diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests.java
index 9656257819..9c39288080 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests.java
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
 
 /**
  * Abstract base test class which integrates the <em>Spring TestContext
@@ -43,25 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
  * {@link ContextConfiguration @ContextConfiguration} annotation to
  * configure the {@linkplain ApplicationContext application context} {@linkplain
  * ContextConfiguration#locations() resource locations} or {@linkplain
- * ContextConfiguration#classes() component classes}. <em>If your test does not
- * need to load an application context, you may choose to omit the
- * {@link ContextConfiguration @ContextConfiguration} declaration and to configure
- * the appropriate {@link org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener
- * TestExecutionListeners} manually.</em>
- *
- * <p>This class explicitly registers the following {@code TestExecutionListener}
- * implementations. If you want to switch to using the <em>default</em> set of
- * listeners, see the class-level Javadoc for
- * {@link TestExecutionListeners @TestExecutionListeners} for details.
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener}
- * </ul>
+ * ContextConfiguration#classes() component classes}.
  *
  * <p>This class serves only as a convenience for extension.
  * <ul>
@@ -84,19 +60,10 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
  * @see TestContext
  * @see TestContextManager
  * @see TestExecutionListeners
- * @see ServletTestExecutionListener
- * @see DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener
- * @see ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener
- * @see DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener
- * @see DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener
- * @see EventPublishingTestExecutionListener
  * @see AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.testng.AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests
  */
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@TestExecutionListeners({ ServletTestExecutionListener.class, DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener.class,
-	ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class,
-	DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener.class, EventPublishingTestExecutionListener.class })
 public abstract class AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests implements ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests.java
index 13caded4f3..24e3738254 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests.java
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.test.jdbc.JdbcTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
@@ -57,22 +49,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * <p>Concrete subclasses must fulfill the same requirements outlined in
  * {@link AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests}.
  *
- * <p>This class explicitly registers the following {@code TestExecutionListener}
- * implementations. If you want to switch to using the <em>default</em> set of
- * listeners, see the class-level Javadoc for
- * {@link TestExecutionListeners @TestExecutionListeners} for details.
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener}</li>
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener}
- * </ul>
- *
  * <p>This class serves only as a convenience for extension.
  * <ul>
  * <li>If you do not wish for your test classes to be tied to a Spring-specific
@@ -94,8 +70,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners
- * @see org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener
- * @see org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener
  * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
  * @see org.springframework.test.annotation.Commit
  * @see org.springframework.test.annotation.Rollback
@@ -104,10 +78,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see org.springframework.test.jdbc.JdbcTestUtils
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.testng.AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests
  */
-@TestExecutionListeners(listeners = { ServletTestExecutionListener.class, DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener.class,
-	ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class,
-	DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener.class, TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class,
-	SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.class, EventPublishingTestExecutionListener.class }, inheritListeners = false)
 @Transactional
 public abstract class AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests.java
index bfe38cc4da..269f82a069 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests.java
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
 
 /**
  * Abstract base test class which integrates the <em>Spring TestContext Framework</em>
@@ -52,26 +46,9 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
  * {@link ContextConfiguration @ContextConfiguration} annotation to
  * configure the {@linkplain ApplicationContext application context} {@linkplain
  * ContextConfiguration#locations() resource locations} or {@linkplain
- * ContextConfiguration#classes() component classes}. <em>If your test does not
- * need to load an application context, you may choose to omit the
- * {@link ContextConfiguration @ContextConfiguration} declaration and to configure
- * the appropriate {@link org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener
- * TestExecutionListeners} manually.</em> Concrete subclasses must also have
- * constructors which either implicitly or explicitly delegate to {@code super();}.
- *
- * <p>This class explicitly registers the following {@code TestExecutionListener}
- * implementations. If you want to switch to using the <em>default</em> set of
- * listeners, see the class-level Javadoc for
- * {@link TestExecutionListeners @TestExecutionListeners} for details.
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener}
- * </ul>
+ * ContextConfiguration#classes() component classes}. Concrete subclasses must
+ * also have constructors which either implicitly or explicitly delegate to
+ * {@code super();}.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -80,18 +57,9 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
  * @see TestContext
  * @see TestContextManager
  * @see TestExecutionListeners
- * @see ServletTestExecutionListener
- * @see DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener
- * @see ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener
- * @see DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener
- * @see DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener
- * @see EventPublishingTestExecutionListener
  * @see AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests
  */
-@TestExecutionListeners({ ServletTestExecutionListener.class, DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener.class,
-	ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class,
-	DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener.class, EventPublishingTestExecutionListener.class })
 public abstract class AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests implements IHookable, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	/** Logger available to subclasses. */
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests.java
index bf2245f591..d26ec301d0 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/testng/AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests.java
@@ -25,15 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
-import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.test.jdbc.JdbcTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
@@ -56,30 +47,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * <p>Concrete subclasses must fulfill the same requirements outlined in
  * {@link AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests}.
  *
- * <p>This class explicitly registers the following {@code TestExecutionListener}
- * implementations. If you want to switch to using the <em>default</em> set of
- * listeners, see the class-level Javadoc for
- * {@link TestExecutionListeners @TestExecutionListeners} for details.
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener}</li>
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener}
- * <li>{@link org.springframework.test.context.event.EventPublishingTestExecutionListener}
- * </ul>
- *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 2.5
  * @see AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners
- * @see org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener
- * @see org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener
  * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
  * @see org.springframework.test.annotation.Commit
  * @see org.springframework.test.annotation.Rollback
@@ -88,10 +61,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see org.springframework.test.jdbc.JdbcTestUtils
  * @see org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests
  */
-@TestExecutionListeners(listeners = { ServletTestExecutionListener.class, DirtiesContextBeforeModesTestExecutionListener.class,
-	ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class,
-	DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener.class, TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class,
-	SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.class, EventPublishingTestExecutionListener.class }, inheritListeners = false)
 @Transactional
 public abstract class AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests extends AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests {