diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/persistence/PersistenceApiAbstraction.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/persistence/PersistenceApiAbstraction.java
index a8e875f8ca..c1f3f30127 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/persistence/PersistenceApiAbstraction.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/persistence/PersistenceApiAbstraction.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public PersistenceApiAbstraction(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
         PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_ANNOTATION_CLASS = annotationTypeForName("jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext");
         PERSISTENCE_UNIT_ANNOTATION_CLASS = annotationTypeForName("jakarta.persistence.PersistenceUnit");
         PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_TYPE_CLASS = classForName("jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContextType");
-        if (PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_TYPE_CLASS.getClass().equals(Dummy.class)) {
+        if (PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_TYPE_CLASS.equals(Dummy.class)) {
             EXTENDED_PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_ENUM_VALUE = enumValue(PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_TYPE_CLASS, "EXTENDED");
         } else {
             EXTENDED_PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT_ENUM_VALUE = DummyEnum.DUMMY_VALUE;