diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/jetty-8.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/jetty-8.gradle
index c22c8ec4cf..131467369f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/jetty-8.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/jetty-8.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-apply plugin: 'version-scan'
-
-versionScan {
-  group = "org.eclipse.jetty"
-  module = 'jetty-server'
-  versions = "[8.0.0.v20110901,)"
-  verifyMissing = [
-    "org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncContext",
-  ]
+muzzle {
+  pass {
+    group = "org.eclipse.jetty"
+    module = 'jetty-server'
+    versions = "[8.0.0.v20110901,)"
+    assertInverse = true
+  }
 }
 
 apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/java.gradle"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jetty8/HandlerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jetty8/HandlerInstrumentation.java
index 3b97d67505..5396bd9a7e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jetty8/HandlerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jetty-8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jetty8/HandlerInstrumentation.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package datadog.trace.instrumentation.jetty8;
 
 import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.ByteBuddyElementMatchers.safeHasSuperType;
-import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.ClassLoaderMatcher.classLoaderHasClasses;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isInterface;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isPublic;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.named;
@@ -35,11 +34,6 @@ public final class HandlerInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
         .and(not(named("org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper")));
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public ElementMatcher<ClassLoader> classLoaderMatcher() {
-    return not(classLoaderHasClasses("org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncContext"));
-  }
-
   @Override
   public String[] helperClassNames() {
     return new String[] {