diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java
index 57ada0f58d..7b9397551e 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.orm.jpa;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.persistence.EntityExistsException;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
@@ -52,9 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.ResourceHolderSynchronization;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -395,7 +392,7 @@ public abstract class EntityManagerFactoryUtils {
 
 		// If we have another kind of PersistenceException, throw it.
 		if (ex instanceof PersistenceException) {
-			return new JpaSystemException((PersistenceException) ex);
+			return new JpaSystemException(ex);
 		}
 
 		// If we get here, we have an exception that resulted from user code,
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/JpaSystemException.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/JpaSystemException.java
index 0b879063cf..74bdd661df 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/JpaSystemException.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/JpaSystemException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.orm.jpa;
 
-import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
-
 import org.springframework.dao.UncategorizedDataAccessException;
 
 /**
@@ -32,10 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.dao.UncategorizedDataAccessException;
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class JpaSystemException extends UncategorizedDataAccessException {
 
-	public JpaSystemException(PersistenceException ex) {
-		super(ex.getMessage(), ex);
-	}
-
 	public JpaSystemException(RuntimeException ex) {
 		super(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 	}