diff --git a/actor-typed/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes b/actor-typed/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
index c301da7df2..16fc80b4ab 100644
--- a/actor-typed/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
+++ b/actor-typed/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 # Remove deprecated methods
 ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.actor.typed.javadsl.TimerScheduler.startPeriodicTimer")
 ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.actor.typed.scaladsl.TimerScheduler.startPeriodicTimer")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem]("org.apache.pekko.actor.typed.internal.LoggerClass$TrickySecurityManager")
diff --git a/actor-typed/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/actor/typed/internal/LoggerClass.scala b/actor-typed/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/actor/typed/internal/LoggerClass.scala
index a62e0b350a..555c738550 100644
--- a/actor-typed/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/actor/typed/internal/LoggerClass.scala
+++ b/actor-typed/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/actor/typed/internal/LoggerClass.scala
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.pekko.actor.typed.internal
 
-import scala.annotation.nowarn
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.pekko
 import pekko.annotation.InternalApi
-import pekko.util.OptionVal
+import pekko.util.{ ClassContext, OptionVal }
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -26,19 +25,12 @@ import pekko.util.OptionVal
 @InternalApi
 private[pekko] object LoggerClass {
 
-  // just to get access to the class context
-  @nowarn("msg=deprecated")
-  private final class TrickySecurityManager extends SecurityManager {
-    def getClassStack: Array[Class[_]] = getClassContext
-  }
-
   private val defaultPrefixesToSkip = List("scala.runtime", "org.apache.pekko.actor.typed.internal")
 
   /**
    * Try to extract a logger class from the call stack, if not possible the provided default is used
    */
   def detectLoggerClassFromStack(default: Class[_], additionalPrefixesToSkip: List[String] = Nil): Class[_] = {
-    // TODO use stack walker API when we no longer need to support Java 8
     try {
       def skip(name: String): Boolean = {
         def loop(skipList: List[String]): Boolean = skipList match {
@@ -51,7 +43,7 @@ private[pekko] object LoggerClass {
         loop(additionalPrefixesToSkip ::: defaultPrefixesToSkip)
       }
 
-      val trace = new TrickySecurityManager().getClassStack
+      val trace = ClassContext.getClassStack
       var suitableClass: OptionVal[Class[_]] = OptionVal.None
       var idx = 1 // skip this method/class and right away
       while (suitableClass.isEmpty && idx < trace.length) {
diff --git a/actor/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/util/ClassContext.java b/actor/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/util/ClassContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d47d638ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actor/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/util/ClassContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.pekko.util;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.pekko.annotation.InternalApi;
+
+/** INTERNAL API */
+@InternalApi
+public final class ClassContext {
+  private ClassContext() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot instantiate utility class");
+  }
+
+  private static final Set<StackWalker.Option> OPTIONS =
+      Set.of(StackWalker.Option.RETAIN_CLASS_REFERENCE, StackWalker.Option.SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES);
+
+  private static final Function<Stream<StackWalker.StackFrame>, Class<?>[]> CLASS_STACK_WALKER =
+      frames -> frames.map(StackWalker.StackFrame::getDeclaringClass).toArray(Class<?>[]::new);
+
+  public static Class<?>[] getClassStack() {
+    return StackWalker.getInstance(OPTIONS).walk(CLASS_STACK_WALKER);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bench-jmh/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/util/StackBench.scala b/bench-jmh/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/util/StackBench.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index d427426785..0000000000
--- a/bench-jmh/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/util/StackBench.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * license agreements; and to You under the Apache License, version 2.0:
- *
- *   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * This file is part of the Apache Pekko project, which was derived from Akka.
- */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
- */
-
-package org.apache.pekko.util
-
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
-import scala.annotation.nowarn
-
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.{ Benchmark, Measurement, Scope, State }
-
-@State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Measurement(timeUnit = TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS)
-class StackBench {
-
-  @nowarn("msg=deprecated")
-  class CustomSecurtyManager extends SecurityManager {
-    def getTrace: Array[Class[_]] =
-      getClassContext
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  def currentThread(): Array[StackTraceElement] = {
-    Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace
-  }
-
-  @Benchmark
-  def securityManager(): Array[Class[_]] = {
-    (new CustomSecurtyManager).getTrace
-  }
-
-}