diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 134a27ee60..35ce94c34e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>hapi-fhir</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/StarterJpaConfig.java b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/StarterJpaConfig.java
index 3c91b00a28..29a65ef7e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/StarterJpaConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/StarterJpaConfig.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.binary.provider.BinaryAccessProvider;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.config.util.HapiEntityManagerFactoryUtil;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.config.util.ResourceCountCacheUtil;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.config.util.ValidationSupportConfigUtil;
+
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.FulltextSearchSvcImpl;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.IFulltextSearchSvc;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.search.HSearchSortHelperImpl;
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ public IStaleSearchDeletingSvc staleSearchDeletingSvc() {
 		return new StaleSearchDeletingSvcImpl();
 	}
 
-	@Primary
-	@Bean
-	public CachingValidationSupport validationSupportChain(JpaValidationSupportChain theJpaValidationSupportChain) {
-		return ValidationSupportConfigUtil.newCachingValidationSupport(theJpaValidationSupportChain);
-	}
-
 	@Autowired
 	private ConfigurableEnvironment configurableEnvironment;