diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 154ae76def0bc..4f3f65bfff8e3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -1005,12 +1005,6 @@ function ($a) {
                         ->arrayNode('middlewares')
                             ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
                             ->children()
-                                ->arrayNode('doctrine_transaction')
-                                    ->canBeEnabled()
-                                    ->children()
-                                        ->scalarNode('entity_manager_name')->info('The name of the entity manager to use')->defaultNull()->end()
-                                    ->end()
-                                ->end()
                                 ->arrayNode('validation')
                                     ->{!class_exists(FullStack::class) && class_exists(Validation::class) ? 'canBeDisabled' : 'canBeEnabled'}()
                                 ->end()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index b6b3a3dd9396c..520b2fb981429 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\Reader;
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationRegistry;
-use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Messenger\DoctrineTransactionMiddleware;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Processor\DebugProcessor;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
@@ -1454,15 +1453,6 @@ private function registerMessengerConfiguration(array $config, ContainerBuilder
         $container->getDefinition('messenger.sender_locator')->replaceArgument(0, $senderLocatorMapping);
         $container->getDefinition('messenger.asynchronous.routing.sender_locator')->replaceArgument(1, $messageToSenderIdsMapping);
 
-        if ($config['middlewares']['doctrine_transaction']['enabled']) {
-            if (!class_exists(DoctrineTransactionMiddleware::class)) {
-                throw new LogicException('The Doctrine transaction middleware is only available when the doctrine bridge is installed. Try running "composer require symfony/doctrine-bridge".');
-            }
-            $container->getDefinition('messenger.middleware.doctrine_transaction')->replaceArgument(1, $config['middlewares']['doctrine_transaction']['entity_manager_name']);
-        } else {
-            $container->removeDefinition('messenger.middleware.doctrine_transaction');
-        }
-
         if ($config['middlewares']['validation']['enabled']) {
             if (!$container->has('validator')) {
                 throw new LogicException('The Validation middleware is only available when the Validator component is installed and enabled. Try running "composer require symfony/validator".');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/messenger.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/messenger.xml
index 580e2b8f4ae2b..240e2d2c488e7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/messenger.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/messenger.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
             <tag name="message_bus_middleware" priority="100" />
         </service>
 
-        <service id="messenger.middleware.doctrine_transaction" class="Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Messenger\DoctrineTransactionMiddleware">
-            <argument type="service" id="doctrine" />
-            <argument /> <!-- Entity manager name -->
-
-            <tag name="message_bus_middleware" priority="9" />
-        </service>
-
         <!-- Asynchronous -->
         <service id="messenger.asynchronous.routing.sender_locator" class="Symfony\Component\Messenger\Asynchronous\Routing\SenderLocator">
             <argument type="service" id="messenger.sender_locator" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
index fdf9ec5b0702c..00b61e30a0d07 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
@@ -370,16 +370,10 @@
 
     <xsd:complexType name="messenger_middleware">
         <xsd:sequence>
-            <xsd:element name="doctrine-transaction" type="messenger_doctrine_transaction" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="validation" type="messenger_validation" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
         </xsd:sequence>
     </xsd:complexType>
 
-    <xsd:complexType name="messenger_doctrine_transaction">
-        <xsd:attribute name="entity-manager-name" type="xsd:string" />
-        <xsd:attribute name="enabled" type="xsd:boolean" />
-    </xsd:complexType>
-
     <xsd:complexType name="messenger_validation">
         <xsd:attribute name="enabled" type="xsd:boolean" />
     </xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 97492186db81e..6216babe8151f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ class_exists(SemaphoreStore::class) && SemaphoreStore::isSupported() ? 'semaphor
                 'enabled' => !class_exists(FullStack::class) && class_exists(MessageBusInterface::class),
                 'routing' => array(),
                 'middlewares' => array(
-                    'doctrine_transaction' => array(
-                        'enabled' => false,
-                        'entity_manager_name' => null,
-                    ),
                     'validation' => array(
                         'enabled' => !class_exists(FullStack::class),
                     ),
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/messenger_doctrine.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/messenger_doctrine.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1295236717aef..0000000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/messenger_doctrine.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-$container->loadFromExtension('framework', array(
-    'messenger' => array(
-        'middlewares' => array(
-            'doctrine_transaction' => array(
-                'entity_manager_name' => 'foobar',
-            ),
-        ),
-    ),
-));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/messenger_doctrine.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/messenger_doctrine.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d9d8850f5c4c..0000000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/messenger_doctrine.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
-        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
-
-    <framework:config>
-        <framework:messenger>
-            <framework:middlewares>
-                <framework:doctrine-transaction entity-manager-name="foobar" />
-            </framework:middlewares>
-        </framework:messenger>
-    </framework:config>
-</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/messenger_doctrine.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/messenger_doctrine.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 346fae558bd24..0000000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/messenger_doctrine.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-framework:
-    messenger:
-        middlewares:
-            doctrine_transaction:
-                entity_manager_name: 'foobar'
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 2ba8907135b0a..418c848bbdffd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\Annotation;
-use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\ContainerAwareEventManager;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FullStack;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\DependencyInjection\Compiler\AddAnnotationsCachedReaderPass;
@@ -521,18 +520,6 @@ public function testMessenger()
         $this->assertFalse($container->hasDefinition('messenger.middleware.doctrine_transaction'));
     }
 
-    public function testMessengerDoctrine()
-    {
-        if (!class_exists(ContainerAwareEventManager::class)) {
-            self::markTestSkipped('Skipping tests since Doctrine bridge is not installed');
-        }
-
-        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('messenger_doctrine');
-        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('messenger.middleware.doctrine_transaction'));
-        $def = $container->getDefinition('messenger.middleware.doctrine_transaction');
-        $this->assertEquals('foobar', $def->getArgument(1));
-    }
-
     public function testMessengerValidationDisabled()
     {
         if (!class_exists(Validation::class)) {