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/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheck.java
index f5da30ed92f5..c5973f8d2d8a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/AvoidStarImportCheck.java
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ public void visitToken(final DetailAST ast) {
             final DetailAST startingDot = ast.getFirstChild();
             logsStarredImportViolation(startingDot);
         }
-        else if (!allowStaticMemberImports
-            && ast.getType() == TokenTypes.STATIC_IMPORT) {
+        else if (!allowStaticMemberImports) {
             // must navigate past the static keyword
             final DetailAST startingDot = ast.getFirstChild().getNextSibling();
             logsStarredImportViolation(startingDot);