diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/springwebmvc/AbstractSpringTransactionNameInstrumentation.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/springwebmvc/AbstractSpringTransactionNameInstrumentation.java
index f55f37f5c2..e69fd16e3b 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/springwebmvc/AbstractSpringTransactionNameInstrumentation.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/springwebmvc/AbstractSpringTransactionNameInstrumentation.java
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSpringTransactionNameInstrumentation extends Elast
      */
     @Override
     public ElementMatcher<? super TypeDescription> getTypeMatcher() {
-        return nameStartsWith("org.springframework.web.servlet")
-            .and(hasSuperType(named("org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerAdapter")))
+        return hasSuperType(named("org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerAdapter"))
             .and(not(isInterface()));
     }