diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a863b600..7f7b74fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -274,11 +274,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/clarin/cmdi/virtualcollectionregistry/model/VirtualCollection.java b/src/main/java/eu/clarin/cmdi/virtualcollectionregistry/model/VirtualCollection.java
index c3c57ae0..ef0edc3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/clarin/cmdi/virtualcollectionregistry/model/VirtualCollection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/clarin/cmdi/virtualcollectionregistry/model/VirtualCollection.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "virtualcollection")
@@ -481,7 +480,6 @@ public void setCreationDate(Date creationDate) {
         this.creationDate = creationDate;
     }
 
-    //@Transactional
     public List<Creator> getCreators() {
         if (creators == null) {
             this.creators = new ArrayList<Creator>();
@@ -521,7 +519,6 @@ public void setReproducibilityNotice(String reproducibilityNotice) {
         this.reproducibilityNotice = reproducibilityNotice;
     }
 
-    //@Transactional
     public List<String> getKeywords() {
         if (keywords == null) {
             keywords = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -529,7 +526,6 @@ public List<String> getKeywords() {
         return keywords;
     }
 
-    //@Transactional
     public List<Resource> getResources() {
         if (resources == null) {
             resources = new ArrayList<Resource>();