diff --git a/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/ElytronXmlParser.java b/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/ElytronXmlParser.java
index 0a9702d1c87..334a058e9f0 100644
--- a/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/ElytronXmlParser.java
+++ b/auth/client/src/main/java/org/wildfly/security/auth/client/ElytronXmlParser.java
@@ -1084,12 +1084,10 @@ static <C> ExceptionSupplier<RuleNode<C>, ConfigXMLParseException> parseRulesTyp
             final int tag = reader.nextTag();
             if (tag == START_ELEMENT) {
                 checkElementNamespace(reader, xmlVersion);
-                switch (reader.getLocalName()) {
-                    case "rule": {
-                        rulesList.add(ruleParseFunction.apply(reader, configurations));
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    default: throw reader.unexpectedElement();
+                if (reader.getLocalName().equals("rule")) {
+                    rulesList.add(ruleParseFunction.apply(reader, configurations));
+                } else {
+                    throw reader.unexpectedElement();
                 }
             } else if (tag == END_ELEMENT) {
                 return () -> {