diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/auditing/EnableCouchbaseAuditing.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/auditing/EnableCouchbaseAuditing.java
index 001989b52..ff0c7d2c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/auditing/EnableCouchbaseAuditing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/auditing/EnableCouchbaseAuditing.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Configures the {@link AuditorAware} bean to be used to lookup the current principal.
 	 */
-	String auditorAwareRef() default "auditorAwareRef";
+	String auditorAwareRef() default "";
 
 	/**
 	 * Configures whether the creation and modification dates are set. Defaults to {@literal true}.
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@
 	 * Configures a {@link DateTimeProvider} bean name that allows customizing the {@link org.joda.time.DateTime} to be
 	 * used for setting creation and modification dates.
 	 */
-	String dateTimeProviderRef() default "dateTimeProviderRef";
+	String dateTimeProviderRef() default "";
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java
index b876d00f8..797c502eb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  */
 @Configuration
 @EnableCouchbaseRepositories
-@EnableCouchbaseAuditing // this activates auditing
+@EnableCouchbaseAuditing(auditorAwareRef="auditorAwareRef", dateTimeProviderRef="dateTimeProviderRef")  // this activates auditing
 public class Config extends AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration {
 	String bucketname = "travel-sample";
 	String username = "Administrator";
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/ConfigScoped.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/ConfigScoped.java
index 3513d6963..9093bd143 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/ConfigScoped.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/ConfigScoped.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.auditing.EnableCouchbaseAuditing;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.config.EnableCouchbaseRepositories;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
  */
 @Configuration
 @EnableCouchbaseRepositories
-@EnableCouchbaseAuditing // this activates auditing
 public class ConfigScoped extends Config {
 
 	static String scopeName = null;