diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php
index 3e90fe91b5..a74ffbb429 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class StaticMethodLoader implements LoaderInterface
                 throw new MappingException(sprintf('The method %s::%s should be static', $reflClass->getName(), $this->methodName));
             }
 
-            if ($reflClass->isAbstract() || $reflMethod->getDeclaringClass()->getName() != $reflClass->getName()) {
+            if ($reflMethod->getDeclaringClass()->getName() != $reflClass->getName()) {
                 return false;
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php
index 6d4493a753..daaf89f6e9 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ class StaticMethodLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($loader->loadClassMetadata($metadata));
     }
 
-    public function testLoadClassMetadataReturnsFalseIfMethodIsAbstract()
-    {
-        $loader = new StaticMethodLoader('loadMetadata');
-        $metadata = new ClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__.'\AbstractStaticLoaderEntity');
-
-        $this->assertFalse($loader->loadClassMetadata($metadata));
-    }
-
     public function testLoadClassMetadata()
     {
         $loader = new StaticMethodLoader('loadMetadata');
@@ -88,8 +80,3 @@ class BaseStaticLoaderDocument
         $metadata->addConstraint(new ConstraintA());
     }
 }
-
-abstract class AbstractStaticLoaderEntity
-{
-    abstract public static function loadMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata);
-}