diff --git a/ant/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/build.xml b/ant/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/build.xml
index cee1fc8d28..4a502d8dfa 100644
--- a/ant/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/build.xml
+++ b/ant/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/build.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
   <target name="reveng" depends="clean">
     <!-- Generation of the artefacts in folder 'generated-sources' -->
     <hibernatetool destdir="generated-sources">
-      <!-- JDBC Configuration with properties in file 'hibernate.properties' -->
-      <jdbcconfiguration propertyfile="hibernate.properties" />
+      <!-- JDBC Configuration with properties in file '../common/hibernate.properties' -->
+      <jdbcconfiguration propertyfile="../common/hibernate.properties" />
       <!-- The Java file exporter -->
       <hbm2java/>
     </hibernatetool>
diff --git a/ant/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/hibernate.properties b/ant/docs/examples/common/hibernate.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from ant/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/hibernate.properties
rename to ant/docs/examples/common/hibernate.properties
diff --git a/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/build.xml b/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/build.xml
index 35e9bd3e3b..51ecce035a 100644
--- a/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/build.xml
+++ b/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/build.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <hibernatetool 
           destdir="generated-sources"
           templatepath="templates">
-      <jdbcconfiguration propertyfile="hibernate.properties" />
+      <jdbcconfiguration propertyfile="../common/hibernate.properties" />
       <!-- The main template file used by the Java exporter is to be found in the location 'pojo/Pojo.ftl' -->
       <hbm2java/>
     </hibernatetool>
diff --git a/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/hibernate.properties b/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/hibernate.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b2483a2f..0000000000
--- a/ant/docs/examples/templatepath/hibernate.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-############################################################################
-# Hibernate Tools, Tooling for your Hibernate Projects                     #
-#                                                                          #
-# Copyright 2004-2025 Red Hat, Inc.                                        #
-#                                                                          #
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          #
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         #
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  #
-#                                                                          #
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                           #
-#                                                                          #
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      #
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,        #
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. #
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      #
-# limitations under the License.                                           #
-############################################################################
-hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
-hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/./sakila
-hibernate.connection.username=sa
-hibernate.default_catalog=SAKILA
-hibernate.default_schema=PUBLIC
-