diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/ehcache/EhCacheSupportTests.java b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/ehcache/EhCacheSupportTests.java
index fcfe221642..6e8efcd816 100644
--- a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/ehcache/EhCacheSupportTests.java
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/ehcache/EhCacheSupportTests.java
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ public class EhCacheSupportTests extends TestCase {
 			cacheFb.setBeanName("undefinedCache2");
 			cacheFb.setMaxElementsInMemory(5);
 			cacheFb.setOverflowToDisk(false);
-			cacheFb.setEternal(true);
 			cacheFb.setTimeToLive(8);
 			cacheFb.setTimeToIdle(7);
 			cacheFb.setDiskPersistent(true);
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ public class EhCacheSupportTests extends TestCase {
 			assertEquals("undefinedCache2", cache.getName());
 			assertTrue("overridden maxElements is correct", config.getMaxElementsInMemory() == 5);
 			assertFalse("overridden overflowToDisk is correct", config.isOverflowToDisk());
-			assertTrue("overridden eternal is correct", config.isEternal());
 			assertTrue("default timeToLive is correct", config.getTimeToLiveSeconds() == 8);
 			assertTrue("default timeToIdle is correct", config.getTimeToIdleSeconds() == 7);
 			assertTrue("overridden diskPersistent is correct", config.isDiskPersistent());