--- lib/PPIx/Regexp/Element.pm
+++ lib/PPIx/Regexp/Element.pm
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ C<ref $self>.
 
 =cut
 
-sub class {
+sub class {       ## no critic (Subroutines::ProhibitBuiltinHomonyms)
     my ( $self ) = @_;
     return ref $self;
 }