diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/RuntimeHintsBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/RuntimeHintsBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java
index 1b0039f28b8..49c599ab534 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/RuntimeHintsBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/RuntimeHintsBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java
@@ -36,18 +36,13 @@ import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 /**
- * AOT {@code BeanFactoryPostProcessor} that processes
+ * {@link BeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor} implementation that processes
  * {@link RuntimeHintsRegistrar} implementations declared as
  * {@code spring.factories} or using
  * {@link ImportRuntimeHints @ImportRuntimeHints} annotated configuration
  * classes or bean methods.
- * <p>
- * This processor is registered by default in the
- * {@link ApplicationContextAotGenerator} as it is only useful in an AOT
- * context.
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
- * @see ApplicationContextAotGenerator
  */
 class RuntimeHintsBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor
 		implements BeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor {
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/spring-context/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a57309789f..00000000000
--- a/spring-context/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-org.springframework.beans.factory.generator.AotContributingBeanFactoryPostProcessor= \
-org.springframework.context.generator.RuntimeHintsPostProcessor
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