diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtil.java
index c9d4713a1b7..237100e281a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtil.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ private ModuleReflectionUtil() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets checkstyle's modules (directly, not recursively) in the given packages.
+     * Gets checkstyle's modules classes (directly, not recursively) in the given packages.
      *
      * @param packages the collection of package names to use
      * @param loader the class loader used to load Checkstyle package names
@@ -65,32 +65,14 @@ public static Set<Class<?>> getCheckstyleModules(
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether a class may be considered as a checkstyle module. Checkstyle's modules are
-     * non-abstract classes, which are either checkstyle's checks, file sets, filters, file filters,
-     * {@code TreeWalker} filters, audit listener, or root module.
-     *
-     * @param clazz class to check.
-     * @return true if the class may be considered as the checkstyle module.
-     */
-    public static boolean isCheckstyleModule(Class<?> clazz) {
-        return isValidCheckstyleClass(clazz)
-            && (isCheckstyleTreeWalkerCheck(clazz)
-                    || isFileSetModule(clazz)
-                    || isFilterModule(clazz)
-                    || isFileFilterModule(clazz)
-                    || isTreeWalkerFilterModule(clazz)
-                    || isAuditListener(clazz)
-                    || isRootModule(clazz));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks whether a class extends 'AutomaticBean', is non-abstract, and has a default
-     * constructor.
+     * Checks whether a class may be considered as a checkstyle module.
+     * Checkstyle's modules are classes which extend 'AutomaticBean', is
+     * non-abstract, and has a default constructor.
      *
      * @param clazz class to check.
      * @return true if a class may be considered a valid production class.
      */
-    public static boolean isValidCheckstyleClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+    public static boolean isCheckstyleModule(Class<?> clazz) {
         return AutomaticBean.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)
                 && !Modifier.isAbstract(clazz.getModifiers())
                 && hasDefaultConstructor(clazz)
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PackageObjectFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PackageObjectFactoryTest.java
index 8bfe18c23e5..41636ec4b17 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PackageObjectFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PackageObjectFactoryTest.java
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public void testGetShortFromFullModuleNamesThirdParty() {
      * to initialize private field {@code PackageObjectFactory.thirdPartyNameToFullModuleNames}.
      * Since the method and the field both are private, the {@link TestUtil} is required to ensure
      * that the field is changed. Also, the expected exception should be thrown from the static
-     * method {@link ModuleReflectionUtil#getCheckstyleModules}, so {@link Mockito#mockStatic}
+     * method {@link ModuleReflectionUtil#isCheckstyleModule}, so {@link Mockito#mockStatic}
      * is required to mock this exception.
      *
      * @throws Exception when the code tested throws an exception
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ArchUnitSuperClassTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ArchUnitSuperClassTest.java
index d82494140a9..d3682089ec0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ArchUnitSuperClassTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ArchUnitSuperClassTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public void testChecksShouldHaveAllowedAbstractClassAsSuperclass() {
                 @Override
                 public boolean test(JavaClass input) {
                     final Class<?> clazz = input.reflect();
-                    return ModuleReflectionUtil.isValidCheckstyleClass(clazz)
+                    return ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleModule(clazz)
                         && (ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleTreeWalkerCheck(clazz)
                             || ModuleReflectionUtil.isFileSetModule(clazz));
                 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ImmutabilityTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ImmutabilityTest.java
index ffc09f01a94..498c8cc9dbc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ImmutabilityTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/internal/ImmutabilityTest.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class ImmutabilityTest {
             @Override
             public boolean test(JavaClass input) {
                 final Class<?> clazz = input.reflect();
-                return ModuleReflectionUtil.isValidCheckstyleClass(clazz)
+                return ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleModule(clazz)
                     && (ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleTreeWalkerCheck(clazz)
                         || ModuleReflectionUtil.isFileSetModule(clazz));
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtilTest.java
index 38c4640e6d0..3ae86f06bf7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ModuleReflectionUtilTest.java
@@ -78,22 +78,22 @@ public void testIsCheckstyleModule() {
     @Test
     public void testIsValidCheckstyleClass() {
         assertWithMessage("Should return true when valid checkstyle class is passed")
-                .that(ModuleReflectionUtil.isValidCheckstyleClass(ValidCheckstyleClass.class))
+                .that(ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleModule(ValidCheckstyleClass.class))
                 .isTrue();
         assertWithMessage("Should return false when invalid class is passed")
                 .that(
-                    ModuleReflectionUtil.isValidCheckstyleClass(InvalidNonAutomaticBeanClass.class))
+                    ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleModule(InvalidNonAutomaticBeanClass.class))
                 .isFalse();
         assertWithMessage("Should return false when invalid class is passed")
-                .that(ModuleReflectionUtil.isValidCheckstyleClass(AbstractInvalidClass.class))
+                .that(ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleModule(AbstractInvalidClass.class))
                 .isFalse();
         assertWithMessage("Should return false when invalid class is passed")
                 .that(ModuleReflectionUtil
-                    .isValidCheckstyleClass(InvalidNonDefaultConstructorClass.class))
+                    .isCheckstyleModule(InvalidNonDefaultConstructorClass.class))
                 .isFalse();
         assertWithMessage("Should return false when forced invalid class is passed")
                 .that(
-                    ModuleReflectionUtil.isValidCheckstyleClass(XpathFileGeneratorAstFilter.class))
+                    ModuleReflectionUtil.isCheckstyleModule(XpathFileGeneratorAstFilter.class))
                 .isFalse();
     }