diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index 735898602..82bf2ca50 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware,
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public <T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, String collectionName) {
-		return findAllAndRemove(query, null, collectionName);
+		return (List<T>) findAllAndRemove(query, Object.class, collectionName);
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
index bbe47bfe6..3473112c7 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
@@ -3239,6 +3239,25 @@ public class MongoTemplateTests {
 		assertThat(loaded.getValue(), instanceOf(decimal128Type));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1718
+	public void findAndRemoveAllWithoutExplicitDomainTypeShouldRemoveAndReturnEntitiesCorrectly() {
+
+		Sample jon = new Sample("1", "jon snow");
+		Sample bran = new Sample("2", "bran stark");
+		Sample rickon = new Sample("3", "rickon stark");
+
+		template.save(jon);
+		template.save(bran);
+		template.save(rickon);
+
+		List<Sample> result = template.findAllAndRemove(query(where("field").regex(".*stark$")),
+				template.determineCollectionName(Sample.class));
+
+		assertThat(result, hasSize(2));
+		assertThat(result, containsInAnyOrder(bran, rickon));
+		assertThat(template.count(new BasicQuery("{}"), template.determineCollectionName(Sample.class)), is(equalTo(1L)));
+	}
+
 	static class TypeWithNumbers {
 
 		@Id String id;