diff --git a/its/ruling/src/test/resources/jdk6/squid-S1118.json b/its/ruling/src/test/resources/jdk6/squid-S1118.json
index 09d622f4008..7cab43c9020 100644
--- a/its/ruling/src/test/resources/jdk6/squid-S1118.json
+++ b/its/ruling/src/test/resources/jdk6/squid-S1118.json
@@ -29,36 +29,6 @@
 'jdk6:java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java':[
 65,
 ],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterData00.java':[
-19,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterData01.java':[
-18,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterData02.java':[
-17,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterData0E.java':[
-16,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterDataLatin1.java':[
-17,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterDataPrivateUse.java':[
-16,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/CharacterDataUndefined.java':[
-16,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/ConditionalSpecialCasing.java':[
-29,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/Shutdown.java':[
-22,
-],
-'jdk6:java/lang/Terminator.java':[
-23,
-],
 'jdk6:java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java':[
 35,
 ],
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java
index be5ac22d455..378086bc927 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.sonar.java.checks;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
 import org.sonar.check.Rule;
 import org.sonar.java.model.ModifiersUtils;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.IssuableSubscriptionVisitor;
@@ -43,26 +44,27 @@ public List<Tree.Kind> nodesToVisit() {
   @Override
   public void visitNode(Tree tree) {
     ClassTree classTree = (ClassTree) tree;
-    if (!anonymousClass(classTree) && !extendsAnotherClass(classTree) && hasOnlyStaticMembers(classTree)) {
-      boolean hasImplicitPublicConstructor = true;
-      for (MethodTree explicitConstructor : getExplicitConstructors(classTree)) {
-        hasImplicitPublicConstructor = false;
-        if (isPublicConstructor(explicitConstructor)) {
-          reportIssue(explicitConstructor.simpleName(), "Hide this public constructor.");
-        }
-      }
-      if (hasImplicitPublicConstructor) {
-        reportIssue(classTree.simpleName(), "Add a private constructor to hide the implicit public one.");
+    if (!hasSemantic() || anonymousClass(classTree) || extendsAnotherClassOrImplementsSerializable(classTree) || !hasOnlyStaticMembers(classTree)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    boolean hasImplicitPublicConstructor = true;
+    for (MethodTree explicitConstructor : getExplicitConstructors(classTree)) {
+      hasImplicitPublicConstructor = false;
+      if (isPublicConstructor(explicitConstructor)) {
+        reportIssue(explicitConstructor.simpleName(), "Hide this public constructor.");
       }
     }
+    if (hasImplicitPublicConstructor) {
+      reportIssue(classTree.simpleName(), "Add a private constructor to hide the implicit public one.");
+    }
   }
 
   private static boolean anonymousClass(ClassTree classTree) {
     return classTree.simpleName() == null;
   }
 
-  private static boolean extendsAnotherClass(ClassTree classTree) {
-    return classTree.superClass() != null;
+  private static boolean extendsAnotherClassOrImplementsSerializable(ClassTree classTree) {
+    return classTree.superClass() != null || classTree.symbol().type().isSubtypeOf("java.io.Serializable");
   }
 
   private static boolean hasOnlyStaticMembers(ClassTree classTree) {
diff --git a/java-checks/src/test/files/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java b/java-checks/src/test/files/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java
index 541e32ab561..a994761115d 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/test/files/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/test/files/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.Object;
 
 class Foo1 {
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ static class plop {
 }
 
 class Foo13 {
-  
+
   private Foo13() {
   }
-  
+
   ;
 }
 
@@ -108,3 +109,7 @@ class Foo15 {
     public static void foo() {}
   };
 }
+
+class Foo16 implements Serializable { // Compliant
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+}
diff --git a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheckTest.java b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheckTest.java
index 8b1b6765221..3947d056e3e 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheckTest.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheckTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheckTest {
   @Test
   public void test() {
     JavaCheckVerifier.verify("src/test/files/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java", new UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck());
+    JavaCheckVerifier.verifyNoIssueWithoutSemantic("src/test/files/checks/UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck.java", new UtilityClassWithPublicConstructorCheck());
   }
 
 }