diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/ProxyFactory.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/ProxyFactory.java
index 06f246d671d..6666cc4b4a6 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/ProxyFactory.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/ProxyFactory.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ public class ProxyFactory<T>
    private final Class<?>           beanType;
    private final Set<Class<?>>      additionalInterfaces = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
    private final ClassLoader        classLoader;
-   private final ProtectionDomain   protectionDomain;
    private final ClassPool          classPool;
    private final String             baseProxyName;
 
@@ -112,7 +110,6 @@ public ProxyFactory(Class<?> proxiedBeanType, Set<? extends Type> businessInterf
          this.classLoader = Container.instance().services().get(ProxyServices.class).getClassLoader(superClass);
       }
       this.beanType = superClass;
-      this.protectionDomain = Container.instance().services().get(ProxyServices.class).getProtectionDomain(beanType);
       this.classPool = new ClassPool();
       this.classPool.appendClassPath(new ClassloaderClassPath(classLoader));
       addDefaultAdditionalInterfaces();
@@ -307,7 +304,7 @@ private Class<T> createProxyClass(String proxyClassName) throws Exception
          proxyClassType.addInterface(classPool.get(specialInterface.getName()));
       }
 
-      Class<T> proxyClass = proxyClassType.toClass(classLoader, protectionDomain);
+      Class<T> proxyClass = proxyClassType.toClass(classLoader, null);
       proxyClassType.detach();
       log.trace("Created Proxy class of type " + proxyClass + " supporting interfaces " + Arrays.toString(proxyClass.getInterfaces()));
       return proxyClass;
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/util/SimpleProxyServices.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/util/SimpleProxyServices.java
index afa27e85537..7b458e8486a 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/util/SimpleProxyServices.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/proxy/util/SimpleProxyServices.java
@@ -69,18 +69,6 @@ private ClassLoader _getClassLoader(Class<?> proxiedBeanType)
       }
    }
 
-   public ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomain(Class<?> type)
-   {
-      if (type.getName().startsWith("java"))
-      {
-         return this.getClass().getProtectionDomain();
-      }
-      else
-      {
-         return type.getProtectionDomain();
-      }
-   }
-
    public void cleanup()
    {
       // This implementation requires no cleanup