diff --git a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java
index d40cd7ba38e..d5f019c4513 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
  */
 class AspectJExpressionPointcutTests {
 
-	public static final String MATCH_ALL_METHODS = "execution(* *(..))";
-
 	private Method getAge;
 
 	private Method setAge;
@@ -175,25 +173,25 @@ class AspectJExpressionPointcutTests {
 	@Test
 	void testFriendlyErrorOnNoLocationClassMatching() {
 		AspectJExpressionPointcut pc = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();
-		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(() ->
-				pc.matches(ITestBean.class))
-			.withMessageContaining("expression");
+		assertThatIllegalStateException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> pc.matches(ITestBean.class))
+				.withMessageContaining("expression");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void testFriendlyErrorOnNoLocation2ArgMatching() {
 		AspectJExpressionPointcut pc = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();
-		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(() ->
-				pc.matches(getAge, ITestBean.class))
-			.withMessageContaining("expression");
+		assertThatIllegalStateException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> pc.matches(getAge, ITestBean.class))
+				.withMessageContaining("expression");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void testFriendlyErrorOnNoLocation3ArgMatching() {
 		AspectJExpressionPointcut pc = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();
-		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(() ->
-				pc.matches(getAge, ITestBean.class, (Object[]) null))
-			.withMessageContaining("expression");
+		assertThatIllegalStateException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> pc.matches(getAge, ITestBean.class, (Object[]) null))
+				.withMessageContaining("expression");
 	}
 
 
@@ -210,8 +208,10 @@ class AspectJExpressionPointcutTests {
 		// not currently testable in a reliable fashion
 		//assertDoesNotMatchStringClass(classFilter);
 
-		assertThat(methodMatcher.matches(setSomeNumber, TestBean.class, 12D)).as("Should match with setSomeNumber with Double input").isTrue();
-		assertThat(methodMatcher.matches(setSomeNumber, TestBean.class, 11)).as("Should not match setSomeNumber with Integer input").isFalse();
+		assertThat(methodMatcher.matches(setSomeNumber, TestBean.class, 12D))
+				.as("Should match with setSomeNumber with Double input").isTrue();
+		assertThat(methodMatcher.matches(setSomeNumber, TestBean.class, 11))
+				.as("Should not match setSomeNumber with Integer input").isFalse();
 		assertThat(methodMatcher.matches(getAge, TestBean.class)).as("Should not match getAge").isFalse();
 		assertThat(methodMatcher.isRuntime()).as("Should be a runtime match").isTrue();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver.java
index 9da95ef5116..ba38ca86a46 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.PushBuilder;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest;
@@ -68,21 +67,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContextUtils;
  */
 public class ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArgumentResolver {
 
-	@Nullable
-	private static Class<?> pushBuilder;
-
-	static {
-		try {
-			pushBuilder = ClassUtils.forName("jakarta.servlet.http.PushBuilder",
-					ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver.class.getClassLoader());
-		}
-		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-			// Servlet 4.0 PushBuilder not found - not supported for injection
-			pushBuilder = null;
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean supportsParameter(MethodParameter parameter) {
 		Class<?> paramType = parameter.getParameterType();
@@ -90,7 +74,7 @@ public class ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArgume
 				ServletRequest.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) ||
 				MultipartRequest.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) ||
 				HttpSession.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) ||
-				(pushBuilder != null && pushBuilder.isAssignableFrom(paramType)) ||
+				PushBuilder.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) ||
 				(Principal.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) && !parameter.hasParameterAnnotations()) ||
 				InputStream.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) ||
 				Reader.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType) ||
@@ -143,8 +127,13 @@ public class ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArgume
 			}
 			return session;
 		}
-		else if (pushBuilder != null && pushBuilder.isAssignableFrom(paramType)) {
-			return PushBuilderDelegate.resolvePushBuilder(request, paramType);
+		else if (PushBuilder.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType)) {
+			PushBuilder pushBuilder = request.newPushBuilder();
+			if (pushBuilder != null && !paramType.isInstance(pushBuilder)) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException(
+						"Current push builder is not of type [" + paramType.getName() + "]: " + pushBuilder);
+			}
+			return pushBuilder;
 		}
 		else if (InputStream.class.isAssignableFrom(paramType)) {
 			InputStream inputStream = request.getInputStream();
@@ -189,22 +178,4 @@ public class ServletRequestMethodArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArgume
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unknown parameter type: " + paramType.getName());
 	}
 
-
-	/**
-	 * Inner class to avoid a hard dependency on Servlet API 4.0 at runtime.
-	 */
-	private static class PushBuilderDelegate {
-
-		@Nullable
-		public static Object resolvePushBuilder(HttpServletRequest request, Class<?> paramType) {
-			PushBuilder pushBuilder = request.newPushBuilder();
-			if (pushBuilder != null && !paramType.isInstance(pushBuilder)) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException(
-						"Current push builder is not of type [" + paramType.getName() + "]: " + pushBuilder);
-			}
-			return pushBuilder;
-
-		}
-	}
-
 }