diff --git a/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/ItemEnqueuePositionCalculatorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/ItemEnqueuePositionCalculatorTest.java
index 532e5921d..ed7d2fa75 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/ItemEnqueuePositionCalculatorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/storage/ItemEnqueuePositionCalculatorTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import static de.danoeh.antennapod.core.preferences.UserPreferences.EnqueueLocat
 import static de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.CollectionTestUtil.concat;
 import static de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.CollectionTestUtil.list;
 import static de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.FeedItemUtil.getIdList;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ public class ItemEnqueuePositionCalculatorTest {
         assertEquals(message, idsExpected, getIdList(queue));
     }
 
-    static final List<FeedItem> QUEUE_EMPTY = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList());
+    static final List<FeedItem> QUEUE_EMPTY = Collections.unmodifiableList(emptyList());
 
     static final List<FeedItem> QUEUE_DEFAULT = 
             Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/FeedItemUtilTest.java b/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/FeedItemUtilTest.java
index 2560ac6a0..a3744035b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/FeedItemUtilTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/FeedItemUtilTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.Feed;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.FeedItem;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class FeedItemUtilTest {
         FeedItem feedItem = new FeedItem();
         feedItem.setLink(itemLink);
         feedItem.setFeed(feed);
-        feed.setItems(Arrays.asList(feedItem));
+        feed.setItems(Collections.singletonList(feedItem));
         return feedItem;
     }
 }