diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/DelegatingStream.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/DelegatingStream.java
index 2dab1a4430c4e79099fb7e2d64be0423d945c052..fbe7735a51570b715d9c249e70168b254b8b8a03 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/DelegatingStream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/DelegatingStream.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class DelegatingStream<T> implements Stream<T> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public <R, A> R collect(Collector<? super T, A, ? extends R> collector) {
+    public <R, A> R collect(Collector<? super T, A, R> collector) {
         return delegate.collect(collector);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/ReferencePipeline.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/ReferencePipeline.java
index 1fffff48b1836e36818e23b7a0ba67eccaff6874..6c6fe647ee9cbf6479d0505c1cc8f50c1b8e9d29 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/ReferencePipeline.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/ReferencePipeline.java
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ abstract class ReferencePipeline<P_IN, P_OUT>
 
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public final <R, A> R collect(Collector<? super P_OUT, A, ? extends R> collector) {
+    public final <R, A> R collect(Collector<? super P_OUT, A, R> collector) {
         A container;
         if (isParallel()
                 && (collector.characteristics().contains(Collector.Characteristics.CONCURRENT))
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/Stream.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/Stream.java
index 59d703b118e7b6b6dceb254272283702aedf14f5..1071b20110eed7515e4a3cff04893194d7742ff0 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/Stream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/stream/Stream.java
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ public interface Stream<T> extends BaseStream<T, Stream<T>> {
      * @see #collect(Supplier, BiConsumer, BiConsumer)
      * @see Collectors
      */
-    <R, A> R collect(Collector<? super T, A, ? extends R> collector);
+    <R, A> R collect(Collector<? super T, A, R> collector);
 
     /**
      * Returns the minimum element of this stream according to the provided