This issue affects me as well. The best workaround I have seen so far is on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21254093/running-hibernate-4-3-with-jmx-without-spring/

Unfortunately since it creates an MXBean (a stricter version of an MBean) it breaks compatibility with the Hibernate JConsole plugin (http://hibernate-jcons.sourceforge.net/) that I use. Looking forward to a proper fix from the Hibernate team.