put back old code
+ remove duplicate EL API
diff --git a/bval-jsr/pom.xml b/bval-jsr/pom.xml
index ce62dda..756e98a 100644
--- a/bval-jsr/pom.xml
+++ b/bval-jsr/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@
             <version>4.0.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>jakarta.el</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jakarta.el-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
diff --git a/bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/DefaultMessageInterpolatorTest.java b/bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/DefaultMessageInterpolatorTest.java
index fa471a8..5ad3929 100644
--- a/bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/DefaultMessageInterpolatorTest.java
+++ b/bval-jsr/src/test/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/DefaultMessageInterpolatorTest.java
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@
         // store and replace CCL to sidestep EL factory caching
         originalClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(new URLClassLoader(new URL[] {}, originalClassLoader));
-        
+
         try {
             Class<?> elFactoryClass;
             if (elFactory == null) {
@@ -104,7 +101,8 @@
                 elFactoryClass = Class.forName(elFactory);
                 System.setProperty(ExpressionFactory.class.getName(), elFactory);
             }
-            elAvailable = ExpressionFactory.class.isAssignableFrom(elFactoryClass);
+            assertTrue(elFactoryClass.isInstance(ExpressionFactory.newInstance()));
+            elAvailable = true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             elAvailable = false;
         }
diff --git a/bval-perf/pom.xml b/bval-perf/pom.xml
index 816ba77..d6b5d41 100644
--- a/bval-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/bval-perf/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-el-api</artifactId>
-        <scope>test</scope>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>