index e024f21fd..2512372a4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/ClinicServiceJpaTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/ClinicServiceJpaTests.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.service;
 
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:spring/business-config.xml"})
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ActiveProfiles("jpa")
+// No active profile specificied because JPA uses the "default" profile
 public class ClinicServiceJpaTests extends AbstractClinicServiceTests {
 
 }
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