ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider migrating Spring app from Hibernate 3 to Hibernate 4 in JBoss EAP 6

Issue

• We are getting ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider when migrating our Spring application that was using Hibernate 3 to JBoss EAP 6 and using Hibernate 4

ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 182) Context initialization failed: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lorg/hibernate/cache/CacheProvider;
  at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2499) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1811) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(ReflectionUtils.java:516) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(ReflectionUtils.java:500) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:351) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:296) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:745) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:448) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:423) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:728) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:380) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
  at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.spring.SpringContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(SpringContextLoaderListener.java:44) [resteasy-spring-1.2.GA.jar:]
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
  at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_79]
  at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.cache.CacheProvider from [Module "deployment.springApplication.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:213) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.6.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:459) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.6.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:408) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.6.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:389) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.6.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:134) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.6.Final-redhat-1]
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