diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource.java
index 48f2d42f9..8b97f82f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
@@ -195,7 +196,11 @@ public class AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource extends RepositoryConfigura
 			return Optional.empty();
 		}
 
-		return Optional.of(attributes.getClass(REPOSITORY_FRAGMENTS_CONTRIBUTOR_CLASS).getName());
+		Class<?> fragmentsContributorClass = attributes.getClass(REPOSITORY_FRAGMENTS_CONTRIBUTOR_CLASS);
+
+		return Optional.of(fragmentsContributorClass) //
+				.filter(Predicate.not(Class::isInterface)) // avoid default values that are typically interfaces
+				.map(Class::getName);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests.java
index ff9a96bbc..f5d3418a9 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.basepackage.repo.PersonRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DummyReactiveRepositoryFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DummyRepositoryFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFragmentsContributor;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.reactive.ReactiveCrudRepository;
 
 /**
@@ -196,6 +197,19 @@ class AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests {
 				.contains(SampleRepositoryFragmentsContributor.class.getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3279
+	void skipsInterfaceFragmentsContributor() {
+
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(DummyRepositoryFactory.class);
+		bd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(PersonRepository.class);
+
+		AnnotationMetadata metadata = AnnotationMetadata.introspect(ConfigurationWithFragmentsContributorInterface.class);
+		AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource configurationSource = new AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource(metadata,
+				EnableRepositoriesWithContributor.class, resourceLoader, environment, registry, null);
+
+		assertThat(configurationSource.getRepositoryFragmentsContributorClassName()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
 	@Test // GH-3279
 	void omitsUnspecifiedFragmentsContributor() {
 
@@ -216,8 +230,9 @@ class AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests {
 		bd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(ReactivePersonRepository.class);
 
 		assertThat(getConfigSource(ConfigurationWithBeanNameGenerator.class).generateBeanName(bd))
-			.isEqualTo(ReactivePersonRepository.class.getName());
-		assertThat(getConfigSource(DefaultConfiguration.class).generateBeanName(bd)).isEqualTo("annotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests.ReactivePersonRepository");
+				.isEqualTo(ReactivePersonRepository.class.getName());
+		assertThat(getConfigSource(DefaultConfiguration.class).generateBeanName(bd))
+				.isEqualTo("annotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests.ReactivePersonRepository");
 	}
 
 	private AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource getConfigSource(Class<?> type) {
@@ -247,6 +262,9 @@ class AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests {
 	@EnableRepositoriesWithContributor()
 	static class ConfigurationWithFragmentsContributor {}
 
+	@EnableRepositoriesWithContributor(fragmentsContributor = RepositoryFragmentsContributor.class)
+	static class ConfigurationWithFragmentsContributorInterface {}
+
 	@EnableReactiveRepositories(nameGenerator = FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator.class)
 	static class ReactiveConfigurationWithBeanNameGenerator {}
 
@@ -256,6 +274,7 @@ class AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSourceUnitTests {
 		Filter[] includeFilters() default {};
 
 		Filter[] excludeFilters() default {};
+
 	}
 
 	@SampleAnnotation