HV-1551 Revert fix introduced in 4162ac9

engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/util/TypeHelper.java

@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ public static boolean isAssignable(Type supertype, Type type) {
 
 		if ( supertype instanceof ParameterizedType ) {
 			if ( type instanceof Class<?> ) {
-				// First let's check if it is the same class and if the supertype's type arguments only are unbound wildcards
-				// see HV-1551
-				if ( getErasedReferenceType( supertype ).equals( type ) ) {
-					return isUnbound( (ParameterizedType) supertype );
-				}
-
-				// Then we end up exploring the superclasses/interfaces
 				return isSuperAssignable( supertype, type );
 			}
 
@@ -647,16 +640,6 @@ private static <K, V> Map<K, V> normalize(Map<K, V> map) {
 		return map;
 	}
 
-	private static boolean isUnbound(ParameterizedType parameterizedType) {
-		for ( Type typeArgument : parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments() ) {
-			if ( !isUnboundWildcard( typeArgument ) ) {
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	private static boolean isEmptyBounds(Type[] bounds) {
 		return bounds == null || bounds.length == 0 || ( bounds.length == 1 && Object.class.equals( bounds[0] ) );
 	}