diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java
index e5c23d8755e71..d89ff314009a4 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/rest/client/reactive/deployment/RestClientReactiveProcessor.java
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void addRestClientBeans(Capabilities capabilities,
                 // but emitting the correct invokespecial instruction would become convoluted
                 // (as invokespecial may only reference a method from a _direct_ super interface)
                 for (MethodInfo method : jaxrsInterface.methods()) {
-                    boolean isDefault = !Modifier.isAbstract(method.flags());
+                    boolean isDefault = !Modifier.isAbstract(method.flags()) && !Modifier.isStatic(method.flags());
                     if (isDefault) {
                         methodsToImplement.add(method);
                     }