diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
index 4951a8c68..864bbaf9a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
@@ -463,8 +463,6 @@ class StepParserStepFactoryBean<I, O> implements FactoryBean, BeanNameAware {
 	private void validateFaultTolerantSettings() {
 		validateDependency("skippable-exception-classes", skippableExceptionClasses, "skip-limit", skipLimit, true);
 		validateDependency("retryable-exception-classes", retryableExceptionClasses, "retry-limit", retryLimit, true);
-		validateAtLeastOneDependency("processor-transactional", processorTransactional,
-				"'retry-limit' or 'skip-limit'", retryLimit, skipLimit);
 		validateDependency("retry-listeners", retryListeners, "retry-limit", retryLimit, false);
 		if (isPresent(processorTransactional) && !processorTransactional && isPresent(readerTransactionalQueue)
 				&& readerTransactionalQueue) {
@@ -473,32 +471,6 @@ class StepParserStepFactoryBean<I, O> implements FactoryBean, BeanNameAware {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Check if a field is present then a second (at least one taken from a
-	 * list) is also.
-	 * 
-	 * @param dependantName the name of the first field
-	 * @param dependantValue the value of the first field
-	 * @param names the names of the other fields (used to construct an
-	 * exception message)
-	 * @param values the other field values (one of which must be set if the
-	 * first field is)
-	 */
-	private void validateAtLeastOneDependency(String dependantName, Boolean dependantValue, String names,
-			Object... values) {
-		boolean oneIsPresent = false;
-		for (Object value : values) {
-			if (isPresent(value)) {
-				oneIsPresent = true;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if (isPresent(dependantValue) && !oneIsPresent) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("The field '" + dependantName + "' is not permitted on the step ["
-					+ this.name + "] because " + names + " is not present.");
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Check if a field is present then a second is also. If the
 	 * twoWayDependency flag is set then the opposite must also be true: if the
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParserTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParserTests.java
index 047245f0a..126ec8464 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParserTests.java
@@ -121,15 +121,13 @@ public class ChunkElementParserTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testProcessorTransactionalNotAllowedOnSimpleProcessor() throws Exception {
-		try {
-			new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
-					"org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementIllegalAttributeParserTests-context.xml");
-			fail("Expected BeanCreationException");
-		}
-		catch (BeanCreationException e) {
-			String msg = e.getMessage();
-			assertTrue("Wrong message: " + msg, msg.contains("The field 'processor-transactional' is not permitted"));
-		}
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementIllegalAttributeParserTests-context.xml");
+		Object step = context.getBean("s1", Step.class);
+		assertNotNull("Step not parsed", step);
+		Object tasklet = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(step, "tasklet");
+		Object chunkProcessor = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(tasklet, "chunkProcessor");
+		assertTrue(chunkProcessor instanceof SimpleChunkProcessor<?, ?>);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -260,7 +258,8 @@ public class ChunkElementParserTests {
 
 	private Object getPolicy(String stepName, ApplicationContext ctx, String componentName) throws Exception {
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-		SubclassClassifier<Throwable, Object> classifier = (SubclassClassifier<Throwable, Object>) getNestedPathInStep(stepName, ctx, componentName);
+		SubclassClassifier<Throwable, Object> classifier = (SubclassClassifier<Throwable, Object>) getNestedPathInStep(
+				stepName, ctx, componentName);
 		Object policy = classifier.classify(new Exception());
 		return policy;
 	}