diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/system/DevToolsEnablementDeducer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/system/DevToolsEnablementDeducer.java
index 7348ff9d3c..435ee4704a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/system/DevToolsEnablementDeducer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/system/DevToolsEnablementDeducer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.AotProcessor;
+
 /**
  * Utility to deduce if DevTools should be enabled in the current context.
  *
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public final class DevToolsEnablementDeducer {
 		skipped.add("org.junit.runners.");
 		skipped.add("org.junit.platform.");
 		skipped.add("org.springframework.boot.test.");
+		skipped.add(AotProcessor.class.getName());
 		skipped.add("cucumber.runtime.");
 		SKIPPED_STACK_ELEMENTS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(skipped);
 	}