diff --git a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/couchbase-2.6.gradle b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/couchbase-2.6.gradle
index fde810743f..a1b4fdb69b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/couchbase-2.6.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/couchbase-2.6.gradle
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/instrumentation.gradle"
 
 muzzle {
-  // Version 2.7.5 and 2.7.8 were not released properly and muzzle cannot test against it causing failure.
-  // So we have to skip them resulting in this verbose setup.
-  fail {
-    group = 'com.couchbase.client'
-    module = 'java-client'
-    versions = "[,2.6.0)"
-  }
   pass {
     group = 'com.couchbase.client'
     module = 'java-client'
-    versions = "[2.6.0,2.7.5)"
-  }
-  pass {
-    group = 'com.couchbase.client'
-    module = 'java-client'
-    versions = "[2.7.6,2.7.8)"
-  }
-  pass {
-    group = 'com.couchbase.client'
-    module = 'java-client'
-    versions = "[2.7.9,3.0.0)"
+    versions = "[2.6.0,3)"
+    // Version 2.7.5 and 2.7.8 were not released properly and muzzle cannot test against it causing failure.
+    skipVersions += ['2.7.5', '2.7.8']
+    assertInverse = true
   }
   fail {
     group = 'com.couchbase.client'
diff --git a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v2_6/CouchbaseNetworkInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v2_6/CouchbaseNetworkInstrumentation.java
index bc1548f7cf..0d934636f8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v2_6/CouchbaseNetworkInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-2.6/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/couchbase/v2_6/CouchbaseNetworkInstrumentation.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.takesArgument;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.takesArguments;
 
 import com.couchbase.client.core.message.CouchbaseRequest;
-import com.couchbase.client.java.transcoder.crypto.JsonCryptoTranscoder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.attributes.SemanticAttributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer.utils.NetPeerUtils;
@@ -84,10 +83,5 @@ final class CouchbaseNetworkInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         span.setAttribute("local.address", localSocket);
       }
     }
-
-    // 2.6.0 and above
-    public static void muzzleCheck(JsonCryptoTranscoder transcoder) {
-      transcoder.documentType();
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/CriteriaInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/CriteriaInstrumentation.java
index e4490c6800..682cda7c20 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/CriteriaInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/CriteriaInstrumentation.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ final class CriteriaInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         CriteriaInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$CriteriaMethodAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class CriteriaMethodAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class CriteriaMethodAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startMethod(
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java
index 1512b32535..52ce054b2b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.v3_3;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.ClassLoaderMatcher.hasClassesNamed;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
 
 @AutoService(InstrumentationModule.class)
 public class HibernateInstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule {
@@ -23,12 +25,20 @@ public class HibernateInstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule {
     super("hibernate", "hibernate-3.3");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ElementMatcher.Junction<ClassLoader> classLoaderMatcher() {
+    return hasClassesNamed(
+        // Not in 4.0
+        "org.hibernate.classic.Validatable",
+        // Not before 3.3.0.GA
+        "org.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String[] helperClassNames() {
     return new String[] {
       "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.SessionMethodUtils",
       "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.HibernateDecorator",
-      packageName + ".V3Advice",
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/QueryInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/QueryInstrumentation.java
index db724d3204..11070598c1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/QueryInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/QueryInstrumentation.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final class QueryInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         QueryInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$QueryMethodAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class QueryMethodAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class QueryMethodAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startMethod(@Advice.This Query query) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java
index 28486dabdd..781e15c6f2 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ final class SessionFactoryInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         SessionFactoryInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$SessionFactoryAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class SessionFactoryAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class SessionFactoryAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void openSession(@Advice.Return Object session) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionInstrumentation.java
index 33d49f424b..794da1c30a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/SessionInstrumentation.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     return transformers;
   }
 
-  public static class SessionCloseAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class SessionCloseAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(onThrowable = Throwable.class, suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void closeSession(
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class SessionMethodAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class SessionMethodAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startMethod(
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class GetQueryAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class GetQueryAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void getQuery(@Advice.This Object session, @Advice.Return Query query) {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class GetTransactionAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class GetTransactionAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void getTransaction(
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class GetCriteriaAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class GetCriteriaAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void getCriteria(@Advice.This Object session, @Advice.Return Criteria criteria) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/TransactionInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/TransactionInstrumentation.java
index e78572cfc2..d2c6b58609 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/TransactionInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/TransactionInstrumentation.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final class TransactionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         TransactionInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$TransactionCommitAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class TransactionCommitAdvice extends V3Advice {
+  public static class TransactionCommitAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startCommit(@Advice.This Transaction transaction) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/V3Advice.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/V3Advice.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 003454000c..0000000000
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-3.3/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v3_3/V3Advice.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.v3_3;
-
-import org.hibernate.classic.Validatable;
-import org.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup;
-
-public abstract class V3Advice {
-
-  /**
-   * Some cases of instrumentation will match more broadly than others, so this unused method allows
-   * all instrumentation to uniformly match versions of Hibernate between 3.3 and 4.
-   */
-  public static void muzzleCheck(
-      // Not in 4.0
-      Validatable validatable,
-      // Not before 3.3.0.GA
-      JBossTransactionManagerLookup lookup) {
-    validatable.validate();
-    lookup.getUserTransactionName();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/CriteriaInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/CriteriaInstrumentation.java
index 2dcba414e6..070d16f0e9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/CriteriaInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/CriteriaInstrumentation.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ final class CriteriaInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         CriteriaInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$CriteriaMethodAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class CriteriaMethodAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class CriteriaMethodAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startMethod(
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java
index 5ab673006c..259ecc2f5b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/HibernateInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ public class HibernateInstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule {
     return new String[] {
       "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.SessionMethodUtils",
       "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.HibernateDecorator",
-      packageName + ".V4Advice",
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/QueryInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/QueryInstrumentation.java
index 7dd8096b08..8809ce83cc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/QueryInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/QueryInstrumentation.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final class QueryInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         QueryInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$QueryMethodAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class QueryMethodAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class QueryMethodAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startMethod(@Advice.This Query query) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java
index da2ec5d88d..7ce25a95f3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionFactoryInstrumentation.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ final class SessionFactoryInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         SessionFactoryInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$SessionFactoryAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class SessionFactoryAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class SessionFactoryAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void openSession(@Advice.Return SharedSessionContract session) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionInstrumentation.java
index 22b749a2eb..218fcfc4b3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/SessionInstrumentation.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     return transformers;
   }
 
-  public static class SessionCloseAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class SessionCloseAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(onThrowable = Throwable.class, suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void closeSession(
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class SessionMethodAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class SessionMethodAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startMethod(
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class GetQueryAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class GetQueryAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void getQuery(
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class GetTransactionAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class GetTransactionAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void getTransaction(
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ final class SessionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class GetCriteriaAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class GetCriteriaAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static void getCriteria(
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/TransactionInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/TransactionInstrumentation.java
index 3e4f20330a..f0e0a38a26 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/TransactionInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/TransactionInstrumentation.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final class TransactionInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         TransactionInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$TransactionCommitAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class TransactionCommitAdvice extends V4Advice {
+  public static class TransactionCommitAdvice {
 
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
     public static SpanWithScope startCommit(@Advice.This Transaction transaction) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/V4Advice.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/V4Advice.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f3431af0..0000000000
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/V4Advice.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.hibernate.v4_0;
-
-import org.hibernate.SharedSessionContract;
-
-public abstract class V4Advice {
-
-  /**
-   * Some cases of instrumentation will match more broadly than others, so this unused method allows
-   * all instrumentation to uniformly match versions of Hibernate starting at 4.0.
-   */
-  public static void muzzleCheck(SharedSessionContract contract) {
-    contract.createCriteria("");
-  }
-}
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.13.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/v2_13_2/Log4j2InstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.13.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/v2_13_2/Log4j2InstrumentationModule.java
index 1b74cd8926..28a03cebfa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.13.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/v2_13_2/Log4j2InstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.13.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/log4j/v2_13_2/Log4j2InstrumentationModule.java
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.log4j.v2_13_2;
 
 import static io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.ClassLoaderMatcher.hasClassesNamed;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.named;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.none;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.log4j.v2_13_2.OpenTelemetryContextDataProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.InstrumentationModule;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.TypeInstrumentation;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
 import net.bytebuddy.description.method.MethodDescription;
 import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
 import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
@@ -63,8 +66,18 @@ public final class Log4j2InstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule {
 
     @Override
     public Map<? extends ElementMatcher<? super MethodDescription>, String> transformers() {
-      // Nothing to instrument, injecting helper resource & class is enough
-      return Collections.emptyMap();
+      // Nothing to instrument, no methods to match
+      return singletonMap(none(), getClass().getName() + "$MuzzleCheckAdvice");
+    }
+
+    // This way muzzle will collect OpenTelemetryContextDataProvider references
+    public static class MuzzleCheckAdvice {
+      @Advice.OnMethodEnter
+      public static void onEnter() {}
+
+      public static void muzzleCheck(OpenTelemetryContextDataProvider contextDataProvider) {
+        contextDataProvider.supplyContextData();
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle
index 1f2c850c8d..71319b3919 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ muzzle {
     group = "org.apache.logging.log4j"
     module = "log4j-core"
     versions = "[2.7,2.13.2)"
+    assertInverse = true
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/AbstractNettyAdvice.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/AbstractNettyAdvice.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aa2c5a8e4d..0000000000
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/AbstractNettyAdvice.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.netty.v3_8;
-
-import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
-
-public class AbstractNettyAdvice {
-  public static void muzzleCheck(HttpRequest httpRequest) {
-    HttpHeaders headers = httpRequest.headers();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
index e70d76ae3a..f9e149c825 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ final class ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation
         ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$OperationCompleteAdvice");
   }
 
-  public static class OperationCompleteAdvice extends AbstractNettyAdvice {
+  public static class OperationCompleteAdvice {
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter
     public static Scope activateScope(@Advice.Argument(0) ChannelFuture future) {
       /*
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelInstrumentation.java
index 93ce0065e3..0160cb1551 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelInstrumentation.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ final class NettyChannelInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     return transformers;
   }
 
-  public static class ChannelConnectAdvice extends AbstractNettyAdvice {
+  public static class ChannelConnectAdvice {
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter
     public static void addConnectContinuation(@Advice.This Channel channel) {
       Context context = Java8BytecodeBridge.currentContext();
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
index 61271cfc14..7c5c352cec 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ final class NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class ChannelPipelineAdd2ArgsAdvice extends AbstractNettyAdvice {
+  public static class ChannelPipelineAdd2ArgsAdvice {
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter
     public static int checkDepth(
         @Advice.This ChannelPipeline pipeline, @Advice.Argument(1) ChannelHandler handler) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ final class NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
     }
   }
 
-  public static class ChannelPipelineAdd3ArgsAdvice extends AbstractNettyAdvice {
+  public static class ChannelPipelineAdd3ArgsAdvice {
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter
     public static int checkDepth(
         @Advice.This ChannelPipeline pipeline, @Advice.Argument(2) ChannelHandler handler) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyInstrumentationModule.java
index bea143594d..acfe637c9d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/NettyInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public class NettyInstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule {
       packageName + ".server.HttpServerRequestTracingHandler",
       packageName + ".server.HttpServerResponseTracingHandler",
       packageName + ".server.HttpServerTracingHandler",
-      packageName + ".AbstractNettyAdvice"
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-data-1.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/data/SpringDataInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-data-1.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/data/SpringDataInstrumentationModule.java
index 21ba3772d6..467e997a90 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-data-1.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/data/SpringDataInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-data-1.8/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/data/SpringDataInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ public final class SpringDataInstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule
       repositoryFactorySupport.addRepositoryProxyPostProcessor(
           InterceptingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor.INSTANCE);
     }
-
-    // Muzzle doesn't detect the "Override" implementation dependency, so we have to help it.
-    private void muzzleCheck(RepositoryProxyPostProcessor processor) {
-      processor.postProcess(null, null);
-      // (see usage in InterceptingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor below)
-    }
   }
 
   public static final class InterceptingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor