diff --git a/.ci/pitest.sh b/.ci/pitest.sh
index ee8368ffd0c5..b11dfb5f2590 100755
--- a/.ci/pitest.sh
+++ b/.ci/pitest.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ pitest-imports)
   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>"
-  "AvoidStaticImportCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>        if (exclude.endsWith(&#34;.*&#34;)) {</span></pre></td></tr>"
   "CustomImportOrderCheck.java.html:<td class='covered'><pre><span  class='survived'>                        &#38;&#38; matcher.start() &#60; betterMatchCandidate.matchPosition) {</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>"
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStaticImportCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStaticImportCheckTest.java
index 95921cab231f..2736343ed647 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStaticImportCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStaticImportCheckTest.java
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ public void testDefaultOperation()
             "26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
             "27: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.createTempFile"),
             "28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.pathSeparator"),
-            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.lang.Math.sqrt"),
+            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass"),
-            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "31: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass.one"),
         };
@@ -76,10 +77,11 @@ public void testStarExcludes()
         final String[] expected = {
             "25: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
             "26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
-            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.lang.Math.sqrt"),
+            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass"),
-            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "31: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass.one"),
         };
@@ -91,17 +93,18 @@ public void testMemberExcludes()
             throws Exception {
         final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
             createModuleConfig(AvoidStaticImportCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("excludes", "java.io.File.listRoots");
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("excludes", "java.io.File.listRoots,java.lang.Math.E");
         // allow the java.io.File.listRoots member imports
         final String[] expected = {
             "25: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
             "26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
             "27: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.createTempFile"),
             "28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.pathSeparator"),
-            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.lang.Math.sqrt"),
+            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass"),
-            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "31: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass.one"),
         };
@@ -126,10 +129,11 @@ public void testBogusMemberExcludes()
             "26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
             "27: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.createTempFile"),
             "28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.pathSeparator"),
-            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.lang.Math.sqrt"),
+            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass"),
-            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "31: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass.one"),
         };
@@ -154,7 +158,8 @@ public void testInnerClassMemberExcludesStar()
             "26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
             "27: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.createTempFile"),
             "28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.pathSeparator"),
-            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
+            "29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.lang.Math.sqrt"),
+            "30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY,
                 "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports."
                     + "avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass"),
         };
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/avoidstaticimport/InputAvoidStaticImportDefault.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/avoidstaticimport/InputAvoidStaticImportDefault.java
index f53801a70d22..6f8231d4827c 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/avoidstaticimport/InputAvoidStaticImportDefault.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/avoidstaticimport/InputAvoidStaticImportDefault.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import static javax.swing.WindowConstants.*;
 import static java.io.File.createTempFile;
 import static java.io.File.pathSeparator;
+import static java.lang.Math.sqrt;
 import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports.avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass;
 import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports.avoidstaticimport.InputAvoidStaticImportNestedClass.InnerClass.one;