diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/StringToLdapNameConverter.java b/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/StringToLdapNameConverter.java
index 275385cb9..c09b9e4d3 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/StringToLdapNameConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/StringToLdapNameConverter.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * {@link Converter} to convert a {@link String} to a {@link LdapName}.
  *
  * @author Mark Paluch
- * @since 3.1
+ * @since 3.0.8
  */
 public enum StringToLdapNameConverter implements Converter<String, Name> {
 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java
index 6fc32e772..58fc8f882 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config;
 
-import javax.naming.Name;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
 import org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.data.auditing.AuditableBeanWrapperFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.auditing.MappingAuditableBeanWrapperFactory;
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ public DefaultFormattingConversionService defaultConversionService() {
 		DefaultFormattingConversionService conversionService = new DefaultFormattingConversionService();
 		// Add Spring Data Commons formatters
 		conversionService.addConverter(uriToEntityConverter(conversionService));
-		conversionService.addConverter(stringToNameConverter());
+		conversionService.addConverter(StringToLdapNameConverter.INSTANCE);
 		addFormatters(conversionService);
 
 		configurerDelegate.configureConversionService(conversionService);
@@ -677,10 +675,6 @@ protected UriToEntityConverter uriToEntityConverter(ConversionService conversion
 		return new UriToEntityConverter(persistentEntities(), repositoryInvokerFactory(conversionService), repositories());
 	}
 
-	protected Converter<String, ? extends Name> stringToNameConverter() {
-		 return StringToLdapNameConverter.INSTANCE;
-	}
-
 	@Bean
 	public ExcerptProjector excerptProjector() {