diff --git a/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/BaseCaseStyle.java b/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/BaseCaseStyle.java
index 19c86a7..a1bfa3c 100644
--- a/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/BaseCaseStyle.java
+++ b/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/BaseCaseStyle.java
@@ -34,30 +34,16 @@ public abstract class BaseCaseStyle implements CaseStyle {
 
   @Override
   public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
-    if (obj == null) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (obj instanceof CaseStyle caseStyle) {
-      return equals(caseStyle);
-    } else {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
 
-  /**
-   * Determines equality based on the {@link #getName()} method.
-   *
-   * @param otherCaseStyle the object to compare with
-   * @return true if the given object is a {@code CaseStyle} with the same name, false otherwise
-   */
-  public boolean equals(@Nullable final CaseStyle otherCaseStyle) {
-    if (this == otherCaseStyle) {
+    if (this == obj) {
       return true;
     }
-    if (otherCaseStyle == null || getClass() != otherCaseStyle.getClass()) {
+    if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
       return false;
     }
-    return getName().equals(otherCaseStyle.getName());
+
+    CaseStyle caseStyle = (CaseStyle) obj;
+    return getName().equals(caseStyle.getName());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/CaseStyle.java b/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/CaseStyle.java
index 084e774..3aae360 100644
--- a/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/CaseStyle.java
+++ b/stylesniffer-api/src/main/java/dev/cookiecode/stylesniffer/api/CaseStyle.java
@@ -63,5 +63,11 @@ default Set<String> getVariantNames() {
     return unmodifiableSet(of(getName()));
   }
 
-  boolean equals(@Nullable Object otherCaseStyle);
+  /**
+   * Determines equality based on the {@link #getName()} method.
+   *
+   * @param object the object to compare with
+   * @return true if the given object is a {@code CaseStyle} with the same name, false otherwise
+   */
+  boolean equals(@Nullable Object object);
 }