diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e4867c2..07849f80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -265,11 +265,6 @@
 
 
         <!-- SPRING -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.15</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/dataset/AdapterConfigSerializer.java b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/dataset/AdapterConfigSerializer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 328326de..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/dataset/AdapterConfigSerializer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package org.aksw.gerbil.dataset;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
-import org.aksw.gerbil.datatypes.AbstractAdapterConfiguration;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-@JsonSerialize(using = AdapterConfigSerializer.class)
-public class AdapterConfigSerializer extends StdSerializer<AbstractAdapterConfiguration> {
-
-
-    public AdapterConfigSerializer(Class<AbstractAdapterConfiguration> t) {
-        super(AbstractAdapterConfiguration.class);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serialize(AbstractAdapterConfiguration value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
-        gen.writeStartObject();
-        gen.writeStringField("name", value.getName());
-        gen.writeStringField("group", value.getGroup());
-        gen.writeEndObject();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/web/config/RootConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/web/config/RootConfig.java
index e131b646..34916f7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/web/config/RootConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/web/config/RootConfig.java
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.aksw.gerbil.config.GerbilConfiguration;
-import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.AdapterConfigSerializer;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.check.EntityCheckerManager;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.check.impl.EntityCheckerManagerImpl;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.check.impl.FileBasedCachingEntityCheckerManager;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.check.impl.HttpBasedEntityChecker;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.check.impl.InMemoryCachingEntityCheckerManager;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.dataset.check.index.IndexBasedEntityChecker;
-import org.aksw.gerbil.datatypes.AbstractAdapterConfiguration;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.datatypes.ExperimentType;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.evaluate.EvaluatorFactory;
 import org.aksw.gerbil.exceptions.GerbilException;
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConversionException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jackson.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
@@ -150,11 +147,6 @@ public class RootConfig {
         return overseer;
     }
 
-   @Bean
-    public Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderCustomizer jsonCustomizer() {
-        return builder -> builder.serializers(new AdapterConfigSerializer(AbstractAdapterConfiguration.class));
-    }
-
     public static @Bean SubClassInferencer createSubClassInferencer() {
         Model classModel = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
         String hierarchyFiles[] = GerbilConfiguration.getInstance()