diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
index adeee0743..d1c5041d1 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ public class RepositoryEntityController extends AbstractRepositoryRestController
 			}
 	)
 	@ResponseBody
-	@Transactional
 	public ResponseEntity<Resource<?>> createNewEntity(RepositoryRestRequest repoRequest,
 	                                                   PersistentEntityResource<?> incoming) {
 		RepositoryMethodInvoker repoMethodInvoker = repoRequest.getRepositoryMethodInvoker();
@@ -271,7 +269,6 @@ public class RepositoryEntityController extends AbstractRepositoryRestController
 			}
 	)
 	@ResponseBody
-	@Transactional
 	public ResponseEntity<Resource<?>> updateEntity(RepositoryRestRequest repoRequest,
 	                                                PersistentEntityResource<?> incoming,
 	                                                @PathVariable String id)
@@ -324,7 +321,6 @@ public class RepositoryEntityController extends AbstractRepositoryRestController
 			method = RequestMethod.DELETE
 	)
 	@ResponseBody
-	@Transactional
 	public ResponseEntity<?> deleteEntity(RepositoryRestRequest repoRequest,
 	                                      @PathVariable String id)
 			throws ResourceNotFoundException {
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.java
index aa323b3bf..cc7792861 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ public class RepositoryPropertyReferenceController extends AbstractRepositoryRes
 			}
 	)
 	@ResponseBody
-	@Transactional
 	public ResponseEntity<Resource<?>> createPropertyReference(final RepositoryRestRequest repoRequest,
 	                                                           final @RequestBody Resource<Object> incoming,
 	                                                           @PathVariable String id,
@@ -326,7 +324,6 @@ public class RepositoryPropertyReferenceController extends AbstractRepositoryRes
 			method = RequestMethod.DELETE
 	)
 	@ResponseBody
-	@Transactional
 	public ResponseEntity<Resource<?>> deletePropertyReference(final RepositoryRestRequest repoRequest,
 	                                                           @PathVariable String id,
 	                                                           @PathVariable String property,