diff --git a/packages/java-parser/api.d.ts b/packages/java-parser/api.d.ts
index 3ac93af0..1db05aea 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/api.d.ts
+++ b/packages/java-parser/api.d.ts
@@ -170,16 +170,7 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitor<IN, OUT> implements ICstVisitor<IN, OUT> {
     ctx: CompactConstructorDeclarationCtx,
     param?: IN
   ): OUT;
-  isClassDeclaration(ctx: IsClassDeclarationCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  identifyClassBodyDeclarationType(
-    ctx: IdentifyClassBodyDeclarationTypeCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   isDims(ctx: IsDimsCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isCompactConstructorDeclaration(
-    ctx: IsCompactConstructorDeclarationCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   compilationUnit(ctx: CompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   ordinaryCompilationUnit(ctx: OrdinaryCompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   modularCompilationUnit(ctx: ModularCompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
@@ -195,7 +186,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitor<IN, OUT> implements ICstVisitor<IN, OUT> {
   usesModuleDirective(ctx: UsesModuleDirectiveCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   providesModuleDirective(ctx: ProvidesModuleDirectiveCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   requiresModifier(ctx: RequiresModifierCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isModuleCompilationUnit(ctx: IsModuleCompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   interfaceDeclaration(ctx: InterfaceDeclarationCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   normalInterfaceDeclaration(
     ctx: NormalInterfaceDeclarationCtx,
@@ -240,18 +230,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitor<IN, OUT> implements ICstVisitor<IN, OUT> {
     param?: IN
   ): OUT;
   elementValueList(ctx: ElementValueListCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType(
-    ctx: IdentifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationTypeCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
-  identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType(
-    ctx: IdentifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationTypeCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
-  isSimpleElementValueAnnotation(
-    ctx: IsSimpleElementValueAnnotationCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   arrayInitializer(ctx: ArrayInitializerCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   variableInitializerList(ctx: VariableInitializerListCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   block(ctx: BlockCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
@@ -305,12 +283,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitor<IN, OUT> implements ICstVisitor<IN, OUT> {
   resource(ctx: ResourceCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   yieldStatement(ctx: YieldStatementCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   variableAccess(ctx: VariableAccessCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isBasicForStatement(ctx: IsBasicForStatementCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isLocalVariableDeclaration(
-    ctx: IsLocalVariableDeclarationCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
-  isClassicSwitchLabel(ctx: IsClassicSwitchLabelCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   expression(ctx: ExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   lambdaExpression(ctx: LambdaExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   lambdaParameters(ctx: LambdaParametersCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
@@ -386,14 +358,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitor<IN, OUT> implements ICstVisitor<IN, OUT> {
   componentPattern(ctx: ComponentPatternCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   unnamedPattern(ctx: UnnamedPatternCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   guard(ctx: GuardCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  identifyNewExpressionType(ctx: IdentifyNewExpressionTypeCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isLambdaExpression(ctx: IsLambdaExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isCastExpression(ctx: IsCastExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isPrimitiveCastExpression(ctx: IsPrimitiveCastExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isReferenceTypeCastExpression(
-    ctx: IsReferenceTypeCastExpressionCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   isRefTypeInMethodRef(ctx: IsRefTypeInMethodRefCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
 }
 
@@ -527,16 +491,7 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitorWithDefaults<IN, OUT>
     ctx: CompactConstructorDeclarationCtx,
     param?: IN
   ): OUT;
-  isClassDeclaration(ctx: IsClassDeclarationCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  identifyClassBodyDeclarationType(
-    ctx: IdentifyClassBodyDeclarationTypeCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   isDims(ctx: IsDimsCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isCompactConstructorDeclaration(
-    ctx: IsCompactConstructorDeclarationCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   compilationUnit(ctx: CompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   ordinaryCompilationUnit(ctx: OrdinaryCompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   modularCompilationUnit(ctx: ModularCompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
@@ -552,7 +507,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitorWithDefaults<IN, OUT>
   usesModuleDirective(ctx: UsesModuleDirectiveCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   providesModuleDirective(ctx: ProvidesModuleDirectiveCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   requiresModifier(ctx: RequiresModifierCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isModuleCompilationUnit(ctx: IsModuleCompilationUnitCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   interfaceDeclaration(ctx: InterfaceDeclarationCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   normalInterfaceDeclaration(
     ctx: NormalInterfaceDeclarationCtx,
@@ -597,18 +551,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitorWithDefaults<IN, OUT>
     param?: IN
   ): OUT;
   elementValueList(ctx: ElementValueListCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType(
-    ctx: IdentifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationTypeCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
-  identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType(
-    ctx: IdentifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationTypeCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
-  isSimpleElementValueAnnotation(
-    ctx: IsSimpleElementValueAnnotationCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   arrayInitializer(ctx: ArrayInitializerCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   variableInitializerList(ctx: VariableInitializerListCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   block(ctx: BlockCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
@@ -662,12 +604,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitorWithDefaults<IN, OUT>
   resource(ctx: ResourceCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   yieldStatement(ctx: YieldStatementCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   variableAccess(ctx: VariableAccessCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isBasicForStatement(ctx: IsBasicForStatementCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isLocalVariableDeclaration(
-    ctx: IsLocalVariableDeclarationCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
-  isClassicSwitchLabel(ctx: IsClassicSwitchLabelCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   expression(ctx: ExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   lambdaExpression(ctx: LambdaExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   lambdaParameters(ctx: LambdaParametersCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
@@ -743,14 +679,6 @@ export abstract class JavaCstVisitorWithDefaults<IN, OUT>
   componentPattern(ctx: ComponentPatternCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   unnamedPattern(ctx: UnnamedPatternCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
   guard(ctx: GuardCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  identifyNewExpressionType(ctx: IdentifyNewExpressionTypeCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isLambdaExpression(ctx: IsLambdaExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isCastExpression(ctx: IsCastExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isPrimitiveCastExpression(ctx: IsPrimitiveCastExpressionCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
-  isReferenceTypeCastExpression(
-    ctx: IsReferenceTypeCastExpressionCtx,
-    param?: IN
-  ): OUT;
   isRefTypeInMethodRef(ctx: IsRefTypeInMethodRefCtx, param?: IN): OUT;
 }
 
@@ -1836,39 +1764,6 @@ export type CompactConstructorDeclarationCtx = {
   constructorBody: ConstructorBodyCstNode[];
 };
 
-export interface IsClassDeclarationCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isClassDeclaration";
-  children: IsClassDeclarationCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsClassDeclarationCtx = {
-  Semicolon?: IToken[];
-  classModifier?: ClassModifierCstNode[];
-};
-
-export interface IdentifyClassBodyDeclarationTypeCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "identifyClassBodyDeclarationType";
-  children: IdentifyClassBodyDeclarationTypeCtx;
-}
-
-export type IdentifyClassBodyDeclarationTypeCtx = {
-  annotation?: AnnotationCstNode[];
-  Public?: IToken[];
-  Protected?: IToken[];
-  Private?: IToken[];
-  Abstract?: IToken[];
-  Static?: IToken[];
-  Final?: IToken[];
-  Transient?: IToken[];
-  Volatile?: IToken[];
-  Synchronized?: IToken[];
-  Native?: IToken[];
-  Sealed?: IToken[];
-  NonSealed?: IToken[];
-  Strictfp?: IToken[];
-  unannType: UnannTypeCstNode[];
-};
-
 export interface IsDimsCstNode extends CstNode {
   name: "isDims";
   children: IsDimsCtx;
@@ -1883,20 +1778,6 @@ export type IsDimsCtx = {
   RBrace?: IToken[];
 };
 
-export interface IsCompactConstructorDeclarationCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isCompactConstructorDeclaration";
-  children: IsCompactConstructorDeclarationCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsCompactConstructorDeclarationCtx = {
-  annotation?: AnnotationCstNode[];
-  Public?: IToken[];
-  Protected?: IToken[];
-  Private?: IToken[];
-  simpleTypeName: SimpleTypeNameCstNode[];
-  LCurly: IToken[];
-};
-
 export interface CompilationUnitCstNode extends CstNode {
   name: "compilationUnit";
   children: CompilationUnitCtx;
@@ -2090,17 +1971,6 @@ export type RequiresModifierCtx = {
   Static?: IToken[];
 };
 
-export interface IsModuleCompilationUnitCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isModuleCompilationUnit";
-  children: IsModuleCompilationUnitCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsModuleCompilationUnitCtx = {
-  packageDeclaration?: PackageDeclarationCstNode[];
-  importDeclaration?: ImportDeclarationCstNode[];
-  annotation?: AnnotationCstNode[];
-};
-
 export interface InterfaceDeclarationCstNode extends CstNode {
   name: "interfaceDeclaration";
   children: InterfaceDeclarationCtx;
@@ -2379,52 +2249,6 @@ export type ElementValueListCtx = {
   Comma?: IToken[];
 };
 
-export interface IdentifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationTypeCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType";
-  children: IdentifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationTypeCtx;
-}
-
-export type IdentifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationTypeCtx = {
-  annotation?: AnnotationCstNode[];
-  Public?: IToken[];
-  Protected?: IToken[];
-  Private?: IToken[];
-  Abstract?: IToken[];
-  Static?: IToken[];
-  Sealed?: IToken[];
-  NonSealed?: IToken[];
-  Strictfp?: IToken[];
-  Final?: IToken[];
-  Default?: IToken[];
-  unannType: UnannTypeCstNode[];
-};
-
-export interface IdentifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationTypeCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType";
-  children: IdentifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationTypeCtx;
-}
-
-export type IdentifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationTypeCtx = {
-  annotation?: AnnotationCstNode[];
-  Public?: IToken[];
-  Protected?: IToken[];
-  Private?: IToken[];
-  Abstract?: IToken[];
-  Static?: IToken[];
-  Final?: IToken[];
-  Strictfp?: IToken[];
-  unannType: UnannTypeCstNode[];
-};
-
-export interface IsSimpleElementValueAnnotationCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isSimpleElementValueAnnotation";
-  children: IsSimpleElementValueAnnotationCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsSimpleElementValueAnnotationCtx = {
-  annotation: AnnotationCstNode[];
-};
-
 export interface ArrayInitializerCstNode extends CstNode {
   name: "arrayInitializer";
   children: ArrayInitializerCtx;
@@ -2972,39 +2796,6 @@ export type VariableAccessCtx = {
   primary: PrimaryCstNode[];
 };
 
-export interface IsBasicForStatementCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isBasicForStatement";
-  children: IsBasicForStatementCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsBasicForStatementCtx = {
-  For: IToken[];
-  LBrace: IToken[];
-  forInit?: ForInitCstNode[];
-  Semicolon: IToken[];
-};
-
-export interface IsLocalVariableDeclarationCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isLocalVariableDeclaration";
-  children: IsLocalVariableDeclarationCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsLocalVariableDeclarationCtx = {
-  variableModifier?: VariableModifierCstNode[];
-  localVariableType: LocalVariableTypeCstNode[];
-  variableDeclaratorId: VariableDeclaratorIdCstNode[];
-};
-
-export interface IsClassicSwitchLabelCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isClassicSwitchLabel";
-  children: IsClassicSwitchLabelCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsClassicSwitchLabelCtx = {
-  switchLabel: SwitchLabelCstNode[];
-  Colon: IToken[];
-};
-
 export interface ExpressionCstNode extends CstNode {
   name: "expression";
   children: ExpressionCtx;
@@ -3543,53 +3334,6 @@ export type GuardCtx = {
   expression: ExpressionCstNode[];
 };
 
-export interface IdentifyNewExpressionTypeCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "identifyNewExpressionType";
-  children: IdentifyNewExpressionTypeCtx;
-}
-
-export type IdentifyNewExpressionTypeCtx = {
-  New: IToken[];
-  classOrInterfaceTypeToInstantiate: ClassOrInterfaceTypeToInstantiateCstNode[];
-};
-
-export interface IsLambdaExpressionCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isLambdaExpression";
-  children: IsLambdaExpressionCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsLambdaExpressionCtx = {};
-
-export interface IsCastExpressionCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isCastExpression";
-  children: IsCastExpressionCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsCastExpressionCtx = {};
-
-export interface IsPrimitiveCastExpressionCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isPrimitiveCastExpression";
-  children: IsPrimitiveCastExpressionCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsPrimitiveCastExpressionCtx = {
-  LBrace: IToken[];
-  primitiveType: PrimitiveTypeCstNode[];
-  RBrace: IToken[];
-};
-
-export interface IsReferenceTypeCastExpressionCstNode extends CstNode {
-  name: "isReferenceTypeCastExpression";
-  children: IsReferenceTypeCastExpressionCtx;
-}
-
-export type IsReferenceTypeCastExpressionCtx = {
-  LBrace: IToken[];
-  referenceType: ReferenceTypeCstNode[];
-  additionalBound?: AdditionalBoundCstNode[];
-  RBrace: IToken[];
-};
-
 export interface IsRefTypeInMethodRefCstNode extends CstNode {
   name: "isRefTypeInMethodRef";
   children: IsRefTypeInMethodRefCtx;
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/package.json b/packages/java-parser/package.json
index 4b323148..01336137 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/package.json
+++ b/packages/java-parser/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "types": "./api.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
     "chevrotain": "11.0.3",
+    "chevrotain-allstar": "0.3.1",
     "lodash": "4.17.21"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/parser.js b/packages/java-parser/src/parser.js
index 04a1a729..f2157776 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/parser.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/parser.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { CstParser, isRecognitionException } from "chevrotain";
+import { LLStarLookaheadStrategy } from "chevrotain-allstar";
 import { allTokens, tokens as t } from "./tokens.js";
 import * as lexicalStructure from "./productions/lexical-structure.js";
 import * as typesValuesVariables from "./productions/types-values-and-variables.js";
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ import { shouldNotFormat } from "./comments.js";
 export default class JavaParser extends CstParser {
   constructor() {
     super(allTokens, {
-      maxLookahead: 1,
+      lookaheadStrategy: new LLStarLookaheadStrategy({
+        logging: getSkipValidations() ? () => {} : undefined
+      }),
       nodeLocationTracking: "full",
       // traceInitPerf: 2,
       skipValidations: getSkipValidations()
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/blocks-and-statements.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/blocks-and-statements.js
index 80b9b27b..814cb266 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/blocks-and-statements.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/blocks-and-statements.js
@@ -23,25 +23,11 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-BlockStatement
   $.RULE("blockStatement", () => {
-    const isLocalVariableDeclaration = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD(
-      $.isLocalVariableDeclaration
-    );
-
-    const isClassDeclaration = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isClassDeclaration);
-
     $.OR({
       DEF: [
-        {
-          GATE: () => isLocalVariableDeclaration,
-          ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.localVariableDeclarationStatement)
-        },
-        {
-          GATE: () => isClassDeclaration,
-          ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration)
-        },
-        {
-          ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration)
-        },
+        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.localVariableDeclarationStatement) },
+        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration) },
+        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration) },
         { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.statement) }
       ],
       IGNORE_AMBIGUITIES: true
@@ -76,19 +62,14 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-Statement
   $.RULE("statement", () => {
-    $.OR({
-      DEF: [
-        {
-          ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.statementWithoutTrailingSubstatement)
-        },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.labeledStatement) },
-        // Spec deviation: combined "IfThenStatement" and "IfThenElseStatement"
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.ifStatement) },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.whileStatement) },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.forStatement) }
-      ],
-      MAX_LOOKAHEAD: 2
-    });
+    $.OR([
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.statementWithoutTrailingSubstatement) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.labeledStatement) },
+      // Spec deviation: combined "IfThenStatement" and "IfThenElseStatement"
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.ifStatement) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.whileStatement) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.forStatement) }
+    ]);
   });
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-StatementWithoutTrailingSubstatement
@@ -96,10 +77,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     $.OR({
       DEF: [
         { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.block) },
-        {
-          GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.yieldStatement),
-          ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.yieldStatement)
-        },
+        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.yieldStatement) },
         { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.emptyStatement) },
         {
           GATE: () => !tokenMatcher(this.LA(1).tokenType, t.Switch),
@@ -186,13 +164,8 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   $.RULE("switchBlock", () => {
     $.CONSUME(t.LCurly);
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isClassicSwitchLabel),
-        ALT: () => $.MANY(() => $.SUBRULE($.switchBlockStatementGroup))
-      },
-      {
-        ALT: () => $.MANY2(() => $.SUBRULE($.switchRule))
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.MANY(() => $.SUBRULE($.switchBlockStatementGroup)) },
+      { ALT: () => $.MANY2(() => $.SUBRULE($.switchRule)) }
     ]);
     $.CONSUME(t.RCurly);
   });
@@ -222,7 +195,6 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
               }
             },
             {
-              GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.pattern),
               ALT: () => {
                 $.SUBRULE($.pattern);
                 $.MANY(() => {
@@ -294,10 +266,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-ForStatement
   $.RULE("forStatement", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isBasicForStatement),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.basicForStatement)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.basicForStatement) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.enhancedForStatement) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -324,10 +293,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-ForInit
   $.RULE("forInit", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => $.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isLocalVariableDeclaration),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.localVariableDeclaration)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.localVariableDeclaration) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.statementExpressionList) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -406,29 +372,26 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-TryStatement
   $.RULE("tryStatement", () => {
-    $.OR({
-      DEF: [
-        {
-          ALT: () => {
-            $.CONSUME(t.Try);
-            $.SUBRULE($.block);
-            $.OR2([
-              {
-                ALT: () => {
-                  $.SUBRULE($.catches);
-                  $.OPTION(() => {
-                    $.SUBRULE($.finally);
-                  });
-                }
-              },
-              { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE2($.finally) }
-            ]);
-          }
-        },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.tryWithResourcesStatement) }
-      ],
-      MAX_LOOKAHEAD: 2
-    });
+    $.OR([
+      {
+        ALT: () => {
+          $.CONSUME(t.Try);
+          $.SUBRULE($.block);
+          $.OR2([
+            {
+              ALT: () => {
+                $.SUBRULE($.catches);
+                $.OPTION(() => {
+                  $.SUBRULE($.finally);
+                });
+              }
+            },
+            { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE2($.finally) }
+          ]);
+        }
+      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.tryWithResourcesStatement) }
+    ]);
   });
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-14.html#jls-Catches
@@ -510,10 +473,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se21/html/jls-14.html#jls-Resource
   $.RULE("resource", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => $.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isLocalVariableDeclaration),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.localVariableDeclaration)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.localVariableDeclaration) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.variableAccess) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -532,45 +492,4 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     // TODO: verify that the primary is a fieldAccess or an expressionName.
     $.SUBRULE($.primary);
   });
-
-  // ------------------------------------
-  // Special optimized backtracking rules.
-  // ------------------------------------
-  $.RULE("isBasicForStatement", () => {
-    $.CONSUME(t.For);
-    $.CONSUME(t.LBrace);
-    $.OPTION(() => {
-      $.SUBRULE($.forInit);
-    });
-    $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon);
-    // consuming the first semiColon distinguishes between
-    // "basic" and "enhanced" for statements
-    return true;
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("isLocalVariableDeclaration", () => {
-    $.MANY(() => {
-      $.SUBRULE($.variableModifier);
-    });
-    $.SUBRULE($.localVariableType);
-    $.SUBRULE($.variableDeclaratorId);
-
-    const nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    switch (nextTokenType) {
-      // Int x;
-      case t.Semicolon:
-      // Int x, y, z;
-      case t.Comma:
-      // Int x = 5;
-      case t.Equals:
-        return true;
-      default:
-        return false;
-    }
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("isClassicSwitchLabel", () => {
-    $.SUBRULE($.switchLabel);
-    $.CONSUME(t.Colon);
-  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/classes.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/classes.js
index df22b11e..bdd012ed 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/classes.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/classes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { isRecognitionException, tokenMatcher } from "chevrotain";
-import { classBodyTypes } from "./utils/class-body-types.js";
+import { tokenMatcher } from "chevrotain";
 
 export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-8.html#jls-ClassDeclaration
@@ -111,54 +110,22 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-8.html#jls-ClassBodyDeclaration
   $.RULE("classBodyDeclaration", () => {
-    const nextRuleType = $.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD(
-      $.identifyClassBodyDeclarationType
-    );
-
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () =>
-          nextRuleType >= classBodyTypes.fieldDeclaration &&
-          nextRuleType <= classBodyTypes.semiColon,
-        ALT: () =>
-          $.SUBRULE($.classMemberDeclaration, {
-            ARGS: [nextRuleType]
-          })
-      },
-      // no gate needed for the initializers because these are LL(1) rules.
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classMemberDeclaration) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.instanceInitializer) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.staticInitializer) },
-      {
-        GATE: () =>
-          tokenMatcher(nextRuleType, classBodyTypes.constructorDeclaration),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.constructorDeclaration)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.constructorDeclaration) }
     ]);
   });
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-8.html#jls-ClassMemberDeclaration
-  $.RULE("classMemberDeclaration", nextRuleType => {
+  $.RULE("classMemberDeclaration", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.fieldDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.fieldDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.methodDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.classDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        // No GATE is needed as this is LL(1)
-        ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.fieldDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -392,10 +359,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   $.RULE("formalParameter", () => {
     $.OR([
       // Spec Deviation: extracted to "variableParaRegularParameter"
-      {
-        GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.variableParaRegularParameter),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.variableParaRegularParameter)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.variableParaRegularParameter) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.variableArityParameter) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -500,14 +464,9 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     });
     $.SUBRULE($.simpleTypeName);
     $.CONSUME(t.LBrace);
-    $.OPTION2({
-      // a "formalParameterList" and a "receiverParameter"
-      // cannot be distinguished using fixed lookahead.
-      GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.receiverParameter),
-      DEF: () => {
-        $.SUBRULE($.receiverParameter);
-        $.CONSUME(t.Comma);
-      }
+    $.OPTION2(() => {
+      $.SUBRULE($.receiverParameter);
+      $.CONSUME(t.Comma);
     });
     $.OPTION3(() => {
       $.SUBRULE($.formalParameterList);
@@ -524,11 +483,8 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-8.html#jls-ConstructorBody
   $.RULE("constructorBody", () => {
     $.CONSUME(t.LCurly);
-    $.OPTION({
-      GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.explicitConstructorInvocation),
-      DEF: () => {
-        $.SUBRULE($.explicitConstructorInvocation);
-      }
+    $.OPTION(() => {
+      $.SUBRULE($.explicitConstructorInvocation);
     });
     $.OPTION2(() => {
       $.SUBRULE($.blockStatements);
@@ -739,10 +695,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-8.html#jls-RecordBodyDeclaration
   $.RULE("recordBodyDeclaration", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isCompactConstructorDeclaration),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.compactConstructorDeclaration)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.compactConstructorDeclaration) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classBodyDeclaration) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -756,178 +709,6 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     $.SUBRULE($.constructorBody);
   });
 
-  $.RULE("isClassDeclaration", () => {
-    let isEmptyTypeDeclaration = false;
-
-    if (
-      $.OPTION(() => {
-        $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon);
-      })
-    ) {
-      // an empty "TypeDeclaration"
-      isEmptyTypeDeclaration = true;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      // The {classModifier} is a super grammar of the "interfaceModifier"
-      // So we must parse all the "{classModifier}" before we can distinguish
-      // between the alternatives.
-      $.MANY({
-        GATE: () =>
-          (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.At) &&
-            tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Interface)) === false,
-        DEF: () => {
-          $.SUBRULE($.classModifier);
-        }
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (isRecognitionException(e)) {
-        // TODO: add original syntax error?
-        throw "Cannot Identify if the <TypeDeclaration> is a <ClassDeclaration> or an <InterfaceDeclaration>";
-      } else {
-        throw e;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (isEmptyTypeDeclaration) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    const nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    return (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Class) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Enum) ||
-      (tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Record) &&
-        tokenMatcher(this.LA(2).tokenType, t.Identifier))
-    );
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("identifyClassBodyDeclarationType", () => {
-    try {
-      let nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-      let nextNextTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-
-      switch (nextTokenType) {
-        case t.Semicolon:
-          return classBodyTypes.semiColon;
-        case t.LCurly:
-          return classBodyTypes.instanceInitializer;
-        case t.Static:
-          switch (nextNextTokenType) {
-            case t.LCurly:
-              return classBodyTypes.staticInitializer;
-          }
-      }
-
-      // We have to look beyond the modifiers to distinguish between the declaration types.
-      $.MANY({
-        GATE: () =>
-          (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.At) &&
-            tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Interface)) === false,
-        DEF: () => {
-          // This alternation includes all possible modifiers for all types of "ClassBodyDeclaration"
-          // Certain combinations are syntactically invalid, this is **not** checked here,
-          // Invalid combinations will cause a descriptive parsing error message to be
-          // Created inside the relevant parsing rules **after** this lookahead
-          // analysis.
-          $.OR([
-            {
-              GATE: () =>
-                (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.At) &&
-                  tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Interface)) === false,
-              ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotation)
-            },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Public) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Protected) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Private) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Abstract) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Static) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Final) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Transient) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Volatile) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Synchronized) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Native) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Sealed) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.NonSealed) },
-            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Strictfp) }
-          ]);
-        }
-      });
-
-      nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-      nextNextTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-      if (
-        tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Identifier) &&
-        tokenMatcher(nextNextTokenType, t.LBrace)
-      ) {
-        return classBodyTypes.constructorDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      if (
-        tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Class) ||
-        tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Enum) ||
-        tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Record)
-      ) {
-        return classBodyTypes.classDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      if (
-        tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Interface) ||
-        tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.At)
-      ) {
-        return classBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      if (tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Void)) {
-        // method with result type "void"
-        return classBodyTypes.methodDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      // Type Arguments common prefix
-      if (tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Less)) {
-        this.SUBRULE($.typeParameters);
-        const nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-        const nextNextTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-        // "<T> foo(" -> constructor
-        if (
-          tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Identifier) &&
-          tokenMatcher(nextNextTokenType, t.LBrace)
-        ) {
-          return classBodyTypes.constructorDeclaration;
-        }
-        // typeParameters can only appear in method or constructor
-        // declarations, so if it is not a constructor it must be a method
-        return classBodyTypes.methodDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      // Only field or method declarations may be valid at this point.
-      // All other alternatives should have been attempted.
-      // **both** start with "unannType"
-      this.SUBRULE($.unannType);
-
-      const nextToken = this.LA(1);
-      nextNextTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-      // "foo(..." --> look like method start
-      if (
-        tokenMatcher(nextToken, t.Identifier) &&
-        tokenMatcher(nextNextTokenType, t.LBrace)
-      ) {
-        return classBodyTypes.methodDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      // a valid field
-      // TODO: because we use token categories we should use tokenMatcher everywhere.
-      if (tokenMatcher(nextToken, t.Identifier)) {
-        return classBodyTypes.fieldDeclaration;
-      }
-
-      return classBodyTypes.unknown;
-    } catch (e) {
-      // TODO: add info from the original error
-      throw Error("Cannot Identify the type of a <classBodyDeclaration>");
-    }
-  });
-
   $.RULE("isDims", () => {
     $.MANY($.annotation);
     return (
@@ -935,10 +716,4 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
       tokenMatcher(this.LA(2).tokenType, t.RSquare)
     );
   });
-
-  $.RULE("isCompactConstructorDeclaration", () => {
-    $.MANY($.constructorModifier);
-    $.SUBRULE($.simpleTypeName);
-    $.CONSUME(t.LCurly);
-  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/expressions.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/expressions.js
index 087226ca..71b72c7b 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/expressions.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/expressions.js
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import { tokenMatcher } from "chevrotain";
 export function defineRules($, t) {
   $.RULE("expression", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isLambdaExpression),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.lambdaExpression)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.lambdaExpression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.ternaryExpression) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -68,13 +65,8 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   });
 
   $.RULE("lambdaParameter", () => {
-    // TODO: performance, investigate the performance boost that could
-    //       be gained by refactoring out the backtracking.
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.regularLambdaParameter),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.regularLambdaParameter)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.regularLambdaParameter) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.variableArityParameter) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -124,13 +116,8 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
             ALT: () => {
               $.CONSUME(t.Instanceof);
               $.OR1([
-                {
-                  GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.pattern),
-                  ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.pattern)
-                },
-                {
-                  ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.referenceType)
-                }
+                { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.pattern) },
+                { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.referenceType) }
               ]);
             }
           },
@@ -214,21 +201,13 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   });
 
   $.RULE("primaryPrefix", () => {
-    let isCastExpression = false;
-    if (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.LBrace)) {
-      isCastExpression = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isCastExpression);
-    }
-
     $.OR([
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.literal) },
       { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.This) },
       { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Void) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.unannPrimitiveTypeWithOptionalDimsSuffix) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.fqnOrRefType) },
-      {
-        GATE: () => isCastExpression,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.castExpression)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.castExpression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.parenthesisExpression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.newExpression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.switchStatement) }
@@ -236,35 +215,31 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   });
 
   $.RULE("primarySuffix", () => {
-    $.OR({
-      DEF: [
-        {
-          ALT: () => {
-            $.CONSUME(t.Dot);
-            $.OR2([
-              { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.This) },
-              {
-                ALT: () =>
-                  $.SUBRULE($.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression)
-              },
-              {
-                ALT: () => {
-                  $.OPTION(() => {
-                    $.SUBRULE($.typeArguments);
-                  });
-                  $.CONSUME(t.Identifier);
-                }
+    $.OR([
+      {
+        ALT: () => {
+          $.CONSUME(t.Dot);
+          $.OR2([
+            { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.This) },
+            {
+              ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression)
+            },
+            {
+              ALT: () => {
+                $.OPTION(() => {
+                  $.SUBRULE($.typeArguments);
+                });
+                $.CONSUME(t.Identifier);
               }
-            ]);
-          }
-        },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodInvocationSuffix) },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classLiteralSuffix) },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayAccessSuffix) },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodReferenceSuffix) }
-      ],
-      MAX_LOOKAHEAD: 2
-    });
+            }
+          ]);
+        }
+      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodInvocationSuffix) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classLiteralSuffix) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayAccessSuffix) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodReferenceSuffix) }
+    ]);
   });
 
   // See https://github.com/jhipster/prettier-java/pull/154 to understand
@@ -357,12 +332,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   $.RULE("castExpression", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        // TODO: performance: can avoid backtracking again here, parent rule could have this information
-        //       when it checks isCastExpression (refactor needed)
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isPrimitiveCastExpression),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.primitiveCastExpression)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.primitiveCastExpression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.referenceTypeCastExpression) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -382,32 +352,15 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     });
     $.CONSUME(t.RBrace);
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isLambdaExpression),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.lambdaExpression)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.lambdaExpression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.unaryExpressionNotPlusMinus) }
     ]);
   });
 
-  const newExpressionTypes = {
-    arrayCreationExpression: 1,
-    unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression: 2
-  };
   $.RULE("newExpression", () => {
-    const type = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.identifyNewExpressionType);
-
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => type === newExpressionTypes.arrayCreationExpression,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayCreationExpression)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () =>
-          type ===
-          newExpressionTypes.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayCreationExpression) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -446,13 +399,10 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   });
 
   $.RULE("typeArgumentsOrDiamond", () => {
-    $.OR({
-      DEF: [
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.diamond) },
-        { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.typeArguments) }
-      ],
-      MAX_LOOKAHEAD: 2
-    });
+    $.OR([
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.diamond) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.typeArguments) }
+    ]);
   });
 
   $.RULE("diamond", () => {
@@ -480,18 +430,12 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   $.RULE("arrayCreationExpression", () => {
     $.CONSUME(t.New);
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.primitiveType),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.primitiveType)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.primitiveType) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classOrInterfaceType) }
     ]);
 
     $.OR2([
-      {
-        GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.arrayCreationDefaultInitSuffix),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayCreationDefaultInitSuffix)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayCreationDefaultInitSuffix) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.arrayCreationExplicitInitSuffix) }
     ]);
   });
@@ -564,13 +508,8 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se21/html/jls-14.html#jls-Pattern
   $.RULE("pattern", () => {
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.typePattern),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.typePattern)
-      },
-      {
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.recordPattern)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.typePattern) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.recordPattern) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -615,91 +554,6 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     $.SUBRULE($.expression);
   });
 
-  // backtracking lookahead logic
-  $.RULE("identifyNewExpressionType", () => {
-    $.CONSUME(t.New);
-    const firstTokenAfterNew = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-
-    // not an array initialization due to the prefix "TypeArguments"
-    if (tokenMatcher(firstTokenAfterNew, t.Less)) {
-      return newExpressionTypes.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      $.SUBRULE($.classOrInterfaceTypeToInstantiate);
-    } catch (e) {
-      // if it is not a "classOrInterfaceTypeToInstantiate" then
-      // (assuming a valid input) we are looking at an "arrayCreationExpression"
-      return newExpressionTypes.arrayCreationExpression;
-    }
-
-    const firstTokenAfterClassType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    if (tokenMatcher(firstTokenAfterClassType, t.LBrace)) {
-      return newExpressionTypes.unqualifiedClassInstanceCreationExpression;
-    }
-
-    // The LBrace above is mandatory in "classInstanceCreation..." so
-    // it must be an "arrayCreationExp" (if the input is valid)
-    // TODO: upgrade the logic to return "unknown" type if at this
-    //       point it does not match "arrayCreation" either.
-    //   - This will provide a better error message to the user
-    //     in case of invalid inputs
-    return newExpressionTypes.arrayCreationExpression;
-  });
-
-  // Optimized backtracking, only scan ahead until the arrow("->").
-  $.RULE("isLambdaExpression", () => {
-    // TODO: this check of next two tokens is probably redundant as the normal lookahead should take care of this.
-    const firstTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    const secondTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-    // no parent lambda "x -> x * 2"
-    if (
-      (tokenMatcher(firstTokenType, t.Identifier) ||
-        tokenMatcher(firstTokenType, t.Underscore)) &&
-      tokenMatcher(secondTokenType, t.Arrow)
-    ) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    // Performance optimizations, fail fast if it is not a LBrace.
-    else if (tokenMatcher(firstTokenType, t.LBrace)) {
-      $.SUBRULE($.lambdaParametersWithBraces);
-      const followedByArrow = tokenMatcher(this.LA(1).tokenType, t.Arrow);
-      return followedByArrow;
-    }
-    return false;
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("isCastExpression", () => {
-    if (this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isPrimitiveCastExpression)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isReferenceTypeCastExpression);
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("isPrimitiveCastExpression", () => {
-    $.CONSUME(t.LBrace);
-    $.SUBRULE($.primitiveType);
-    // No dims so this is not a reference Type
-    $.CONSUME(t.RBrace);
-    return true;
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("isReferenceTypeCastExpression", () => {
-    $.CONSUME(t.LBrace);
-    $.SUBRULE($.referenceType);
-    $.MANY(() => {
-      $.SUBRULE($.additionalBound);
-    });
-    $.CONSUME(t.RBrace);
-    const firstTokTypeAfterRBrace = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-
-    return (
-      this.firstForUnaryExpressionNotPlusMinus.find(tokType =>
-        tokenMatcher(firstTokTypeAfterRBrace, tokType)
-      ) !== undefined
-    );
-  });
-
   $.RULE("isRefTypeInMethodRef", () => {
     let result = undefined;
     $.SUBRULE($.typeArguments);
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/interfaces.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/interfaces.js
index 65f09dbc..1362d368 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/interfaces.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/interfaces.js
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-9.html#jls-InterfaceDeclaration
   $.RULE("interfaceDeclaration", () => {
     // Spec Deviation: extracted the common "interfaceModifier" prefix to avoid backtracking.
-    $.MANY({
-      DEF: () => {
-        $.SUBRULE($.interfaceModifier);
-      },
-      MAX_LOOKAHEAD: 2
+    $.MANY(() => {
+      $.SUBRULE($.interfaceModifier);
     });
 
     $.OR([
@@ -74,43 +71,14 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     $.CONSUME(t.RCurly);
   });
 
-  const InterfaceBodyTypes = {
-    unknown: 0,
-    constantDeclaration: 1,
-    interfaceMethodDeclaration: 2,
-    classDeclaration: 3,
-    interfaceDeclaration: 4,
-    semiColon: 5
-  };
-
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-9.html#jls-InterfaceMemberDeclaration
   $.RULE("interfaceMemberDeclaration", () => {
-    const detectedType = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD(
-      $.identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType
-    );
-
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => detectedType === InterfaceBodyTypes.constantDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.constantDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () =>
-          detectedType === InterfaceBodyTypes.interfaceMethodDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceMethodDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => detectedType === InterfaceBodyTypes.classDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => detectedType === InterfaceBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        // No GATE is needed as this is LL(1)
-        ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.constantDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceMethodDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -174,43 +142,14 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
     $.CONSUME(t.RCurly);
   });
 
-  const AnnotationBodyTypes = {
-    unknown: 0,
-    annotationTypeElementDeclaration: 2,
-    constantDeclaration: 1,
-    classDeclaration: 3,
-    interfaceDeclaration: 4,
-    semiColon: 5
-  };
-
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-9.html#jls-InterfaceMemberDeclaration
   $.RULE("annotationTypeMemberDeclaration", () => {
-    const detectedType = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD(
-      $.identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType
-    );
-
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () =>
-          detectedType === AnnotationBodyTypes.annotationTypeElementDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotationTypeElementDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => detectedType === AnnotationBodyTypes.constantDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.constantDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => detectedType === AnnotationBodyTypes.classDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => detectedType === AnnotationBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        // No GATE is needed as this is LL(1)
-        ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotationTypeElementDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.constantDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -272,8 +211,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
             }
           }
         ],
-        IGNORE_AMBIGUITIES: true,
-        MAX_LOOKAHEAD: 2
+        IGNORE_AMBIGUITIES: true
       });
       $.CONSUME(t.RBrace);
     });
@@ -296,22 +234,12 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-9.html#jls-ElementValue
   $.RULE("elementValue", () => {
-    const isSimpleElementValueAnnotation = this.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD(
-      $.isSimpleElementValueAnnotation
-    );
-
     $.OR([
       // Spec Deviation: "conditionalExpression" replaced with "expression"
       // Because we cannot differentiate between the two using fixed lookahead.
-      {
-        GATE: () => isSimpleElementValueAnnotation === false,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.expression)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.expression) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.elementValueArrayInitializer) },
-      {
-        GATE: () => isSimpleElementValueAnnotation === true,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotation)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotation) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -338,167 +266,4 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
       }
     });
   });
-
-  // ------------------------------------
-  // Special optimized backtracking rules.
-  // ------------------------------------
-  $.RULE("identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType", () => {
-    let nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    if (tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Semicolon)) {
-      return InterfaceBodyTypes.semiColon;
-    }
-
-    // We have to look beyond the modifiers to distinguish between the declaration types.
-    $.MANY({
-      // To avoid ambiguity with @interface ("AnnotationTypeDeclaration" vs "Annotaion")
-      GATE: () =>
-        (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.At) &&
-          tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Interface)) === false,
-      DEF: () => {
-        // This alternation includes all possible modifiers for all types of "interfaceMemberDeclaration"
-        // Certain combinations are syntactically invalid, this is **not** checked here,
-        // Invalid combinations will cause a descriptive parsing error message to be
-        // Created inside the relevant parsing rules **after** this lookahead
-        // analysis.
-        $.OR([
-          { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotation) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Public) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Protected) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Private) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Abstract) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Static) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Sealed) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.NonSealed) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Strictfp) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Final) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Default) }
-        ]);
-      }
-    });
-
-    nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Class) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Enum) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Record)
-    ) {
-      return InterfaceBodyTypes.classDeclaration;
-    }
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Interface) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.At)
-    ) {
-      return InterfaceBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration;
-    }
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Void) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Less)
-    ) {
-      // method with result type "void"
-      return InterfaceBodyTypes.interfaceMethodDeclaration;
-    }
-
-    // Only constant or interfaceMethod declarations may be valid at this point.
-    // All other alternatives should have been attempted.
-    // **both** start with "unannType"
-    this.SUBRULE($.unannType);
-
-    const nextToken = this.LA(1);
-    const nextNextTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-    // "foo(..." --> look like method start
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextToken, t.Identifier) &&
-      tokenMatcher(nextNextTokenType, t.LBrace)
-    ) {
-      return InterfaceBodyTypes.interfaceMethodDeclaration;
-    }
-    // a valid constant
-    if (tokenMatcher(nextToken, t.Identifier)) {
-      return InterfaceBodyTypes.constantDeclaration;
-    }
-    return InterfaceBodyTypes.unknown;
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType", () => {
-    let nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    if (tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Semicolon)) {
-      return AnnotationBodyTypes.semiColon;
-    }
-
-    // We have to look beyond the modifiers to distinguish between the declaration types.
-    $.MANY({
-      // To avoid ambiguity with @interface ("AnnotationTypeDeclaration" vs "Annotaion")
-      GATE: () =>
-        (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.At) &&
-          tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Interface)) === false,
-      DEF: () => {
-        // This alternation includes all possible modifiers for all types of "annotationTypeMemberDeclaration"
-        // Certain combinations are syntactically invalid, this is **not** checked here,
-        // Invalid combinations will cause a descriptive parsing error message to be
-        // Created inside the relevant parsing rules **after** this lookahead
-        // analysis.
-        $.OR([
-          { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.annotation) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Public) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Protected) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Private) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Abstract) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Static) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Final) },
-          { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Strictfp) }
-        ]);
-      }
-    });
-
-    nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Class) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Enum)
-    ) {
-      return AnnotationBodyTypes.classDeclaration;
-    }
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Interface) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.At)
-    ) {
-      return AnnotationBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration;
-    }
-
-    // Only constant or annotationTypeElement declarations may be valid at this point.
-    // All other alternatives should have been attempted.
-    // **both** start with "unannType"
-    this.SUBRULE($.unannType);
-
-    nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    const nextNextTokenType = this.LA(2).tokenType;
-    // "foo(..." --> look like annotationTypeElement start
-    if (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Identifier) &&
-      tokenMatcher(nextNextTokenType, t.LBrace)
-    ) {
-      return AnnotationBodyTypes.annotationTypeElementDeclaration;
-    }
-    // a valid constant
-    if (tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Identifier)) {
-      return AnnotationBodyTypes.constantDeclaration;
-    }
-    return AnnotationBodyTypes.unknown;
-  });
-
-  $.RULE("isSimpleElementValueAnnotation", () => {
-    $.SUBRULE($.annotation);
-    const nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    switch (nextTokenType) {
-      // annotation in "ElementValue" would be followed by one of those
-      // any other TokenType would indicate it is an annotation in a "referenceType"
-      // as part of a "methodReference" in "primary"
-      case t.Comma:
-      case t.Semicolon:
-      case t.RCurly:
-      case t.RBrace:
-        return true;
-      default:
-        return false;
-    }
-  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/packages-and-modules.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/packages-and-modules.js
index 536c65fd..0d31df26 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/packages-and-modules.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/packages-and-modules.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { isRecognitionException, tokenMatcher, EOF } from "chevrotain";
-import { classBodyTypes } from "./utils/class-body-types.js";
+import { tokenMatcher, EOF } from "chevrotain";
 
 export function defineRules($, t) {
   /**
@@ -11,17 +10,9 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
    * https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se21/preview/specs/unnamed-classes-instance-main-methods-jls.html
    */
   $.RULE("compilationUnit", () => {
-    // custom optimized backtracking lookahead logic
-    const isModule = $.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD($.isModuleCompilationUnit);
-
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: () => isModule === false,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.ordinaryCompilationUnit)
-      },
-      {
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.modularCompilationUnit)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.ordinaryCompilationUnit) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.modularCompilationUnit) }
     ]);
     // https://github.com/jhipster/prettier-java/pull/217
     $.CONSUME(EOF);
@@ -29,12 +20,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
 
   // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-7.html#jls-OrdinaryCompilationUnit
   $.RULE("ordinaryCompilationUnit", () => {
-    $.OPTION({
-      GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.packageDeclaration),
-      DEF: () => {
-        $.SUBRULE($.packageDeclaration);
-      }
-    });
+    $.OPTION(() => $.SUBRULE($.packageDeclaration));
     $.MANY(() => {
       $.SUBRULE3($.importDeclaration);
     });
@@ -114,28 +100,12 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
    * https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se21/preview/specs/unnamed-classes-instance-main-methods-jls.html
    */
   $.RULE("typeDeclaration", () => {
-    // TODO: consider extracting the prefix modifiers here to avoid backtracking
-    const nextRuleType = $.BACKTRACK_LOOKAHEAD(
-      $.identifyClassBodyDeclarationType
-    );
-
     $.OR([
       { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Semicolon) },
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.classDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.interfaceDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        GATE: () => nextRuleType === classBodyTypes.fieldDeclaration,
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.fieldDeclaration)
-      },
-      {
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodDeclaration)
-      }
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.classDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.interfaceDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.fieldDeclaration) },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.methodDeclaration) }
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -254,45 +224,4 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
       { ALT: () => $.CONSUME(t.Static) }
     ]);
   });
-
-  $.RULE("isModuleCompilationUnit", () => {
-    $.OPTION(() => {
-      $.SUBRULE($.packageDeclaration);
-      // TODO: this return must be outside the OPTION at the top level rule
-      // a Java Module source code may not contain a package declaration.
-      return false;
-    });
-
-    try {
-      // the "{importDeclaration}" is a common prefix
-      $.MANY(() => {
-        $.SUBRULE2($.importDeclaration);
-      });
-
-      $.MANY2({
-        // To avoid ambiguity with @interface ("AnnotationTypeDeclaration" vs "Annotaion")
-        GATE: () =>
-          (tokenMatcher($.LA(1).tokenType, t.At) &&
-            tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Interface)) === false,
-        DEF: () => {
-          $.SUBRULE($.annotation);
-        }
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      // This means we had a syntax error in the imports or annotations
-      // So we can't keep parsing deep enough to make the decision
-      if (isRecognitionException(e)) {
-        // TODO: add original syntax error?
-        throw "Cannot Identify if the source code is an OrdinaryCompilationUnit or  ModularCompilationUnit";
-      } else {
-        throw e;
-      }
-    }
-
-    const nextTokenType = this.LA(1).tokenType;
-    return (
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Open) ||
-      tokenMatcher(nextTokenType, t.Module)
-    );
-  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/types-values-and-variables.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/types-values-and-variables.js
index 9e43128b..12589041 100644
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/types-values-and-variables.js
+++ b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/types-values-and-variables.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { tokenMatcher } from "chevrotain";
-
 export function defineRules($, t) {
   // ---------------------
   // Productions from §4 (Types, Values, and Variables)
@@ -102,15 +100,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
       });
       // TODO: Semantic Check: This Identifier cannot be "var"
       $.CONSUME2(t.Identifier);
-      $.OPTION2({
-        // To avoid confusion with "TypeArgumentsOrDiamond" rule
-        // as we use the "classType" rule in the "identifyNewExpressionType"
-        // optimized lookahead rule.
-        GATE: () => tokenMatcher($.LA(2).tokenType, t.Greater) === false,
-        DEF: () => {
-          $.SUBRULE2($.typeArguments);
-        }
-      });
+      $.OPTION2(() => $.SUBRULE2($.typeArguments));
     });
   });
 
@@ -199,10 +189,7 @@ export function defineRules($, t) {
   $.RULE("typeArgument", () => {
     // TODO: performance: evaluate flipping the order of alternatives
     $.OR([
-      {
-        GATE: $.BACKTRACK($.referenceType),
-        ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.referenceType)
-      },
+      { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.referenceType) },
       { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.wildcard) }
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/utils/class-body-types.js b/packages/java-parser/src/productions/utils/class-body-types.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d92404b6..00000000
--- a/packages/java-parser/src/productions/utils/class-body-types.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-export const classBodyTypes = {
-  unknown: 0,
-  fieldDeclaration: 1,
-  methodDeclaration: 2,
-  classDeclaration: 3,
-  interfaceDeclaration: 4,
-  semiColon: 5,
-  instanceInitializer: 6,
-  staticInitializer: 7,
-  constructorDeclaration: 8
-};
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/options.js b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/options.js
index 2eea5086..0822dd65 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/options.js
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/options.js
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ export default {
       { value: "resource" },
       { value: "yieldStatement" },
       { value: "variableAccess" },
-      { value: "isBasicForStatement" },
-      { value: "isLocalVariableDeclaration" },
-      { value: "isClassicSwitchLabel" },
       { value: "classDeclaration" },
       { value: "normalClassDeclaration" },
       { value: "classModifier" },
@@ -121,10 +118,7 @@ export default {
       { value: "recordBody" },
       { value: "recordBodyDeclaration" },
       { value: "compactConstructorDeclaration" },
-      { value: "isClassDeclaration" },
-      { value: "identifyClassBodyDeclarationType" },
       { value: "isDims" },
-      { value: "isCompactConstructorDeclaration" },
       { value: "expression" },
       { value: "lambdaExpression" },
       { value: "lambdaParameters" },
@@ -173,11 +167,6 @@ export default {
       { value: "componentPattern" },
       { value: "unnamedPattern" },
       { value: "guard" },
-      { value: "identifyNewExpressionType" },
-      { value: "isLambdaExpression" },
-      { value: "isCastExpression" },
-      { value: "isPrimitiveCastExpression" },
-      { value: "isReferenceTypeCastExpression" },
       { value: "isRefTypeInMethodRef" },
       { value: "interfaceDeclaration" },
       { value: "normalInterfaceDeclaration" },
@@ -202,9 +191,6 @@ export default {
       { value: "elementValue" },
       { value: "elementValueArrayInitializer" },
       { value: "elementValueList" },
-      { value: "identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType" },
-      { value: "identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType" },
-      { value: "isSimpleElementValueAnnotation" },
       { value: "literal" },
       { value: "integerLiteral" },
       { value: "floatingPointLiteral" },
@@ -231,7 +217,6 @@ export default {
       { value: "usesModuleDirective" },
       { value: "providesModuleDirective" },
       { value: "requiresModifier" },
-      { value: "isModuleCompilationUnit" },
       { value: "primitiveType" },
       { value: "numericType" },
       { value: "integralType" },
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/blocks-and-statements.ts b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/blocks-and-statements.ts
index 6da0538d..0432964a 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/blocks-and-statements.ts
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/blocks-and-statements.ts
@@ -607,16 +607,4 @@ export class BlocksAndStatementPrettierVisitor extends BaseCstPrettierPrinter {
   variableAccess(ctx: VariableAccessCtx) {
     return this.visitSingle(ctx);
   }
-
-  isBasicForStatement() {
-    return "isBasicForStatement";
-  }
-
-  isLocalVariableDeclaration() {
-    return "isLocalVariableDeclaration";
-  }
-
-  isClassicSwitchLabel() {
-    return "isClassicSwitchLabel";
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/classes.ts b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/classes.ts
index 180a3c27..8e19acb8 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/classes.ts
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/classes.ts
@@ -1052,19 +1052,7 @@ export class ClassesPrettierVisitor extends BaseCstPrettierPrinter {
     ]);
   }
 
-  isClassDeclaration() {
-    return "isClassDeclaration";
-  }
-
-  identifyClassBodyDeclarationType() {
-    return "identifyClassBodyDeclarationType";
-  }
-
   isDims() {
     return "isDims";
   }
-
-  isCompactConstructorDeclaration() {
-    return "isCompactConstructorDeclaration";
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/expressions.ts b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/expressions.ts
index 72a15bb8..25ded33b 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/expressions.ts
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/expressions.ts
@@ -760,26 +760,6 @@ export class ExpressionsPrettierVisitor extends BaseCstPrettierPrinter {
     return concat([ctx.When[0], " ", expression]);
   }
 
-  identifyNewExpressionType() {
-    return "identifyNewExpressionType";
-  }
-
-  isLambdaExpression() {
-    return "isLambdaExpression";
-  }
-
-  isCastExpression() {
-    return "isCastExpression";
-  }
-
-  isPrimitiveCastExpression() {
-    return "isPrimitiveCastExpression";
-  }
-
-  isReferenceTypeCastExpression() {
-    return "isReferenceTypeCastExpression";
-  }
-
   isRefTypeInMethodRef() {
     return "isRefTypeInMethodRef";
   }
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/interfaces.ts b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/interfaces.ts
index eb5950bb..1daf4737 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/interfaces.ts
@@ -334,16 +334,4 @@ export class InterfacesPrettierVisitor extends BaseCstPrettierPrinter {
 
     return group(rejectAndConcat([rejectAndJoinSeps(commas, elementValues)]));
   }
-
-  identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType() {
-    return "identifyInterfaceBodyDeclarationType";
-  }
-
-  identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType() {
-    return "identifyAnnotationBodyDeclarationType";
-  }
-
-  isSimpleElementValueAnnotation() {
-    return "isSimpleElementValueAnnotation";
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/packages-and-modules.ts b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/packages-and-modules.ts
index 1121e85a..8698627f 100644
--- a/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/packages-and-modules.ts
+++ b/packages/prettier-plugin-java/src/printers/packages-and-modules.ts
@@ -256,8 +256,4 @@ export class PackagesAndModulesPrettierVisitor extends BaseCstPrettierPrinter {
   requiresModifier(ctx: RequiresModifierCtx) {
     return printTokenWithComments(this.getSingle(ctx) as IToken);
   }
-
-  isModuleCompilationUnit() {
-    return "isModuleCompilationUnit";
-  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7177688a..582196ab 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2044,6 +2044,13 @@ check-error@^1.0.3:
   dependencies:
     get-func-name "^2.0.2"
 
+chevrotain-allstar@0.3.1:
+  version "0.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chevrotain-allstar/-/chevrotain-allstar-0.3.1.tgz#b7412755f5d83cc139ab65810cdb00d8db40e6ca"
+  integrity sha512-b7g+y9A0v4mxCW1qUhf3BSVPg+/NvGErk/dOkrDaHA0nQIQGAtrOjlX//9OQtRlSCy+x9rfB5N8yC71lH1nvMw==
+  dependencies:
+    lodash-es "^4.17.21"
+
 chevrotain@11.0.3:
   version "11.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chevrotain/-/chevrotain-11.0.3.tgz#88ffc1fb4b5739c715807eaeedbbf200e202fc1b"
@@ -4062,7 +4069,7 @@ locate-path@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     p-locate "^5.0.0"
 
-lodash-es@4.17.21:
+lodash-es@4.17.21, lodash-es@^4.17.21:
   version "4.17.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash-es/-/lodash-es-4.17.21.tgz#43e626c46e6591b7750beb2b50117390c609e3ee"
   integrity sha512-mKnC+QJ9pWVzv+C4/U3rRsHapFfHvQFoFB92e52xeyGMcX6/OlIl78je1u8vePzYZSkkogMPJ2yjxxsb89cxyw==