diff --git a/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc b/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc
index df1a4b95a1..3fcb1abd1d 100644
--- a/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc
+++ b/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@
 
 namespace auth {
 
-const sstring& allow_all_authorizer_name() {
-    static const sstring name = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME, "AllowAllAuthorizer");
-    return name;
-}
+constexpr std::string_view allow_all_authorizer_name("org.apache.cassandra.auth.AllowAllAuthorizer");
 
 // To ensure correct initialization order, we unfortunately need to use a string literal.
 static const class_registrator<
diff --git a/auth/allow_all_authorizer.hh b/auth/allow_all_authorizer.hh
index 67de9d287f..718fe4faf5 100644
--- a/auth/allow_all_authorizer.hh
+++ b/auth/allow_all_authorizer.hh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class migration_manager;
 
 namespace auth {
 
-const sstring& allow_all_authorizer_name();
+extern const std::string_view allow_all_authorizer_name;
 
 class allow_all_authorizer final  : public authorizer {
 public:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     virtual std::string_view qualified_java_name() const override {
-        return allow_all_authorizer_name();
+        return allow_all_authorizer_name;
     }
 
     virtual future<permission_set> authorize(const role_or_anonymous&, const resource&) const override {
diff --git a/auth/service.cc b/auth/service.cc
index 66e617844d..9ca1c7b49c 100644
--- a/auth/service.cc
+++ b/auth/service.cc
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ future<permission_set> get_permissions(const service& ser, const authenticated_u
 }
 
 bool is_enforcing(const service& ser)  {
-    const bool enforcing_authorizer = ser.underlying_authorizer().qualified_java_name() != allow_all_authorizer_name();
+    const bool enforcing_authorizer = ser.underlying_authorizer().qualified_java_name() != allow_all_authorizer_name;
 
     const bool enforcing_authenticator = ser.underlying_authenticator().qualified_java_name()
             != allow_all_authenticator_name;