diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/AutoConfigurationChecker.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/AutoConfigurationChecker.java
index c1d7ee9d131..995cc172b22 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/AutoConfigurationChecker.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/AutoConfigurationChecker.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.build.architecture;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ import com.tngtech.archunit.core.domain.JavaClass;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.core.domain.JavaClasses;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.lang.EvaluationResult;
 
-import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
-
 /**
  * Finds all configurations from auto-configurations (either nested configurations or
  * imported ones) and checks that these classes don't contain public members.
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ class AutoConfigurationChecker {
 		.and(ArchitectureRules.areNotKotlinClasses());
 
 	EvaluationResult check(JavaClasses javaClasses) {
-		AutoConfigurations autoConfigurations = new AutoConfigurations();
+		AutoConfigurations autoConfigurations = new AutoConfigurations(javaClasses);
 		for (JavaClass javaClass : javaClasses) {
 			if (isAutoConfigurationOrEnclosedInAutoConfiguration(javaClass)) {
 				autoConfigurations.add(javaClass);
@@ -74,23 +71,28 @@ class AutoConfigurationChecker {
 
 		private static final String CONFIGURATION = "org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration";
 
-		private final Map<String, JavaClass> classes = new HashMap<>();
+		private final JavaClasses classes;
+
+		private final Map<String, JavaClass> autoConfigurationClasses = new HashMap<>();
+
+		AutoConfigurations(JavaClasses classes) {
+			this.classes = classes;
+		}
 
 		void add(JavaClass autoConfiguration) {
 			if (!autoConfiguration.isMetaAnnotatedWith(CONFIGURATION)) {
 				return;
 			}
-			if (this.classes.putIfAbsent(autoConfiguration.getName(), autoConfiguration) != null) {
+			if (this.autoConfigurationClasses.putIfAbsent(autoConfiguration.getName(), autoConfiguration) != null) {
 				return;
 			}
-			processImports(autoConfiguration, this.classes);
+			processImports(autoConfiguration, this.autoConfigurationClasses);
 		}
 
 		JavaClasses getConfigurations() {
-			// TODO: Find a way without reflection
-			Method method = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(JavaClasses.class, "of", Iterable.class);
-			ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(method);
-			return (JavaClasses) ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(method, null, this.classes.values());
+			DescribedPredicate<JavaClass> isAutoConfiguration = DescribedPredicate.describe("is an auto-configuration",
+					(c) -> this.autoConfigurationClasses.containsKey(c.getName()));
+			return this.classes.that(isAutoConfiguration);
 		}
 
 		private void processImports(JavaClass javaClass, Map<String, JavaClass> result) {