--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Fri Dec 16 15:27:34 2016 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Fri Dec 16 15:27:47 2016 +0000
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@
                         log.useSource(prevSource.getFile());
                     }
                 } else if (sym.kind == TYP) {
-                    checkClass(pos, sym, List.<JCTree>nil());
+                    checkClass(pos, sym, List.nil());
                 }
             } else {
                 //not completed yet
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@
 
 
     void checkNonCyclic(DiagnosticPosition pos, TypeVar t) {
-        checkNonCyclic1(pos, t, List.<TypeVar>nil());
+        checkNonCyclic1(pos, t, List.nil());
     }
 
     private void checkNonCyclic1(DiagnosticPosition pos, Type t, List<TypeVar> seen) {