diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationJmxAttributeSource.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationJmxAttributeSource.java
index 8ac3f93501..4603a4d320 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationJmxAttributeSource.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationJmxAttributeSource.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.annotation.AnnotationBeanUtils;
-import org.springframework.context.EmbeddedValueResolverAware;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.metadata.InvalidMetadataException;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.metadata.JmxAttributeSource;
@@ -45,13 +47,21 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
  * @see org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedAttribute
  * @see org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedOperation
  */
-public class AnnotationJmxAttributeSource implements JmxAttributeSource, EmbeddedValueResolverAware {
+public class AnnotationJmxAttributeSource implements JmxAttributeSource, BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	private StringValueResolver embeddedValueResolver;
 
 
-	public void setEmbeddedValueResolver(StringValueResolver resolver) {
-		this.embeddedValueResolver = resolver;
+	public void setBeanFactory(final BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		if (beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
+			// Not using EmbeddedValueResolverAware in order to avoid a spring-context dependency:
+			// ConfigurableBeanFactory and its resolveEmbeddedValue live in the spring-beans module.
+			this.embeddedValueResolver = new StringValueResolver() {
+				public String resolveStringValue(String strVal) {
+					return ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) beanFactory).resolveEmbeddedValue(strVal);
+				}
+			};
+		}
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMBeanExporter.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMBeanExporter.java
index 681bd15724..1eaf7c6596 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMBeanExporter.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMBeanExporter.java
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation;
 
-import org.springframework.context.EmbeddedValueResolverAware;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.assembler.MetadataMBeanInfoAssembler;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.naming.MetadataNamingStrategy;
-import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
 
 /**
  * Convenient subclass of Spring's standard {@link MBeanExporter},
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 2.5
  */
-public class AnnotationMBeanExporter extends MBeanExporter implements EmbeddedValueResolverAware {
+public class AnnotationMBeanExporter extends MBeanExporter {
 
 	private final AnnotationJmxAttributeSource annotationSource =
 			new AnnotationJmxAttributeSource();
@@ -65,8 +64,10 @@ public class AnnotationMBeanExporter extends MBeanExporter implements EmbeddedVa
 		this.metadataNamingStrategy.setDefaultDomain(defaultDomain);
 	}
 
-	public void setEmbeddedValueResolver(StringValueResolver resolver) {
-		this.annotationSource.setEmbeddedValueResolver(resolver);
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		super.setBeanFactory(beanFactory);
+		this.annotationSource.setBeanFactory(beanFactory);
 	}
 
 }