diff --git a/.ci/pitest.sh b/.ci/pitest.sh
index 6024d33a280..c3bf3a1eed9 100755
--- a/.ci/pitest.sh
+++ b/.ci/pitest.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ pitest-imports)
   mvn -e -P$1 clean test org.pitest:pitest-maven:mutationCoverage;
   declare -a ignoredItems=(
   "AvoidStarImportCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>            &#38;&#38; ast.getType() == TokenTypes.STATIC_IMPORT) {</span></pre></td></tr>"
-  "AvoidStarImportCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>            if (exclude.endsWith(STAR_IMPORT_SUFFIX)) {</span></pre></td></tr>"
   "CustomImportOrderCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>        else if (customImportOrderRules.contains(SAME_PACKAGE_RULE_GROUP)) {</span></pre></td></tr>"
   "CustomImportOrderCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>        if (bestMatch.group.equals(NON_GROUP_RULE_GROUP)) {</span></pre></td></tr>"
   "CustomImportOrderCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>            if (customImportOrderRules.contains(SAME_PACKAGE_RULE_GROUP)) {</span></pre></td></tr>"
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheckTest.java
index b96a8b5e185..826aea90c6a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheckTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public void testExcludes()
         final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
             createModuleConfig(AvoidStarImportCheck.class);
         checkConfig.addAttribute("excludes",
-            "java.io,java.lang,javax.swing.WindowConstants.*, javax.swing.WindowConstants");
+            "java.io,java.lang,javax.swing.WindowConstants.*");
         // allow the java.io/java.lang,javax.swing.WindowConstants star imports
         final String[] expected2 = {
             "7: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports.*"),