diff --git a/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariable.java b/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariable.java
index 456bd926b..da34815b9 100644
--- a/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariable.java
+++ b/baseline-error-prone/src/main/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariable.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 import com.google.errorprone.fixes.SuggestedFix;
 import com.google.errorprone.fixes.SuggestedFixes;
 import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description;
-import com.google.errorprone.suppliers.Suppliers;
 import com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers;
 import com.sun.source.tree.AnnotationTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ArrayAccessTree;
@@ -112,6 +111,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Modifier;
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ public final class StrictUnusedVariable extends BugChecker implements BugChecker
             "org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy",
             "org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBys");
 
-    /** The set of types exempting a type that is extending or implementing them. */
-    private static final ImmutableSet<String> EXEMPTING_SUPER_TYPES = ImmutableSet.of();
-
     /** The set of types exempting a field of type extending them. */
     private static final ImmutableSet<String> EXEMPTING_FIELD_SUPER_TYPES =
             ImmutableSet.of("org.junit.rules.TestRule", "org.slf4j.Logger");
@@ -751,11 +748,12 @@ public Void visitClass(ClassTree tree, Void unused) {
             if (isSuppressed(tree)) {
                 return null;
             }
-            if (EXEMPTING_SUPER_TYPES.stream()
-                    .anyMatch(t ->
-                            isSubtype(getType(tree), Suppliers.typeFromString(t).get(state), state))) {
+
+            Pattern isRecord = Pattern.compile("record\\s+" + tree.getSimpleName() + "\\(");
+            if (isRecord.matcher(state.getSourceForNode(tree)).find()) {
                 return null;
             }
+
             return super.visitClass(tree, null);
         }
 
diff --git a/baseline-error-prone/src/test/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariableTest.java b/baseline-error-prone/src/test/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariableTest.java
index f95d9f0d7..003e5403f 100644
--- a/baseline-error-prone/src/test/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariableTest.java
+++ b/baseline-error-prone/src/test/java/com/palantir/baseline/errorprone/StrictUnusedVariableTest.java
@@ -305,12 +305,7 @@ public void testRecord() {
                 .setArgs(ImmutableList.of("--enable-preview", "--release", "14"));
 
         compilationHelper
-                .addSourceLines(
-                        "Test.java",
-                        "class Test {",
-                        "@SuppressWarnings(\"StrictUnusedVariable\")",
-                        " record Foo(int foo) {}",
-                        "}")
+                .addSourceLines("Test.java", "class Test {", " record Foo(int foo) {}", "}")
                 .doTest();
     }