diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ServiceLocatorFactoryBean.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ServiceLocatorFactoryBean.java
index e8f2b72b6c..1ded4154aa 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ServiceLocatorFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ServiceLocatorFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
@@ -364,12 +363,12 @@ public class ServiceLocatorFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object>, BeanFacto
 			try {
 				String beanName = tryGetBeanName(args);
 				if (StringUtils.hasLength(beanName)) {
-					// Service locator for a specific bean name.
+					// Service locator for a specific bean name
 					return beanFactory.getBean(beanName, serviceLocatorMethodReturnType);
 				}
 				else {
-					// Service locator for a bean type.
-					return BeanFactoryUtils.beanOfTypeIncludingAncestors(beanFactory, serviceLocatorMethodReturnType);
+					// Service locator for a bean type
+					return beanFactory.getBean(serviceLocatorMethodReturnType);
 				}
 			}
 			catch (BeansException ex) {
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java
index 9419950001..044cb72be3 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/EntityManagerFactoryUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -76,10 +76,12 @@ public abstract class EntityManagerFactoryUtils {
 	 * Find an EntityManagerFactory with the given name in the given
 	 * Spring application context (represented as ListableBeanFactory).
 	 * <p>The specified unit name will be matched against the configured
-	 * peristence unit, provided that a discovered EntityManagerFactory
+	 * persistence unit, provided that a discovered EntityManagerFactory
 	 * implements the {@link EntityManagerFactoryInfo} interface. If not,
 	 * the persistence unit name will be matched against the Spring bean name,
 	 * assuming that the EntityManagerFactory bean names follow that convention.
+	 * <p>If no unit name has been given, this method will search for a default
+	 * EntityManagerFactory through {@link ListableBeanFactory#getBean(Class)}.
 	 * @param beanFactory the ListableBeanFactory to search
 	 * @param unitName the name of the persistence unit (may be {@code null} or empty,
 	 * in which case a single bean of type EntityManagerFactory will be searched for)
@@ -108,7 +110,8 @@ public abstract class EntityManagerFactoryUtils {
 			return beanFactory.getBean(unitName, EntityManagerFactory.class);
 		}
 		else {
-			return BeanFactoryUtils.beanOfType(beanFactory, EntityManagerFactory.class);
+			// Find unique EntityManagerFactory bean in the context, falling back to parent contexts.
+			return beanFactory.getBean(EntityManagerFactory.class);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionAspectSupport.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionAspectSupport.java
index 8d15342c02..9f9b9503dd 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionAspectSupport.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionAspectSupport.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal;
 import org.springframework.transaction.NoTransactionException;
@@ -247,12 +245,8 @@ public abstract class TransactionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware, Init
 		else if (this.transactionManagerBeanName != null) {
 			return this.beanFactory.getBean(this.transactionManagerBeanName, PlatformTransactionManager.class);
 		}
-		else if (this.beanFactory instanceof ListableBeanFactory) {
-			return BeanFactoryUtils.beanOfTypeIncludingAncestors(((ListableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory), PlatformTransactionManager.class);
-		}
 		else {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Cannot retrieve PlatformTransactionManager beans from non-listable BeanFactory: " + this.beanFactory);
+			return this.beanFactory.getBean(PlatformTransactionManager.class);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionProxyFactoryBean.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionProxyFactoryBean.java
index eaf963cc39..62b408e155 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionProxyFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/TransactionProxyFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ public class TransactionProxyFactoryBean extends AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBe
 	/**
 	 * This callback is optional: If running in a BeanFactory and no transaction
 	 * manager has been set explicitly, a single matching bean of type
-	 * PlatformTransactionManager will be fetched from the BeanFactory.
-	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils#beanOfTypeIncludingAncestors
+	 * {@link PlatformTransactionManager} will be fetched from the BeanFactory.
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory#getBean(Class)
 	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager
 	 */
 	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {