diff --git a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/DeployBeanObtainJackson.java b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/AnnotatedClassUtil.java
similarity index 70%
rename from ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/DeployBeanObtainJackson.java
rename to ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/AnnotatedClassUtil.java
index 747d66394..bd30d88fd 100644
--- a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/DeployBeanObtainJackson.java
+++ b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/AnnotatedClassUtil.java
@@ -8,20 +8,12 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedClassResolver;
 /**
  * Used to obtain the Jackson AnnotatedClass for a given bean type utlimately to obtain field level Jackson annotations.
  */
-final class DeployBeanObtainJackson<T> {
-
-  private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
-  private final Class<T> beanType;
-
-  DeployBeanObtainJackson(ObjectMapper objectMapper, Class<T> beanType) {
-    this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
-    this.beanType = beanType;
-  }
+final class AnnotatedClassUtil {
 
   /**
    * Return the Jackson AnnotatedClass for the given bean type.
    */
-  AnnotatedClass obtain() {
+  static AnnotatedClass obtain(ObjectMapper objectMapper, Class<?> beanType) {
     JavaType javaType = objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructType(beanType);
     return AnnotatedClassResolver.resolve(objectMapper.getDeserializationConfig(), javaType, objectMapper.getDeserializationConfig());
   }
diff --git a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/ScalarJsonJacksonMapper.java b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/ScalarJsonJacksonMapper.java
index 9193d86d2..a005c5e2d 100644
--- a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/ScalarJsonJacksonMapper.java
+++ b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/io/ebean/jackson/mapper/ScalarJsonJacksonMapper.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public final class ScalarJsonJacksonMapper implements ScalarJsonMapper {
   private AnnotatedClass annotatedClass(ScalarJsonRequest req) {
     return jacksonClasses.computeIfAbsent(req.beanType(), key -> {
       ObjectMapper mapper = (ObjectMapper) req.manager().mapper();
-      return new DeployBeanObtainJackson(mapper, req.beanType()).obtain();
+      return AnnotatedClassUtil.obtain(mapper, req.beanType());
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java
index f43b84144..a1fde9779 100644
--- a/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/ebean-jackson-mapper/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import io.ebean.jackson.mapper.ScalarJsonJacksonMapper;
 
 module io.ebean.jackson.mapper {
+
   requires io.ebean.core.type;
   requires com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
   requires com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;