diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchProperties.java
index 998098416d..bf5547472c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchProperties.java
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.batch;
 
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.transaction.TransactionProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.NestedConfigurationProperty;
 
 /**
  * Configuration properties for Spring Batch.
@@ -48,9 +46,6 @@ public class BatchProperties {
 
 	private final Job job = new Job();
 
-	@NestedConfigurationProperty
-	private final TransactionProperties transaction = new TransactionProperties();
-
 	public String getSchema() {
 		return this.schema;
 	}
@@ -75,10 +70,6 @@ public class BatchProperties {
 		return this.job;
 	}
 
-	public TransactionProperties getTransaction() {
-		return this.transaction;
-	}
-
 	public class Initializer {
 
 		/**
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java
index 030b69cee6..e58bda102b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/neo4j/Neo4jProperties.java
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ import org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration;
 import org.neo4j.ogm.config.DriverConfiguration;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.transaction.TransactionProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.NestedConfigurationProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -71,9 +69,6 @@ public class Neo4jProperties implements ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	private final Embedded embedded = new Embedded();
 
-	@NestedConfigurationProperty
-	private final TransactionProperties transaction = new TransactionProperties();
-
 	private ClassLoader classLoader = Neo4jProperties.class.getClassLoader();
 
 	public String getUri() {
@@ -112,10 +107,6 @@ public class Neo4jProperties implements ApplicationContextAware {
 		return this.embedded;
 	}
 
-	public TransactionProperties getTransaction() {
-		return this.transaction;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext ctx) throws BeansException {
 		this.classLoader = ctx.getClassLoader();
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/transaction/TransactionManagerCustomizers.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/transaction/TransactionManagerCustomizers.java
index e44502775a..8a79946283 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/transaction/TransactionManagerCustomizers.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/transaction/TransactionManagerCustomizers.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
  */
 public class TransactionManagerCustomizers {
 
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory
+			.getLog(TransactionManagerCustomizers.class);
+
 	private final List<PlatformTransactionManagerCustomizer<?>> customizers;
 
 	public TransactionManagerCustomizers(
@@ -56,7 +62,17 @@ public class TransactionManagerCustomizers {
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
 	private void customize(PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager,
 			PlatformTransactionManagerCustomizer customizer) {
-		customizer.customize(transactionManager);
+		try {
+			customizer.customize(transactionManager);
+		}
+		catch (ClassCastException ex) {
+			// Possibly a lambda-defined listener which we could not resolve the generic
+			// event type for
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Non-matching transaction manager type for customizer: "
+						+ customizer, ex);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/launchscript/SysVinitLaunchScriptIT.java b/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/launchscript/SysVinitLaunchScriptIT.java
index 2ad08cac5b..57f44a7646 100644
--- a/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/launchscript/SysVinitLaunchScriptIT.java
+++ b/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/launchscript/SysVinitLaunchScriptIT.java
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ public class SysVinitLaunchScriptIT {
 				.has(coloredString(AnsiColor.YELLOW, "Not running (pidfile not found)"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void forceStopWhenStopped() throws Exception {
+		String output = doTest("force-stop-when-stopped.sh");
+		assertThat(output).contains("Status: 0");
+		assertThat(output)
+				.has(coloredString(AnsiColor.YELLOW, "Not running (pidfile not found)"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void startWhenStarted() throws Exception {
 		String output = doTest("start-when-started.sh");
diff --git a/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/force-stop-when-stopped.sh b/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/force-stop-when-stopped.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..465b555329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/force-stop-when-stopped.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source ./test-functions.sh
+install_service
+force_stop_service
+echo "Status: $?"
diff --git a/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/test-functions.sh b/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/test-functions.sh
index aab41ca0f3..c1734c757b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/test-functions.sh
+++ b/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/src/test/resources/scripts/test-functions.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ stop_service() {
   service spring-boot-app stop
 }
 
+force_stop_service() {
+  service spring-boot-app force-stop
+}
+
 await_app() {
   if [ -z $1 ]
   then
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script
index feb9f538a7..cba5329854 100755
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script
@@ -203,6 +203,24 @@ do_stop() {
   return 1;
 }
 
+force_stop() {
+  [[ -f $pid_file ]] || { echoYellow "Not running (pidfile not found)"; return 0; }
+  pid=$(cat "$pid_file")
+  isRunning "$pid" || { echoYellow "Not running (process ${pid}). Removing stale pid file."; rm -f "$pid_file"; return 0; }
+  do_force_stop "$pid" "$pid_file"
+}
+
+do_force_stop() {
+  kill -9 "$1" &> /dev/null || { echoRed "Unable to kill process $1"; return 1; }
+  for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+    isRunning "$1" || { echoGreen "Stopped [$1]"; rm -f "$2"; return 0; }
+    [[ $i -eq 30 ]] && kill -9 "$1" &> /dev/null
+    sleep 1
+  done
+  echoRed "Unable to kill process $1";
+  return 1;
+}
+
 restart() {
   stop && start
 }
@@ -242,6 +260,8 @@ start)
   start "$@"; exit $?;;
 stop)
   stop "$@"; exit $?;;
+force-stop)
+  force_stop "$@"; exit $?;;
 restart)
   restart "$@"; exit $?;;
 force-reload)