diff --git a/grails-core/src/main/groovy/org/grails/compiler/injection/ApplicationClassInjector.groovy b/grails-core/src/main/groovy/org/grails/compiler/injection/ApplicationClassInjector.groovy
index 222e453c131..26ecdfe56f8 100644
--- a/grails-core/src/main/groovy/org/grails/compiler/injection/ApplicationClassInjector.groovy
+++ b/grails-core/src/main/groovy/org/grails/compiler/injection/ApplicationClassInjector.groovy
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ class ApplicationClassInjector implements GrailsArtefactClassInjector {
                 }
 
                 def classLoader = getClass().classLoader
-                if(ClassUtils.isPresent('jakarta.servlet.ServletContext', classLoader)) {
-                    GrailsASTUtils.addAnnotationOrGetExisting(classNode, ClassHelper.make(classLoader.loadClass('org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc')))
-                }
                 if(ClassUtils.isPresent('org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration', classLoader) ) {
                     def enableAutoConfigurationAnnotation = GrailsASTUtils.addAnnotationOrGetExisting(classNode, ClassHelper.make(classLoader.loadClass('org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration')))