diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
index ab16b61e1d..13a9933fa6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.filter.ShallowEtagHeaderFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
 @Configuration
-// If we want to enable xml configurations for message-converter:
-// @ImportResource("classpath:WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml")
 public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
     // @Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78e38e1448..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd 
-    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd 
-    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-4.0.xsd">
-
-    <!-- We have to exclude Spring Boot's WebMvcAutoConfiguration if we want the xml-configured message-converters to work properly -->
-<!--     <mvc:annotation-driven> -->
-<!--         <mvc:message-converters -->
-<!--             register-defaults="true"> -->
-            
-<!--                 <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter"> -->
-<!--                     <property name="marshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" /> -->
-<!--                     <property name="unmarshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" /> -->
-<!--                 </bean>  -->
-<!--             <bean -->
-<!--                 class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter" /> -->
-<!--         </mvc:message-converters> -->
-<!--     </mvc:annotation-driven> -->
-
-<!--     <bean id="xstreamMarshaller" -->
-<!--         class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller"> -->
-<!--         <property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" /> -->
-<!--     </bean> -->
-    <!-- -->
-    
-    <!-- Also, we can JUST add a HttpMessageConverter Bean to the existing Spring Boot Autoconfiguration: -->
-<!--     <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter">  -->
-<!--         <property name="marshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" />  -->
-<!--         <property name="unmarshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" />  -->
-<!--     </bean>   -->
-<!--     <bean id="xstreamMarshaller" -->
-<!--         class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller"> -->
-<!--         <property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" /> -->
-<!--     </bean> -->
-</beans>
-
-