diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/FluentPropertyBeanIntrospector.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/FluentPropertyBeanIntrospector.java
index 2783339b5..02a38110d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/FluentPropertyBeanIntrospector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/FluentPropertyBeanIntrospector.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -159,6 +158,6 @@ public void introspect(final IntrospectionContext icontext) throws Introspection
      */
     private String propertyName(final Method m) {
         final String methodName = m.getName().substring(getWriteMethodPrefix().length());
-        return methodName.length() > 1 ? Introspector.decapitalize(methodName) : StringUtils.toRootLowerCase(methodName);
+        return Introspector.decapitalize(methodName);
     }
 }