diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration.java
index 965f06e84a5a..02aa2b92a30b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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.
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.DatabaseSelectionProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.Neo4jClient;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.Neo4jOperations;
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ public Neo4jConversions neo4jConversions() {
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public Neo4jMappingContext neo4jMappingContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext,
 			Neo4jConversions neo4jConversions) throws ClassNotFoundException {
-		Set<Class<?>> initialEntityClasses = new EntityScanner(applicationContext).scan(Node.class, Persistent.class,
+		Set<Class<?>> initialEntityClasses = new EntityScanner(applicationContext).scan(Node.class,
 				RelationshipProperties.class);
 		Neo4jMappingContext context = new Neo4jMappingContext(neo4jConversions);
 		context.setInitialEntitySet(initialEntityClasses);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 8fd1314d2b6e..52c42d0d6567 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void shouldFilterInitialEntityScanWithKnownAnnotations() {
 		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(EntityScanConfig.class).run((context) -> {
 			Neo4jMappingContext mappingContext = context.getBean(Neo4jMappingContext.class);
 			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestNode.class)).isTrue();
-			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestPersistent.class)).isTrue();
+			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestPersistent.class)).isFalse();
 			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestRelationshipProperties.class)).isTrue();
 			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestNonAnnotated.class)).isFalse();
 		});
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jReactiveDataAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jReactiveDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a107a8128118..d896ab1a4ec2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jReactiveDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jReactiveDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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.
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void shouldFilterInitialEntityScanWithKnownAnnotations() {
 		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(EntityScanConfig.class).run((context) -> {
 			Neo4jMappingContext mappingContext = context.getBean(Neo4jMappingContext.class);
 			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestNode.class)).isTrue();
-			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestPersistent.class)).isTrue();
+			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestPersistent.class)).isFalse();
 			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestRelationshipProperties.class)).isTrue();
 			assertThat(mappingContext.hasPersistentEntityFor(TestNonAnnotated.class)).isFalse();
 		});