diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/CustomImportOrderCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/CustomImportOrderCheck.java
index 5f9005ee26e5..d62407a5a87e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/CustomImportOrderCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/CustomImportOrderCheck.java
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ private static RuleMatchForImport findBetterPatternMatch(String importPath, Stri
         while (matcher.find()) {
             final int length = matcher.end() - matcher.start();
             if (length > betterMatchCandidate.matchLength
-                    || length == betterMatchCandidate.matchLength
+                    || false
                         && matcher.start() < betterMatchCandidate.matchPosition) {
                 betterMatchCandidate = new RuleMatchForImport(group, length, matcher.start());
             }