diff --git a/.ci/pitest.sh b/.ci/pitest.sh
index 6024d33a2804..90e1f8ae40f8 100755
--- a/.ci/pitest.sh
+++ b/.ci/pitest.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ pitest-header)
 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>"
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 b96a8b5e1851..2a7333374b92 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
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@ public void testAllowStaticMemberImports() throws Exception {
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputAvoidStarImportDefault.java"), expected2);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDenyStaticMemberImports() throws Exception {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createModuleConfig(AvoidStarImportCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("allowStaticMemberImports", "false");
+        // deny all static star imports
+        final String[] expected2 = {
+            "7: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports.*"),
+            "9: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.*"),
+            "10: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.lang.*"),
+            "25: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
+            "26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "javax.swing.WindowConstants.*"),
+            "28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "java.io.File.*"),
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputAvoidStarImportDefault.java"), expected2);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetAcceptableTokens() {
         final AvoidStarImportCheck testCheckObject =