diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java
index 63f4c6dab9a..2e4ece2ec0f 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlProcessor.DocumentMatcher;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlProcessor.MatchStatus;
 import org.springframework.boot.bind.PropertySourcesPropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.boot.bind.RelaxedDataBinder;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertiesPropertySource;
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ public class SpringProfileDocumentMatcher implements DocumentMatcher {
 	/**
 	 * Class for binding {@code spring.profiles} property.
 	 */
-	@ConfigurationProperties("spring")
 	static class SpringProperties {
 
 		private List<String> profiles = new ArrayList<String>();