diff --git a/engine/storage/snapshot/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/DefaultSnapshotStrategy.java b/engine/storage/snapshot/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/DefaultSnapshotStrategy.java
index 265116209d2..3e8e473e9cc 100644
--- a/engine/storage/snapshot/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/DefaultSnapshotStrategy.java
+++ b/engine/storage/snapshot/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/DefaultSnapshotStrategy.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStore;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreManager;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.ObjectInDataStoreStateMachine.Event;
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ import com.cloud.utils.db.DB;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 import com.cloud.utils.fsm.NoTransitionException;
 
-@Component
 public class DefaultSnapshotStrategy extends SnapshotStrategyBase {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(DefaultSnapshotStrategy.class);