diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache.php
index fec65f1f3..3da7c05ef 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache.php
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ interface Cache
      */
     const MODE_REFRESH = 4;
 
-    /**
-     * Construct
-     *
-     * @param \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface $em
-     */
-    public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $em);
-
     /**
      * @param string $className The entity class.
      *
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheConfiguration.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheConfiguration.php
index 4a583c14c..760352314 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheConfiguration.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheConfiguration.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\ORM\Cache;
 
-use Doctrine\ORM\ORMException;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Cache\Logging\CacheLogger;
 
 /**
@@ -51,11 +50,6 @@ class CacheConfiguration
      */
     private $queryValidator;
 
-    /**
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $cacheClassName = 'Doctrine\ORM\Cache\DefaultCache';
-
     /**
      * @return \Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheFactory|null
      */
@@ -129,28 +123,4 @@ class CacheConfiguration
     {
         $this->queryValidator = $validator;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $className
-     *
-     * @throws \Doctrine\ORM\ORMException If is not a \Doctrine\ORM\Cache
-     */
-    public function setCacheClassName($className)
-    {
-        $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($className);
-
-        if ( ! $reflectionClass->implementsInterface('Doctrine\ORM\Cache')) {
-            throw ORMException::invalidSecondLevelCache($className);
-        }
-
-        $this->cacheClassName = $className;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string A \Doctrine\ORM\Cache class name
-     */
-    public function getCacheClassName()
-    {
-        return $this->cacheClassName;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheFactory.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheFactory.php
index b1ce7f8e3..793392199 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheFactory.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/CacheFactory.php
@@ -101,4 +101,13 @@ interface CacheFactory
      * @return \Doctrine\ORM\Cache\TimestampRegion The timestamp region.
      */
     public function getTimestampRegion();
+
+    /**
+     * Build \Doctrine\ORM\Cache
+     *
+     * @param EntityManagerInterface $entityManager
+     *
+     * @return \Doctrine\ORM\Cache
+     */
+    public function createCache(EntityManagerInterface $entityManager);
 }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultCacheFactory.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultCacheFactory.php
index 9ae425df3..207c34a61 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultCacheFactory.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultCacheFactory.php
@@ -230,4 +230,12 @@ class DefaultCacheFactory implements CacheFactory
 
         return $this->timestampRegion;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function createCache(EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+        return new DefaultCache($em);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php
index 0c1b16b5c..cd433a7fa 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ use Doctrine\Common\Util\ClassUtils;
         );
 
         if ($config->isSecondLevelCacheEnabled()) {
-            $cacheClass  = $config->getSecondLevelCacheConfiguration()->getCacheClassName();
-            $this->cache = new $cacheClass($this);
+            $cacheConfig    = $config->getSecondLevelCacheConfiguration();
+            $cacheFactory   = $cacheConfig->getCacheFactory();
+            $this->cache    = $cacheFactory->createCache($this);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMException.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMException.php
index 40c0cb3be..799fd1b8d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMException.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/ORMException.php
@@ -262,16 +262,6 @@ class ORMException extends Exception
         return new self("Invalid repository class '".$className."'. It must be a Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectRepository.");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param string $className
-     *
-     * @return ORMException
-     */
-    public static function invalidSecondLevelCache($className)
-    {
-        return new self(sprintf('Invalid cache class "%s". It must be a Doctrine\ORM\Cache.', $className));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param string $className
      * @param string $fieldName
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Cache/CacheConfigTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Cache/CacheConfigTest.php
index fff090330..412d30207 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Cache/CacheConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Cache/CacheConfigTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * @group DDC-2183
+ *
+ * @covers \Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheConfiguration
  */
 class CacheConfigTest extends DoctrineTestCase
 {
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ class CacheConfigTest extends DoctrineTestCase
      */
     private $config;
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
     protected function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
@@ -22,18 +27,6 @@ class CacheConfigTest extends DoctrineTestCase
         $this->config = new CacheConfiguration();
     }
 
-    public function testSetGetCacheClassName()
-    {
-        $mockClass = get_class($this->getMock('Doctrine\ORM\Cache'));
-
-        $this->assertEquals('Doctrine\ORM\Cache\DefaultCache', $this->config->getCacheClassName());
-        $this->config->setCacheClassName($mockClass);
-        $this->assertEquals($mockClass, $this->config->getCacheClassName());
-
-        $this->setExpectedException('Doctrine\ORM\ORMException');
-        $this->config->setCacheClassName(__CLASS__);
-    }
-
     public function testSetGetRegionLifetime()
     {
         $config = $this->config->getRegionsConfiguration();