diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/CassandraEntityClassScanner.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/CassandraEntityClassScanner.java
index b8ce0beee..5ef58e697 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/CassandraEntityClassScanner.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/CassandraEntityClassScanner.java
@@ -232,11 +232,10 @@ protected Set<Class<?>> scanBasePackageForEntities(String basePackage) throws Cl
 	/**
 	 * @return entity annotations.
 	 * @see Table
-	 * @see Persistent
 	 * @see PrimaryKeyClass
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	protected Class<? extends Annotation>[] getEntityAnnotations() {
-		return new Class[] { Table.class, Persistent.class, PrimaryKeyClass.class };
+		return new Class[] { Table.class, PrimaryKeyClass.class };
 	}
 }