diff --git a/communication/build.gradle.kts b/communication/build.gradle.kts
index 8a4285843b0..afa25ef5a99 100644
--- a/communication/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/communication/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ dependencies {
 extra["minimumBranchCoverage"] = 0.5
 extra["minimumInstructionCoverage"] = 0.8
 extra["excludedClassesCoverage"] = listOf(
+  "okhttp3.internal.PatchUtil",
+  "okhttp3.internal.PatchUtil.1",
+  "okhttp3.internal.PatchUtil.2",
+  "okhttp3.internal.platform.PatchPlatform",
   "datadog.communication.ddagent.ExternalAgentLauncher",
+  "datadog.communication.ddagent.NoopFeaturesDiscovery",
   "datadog.communication.ddagent.ExternalAgentLauncher.NamedPipeHealthCheck",
   "datadog.communication.ddagent.SharedCommunicationObjects.FixedConfigUrlSupplier",
   "datadog.communication.ddagent.SharedCommunicationObjects.RetryConfigUrlSupplier",
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ extra["excludedClassesCoverage"] = listOf(
   "datadog.communication.IntakeApi",
   "datadog.communication.util.IOUtils",
   "datadog.communication.util.IOUtils.1",
+  "datadog.communication.http.SocketUtils",
 )
 extra["excludedClassesBranchCoverage"] = listOf(
   "datadog.communication.ddagent.TracerVersion",
diff --git a/communication/src/main/java/datadog/communication/serialization/SimpleUtf8Cache.java b/communication/src/main/java/datadog/communication/serialization/SimpleUtf8Cache.java
index 93e6c92bb9b..eb227d1385e 100644
--- a/communication/src/main/java/datadog/communication/serialization/SimpleUtf8Cache.java
+++ b/communication/src/main/java/datadog/communication/serialization/SimpleUtf8Cache.java
@@ -179,10 +179,6 @@ public CacheEntry(int adjHash, String value) {
       this.valueUtf8 = utf8(value);
     }
 
-    boolean matches(CacheEntry thatEntry) {
-      return (this == thatEntry) || this.matches(thatEntry.adjHash, thatEntry.value);
-    }
-
     boolean matches(int adjHash, String value) {
       return (this.adjHash == adjHash) && value.equals(this.value);
     }