diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/util/ReflectUtils.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/util/ReflectUtils.java
index 7aca31f6e13..77e8e0cdcec 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/util/ReflectUtils.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/common/util/ReflectUtils.java
@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.InvalidWebSocketException;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.common.DuplicateAnnotationException;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class ReflectUtils
 {
+
+    private static final Pattern JAVAX_CLASSNAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^javax*\\..*");
+
     private static class GenericRef
     {
         // The base class reference lookup started from
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ public class ReflectUtils
             Class<?> clazz = (Class<?>) type;
             // prevent spinning off into Serialization and other parts of the
             // standard tree that we could care less about
-            if (clazz.getName().matches("^javax*\\..*"))
+            if (JAVAX_CLASSNAME_PATTERN.matcher(clazz.getName()).matches())
             {
                 return false;
             }