diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
index c9bfe2876ead3c9715d37a218f714422cfae08bb..77ba824b5a38902dabbc626084b3065cda177909 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	 * Mock of {@link org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration}.
 	 */
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-	static @interface ContextConfig {
+	@interface ContextConfig {
 
 		@AliasFor(attribute = "locations")
 		String[] value() default {};
@@ -584,21 +584,21 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 
 	@ContextConfig
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-	static @interface ConventionBasedComposedContextConfig {
+	@interface ConventionBasedComposedContextConfig {
 
 		String[] locations() default {};
 	}
 
 	@ContextConfig(value = "duplicateDeclaration")
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-	static @interface InvalidConventionBasedComposedContextConfig {
+	@interface InvalidConventionBasedComposedContextConfig {
 
 		String[] locations();
 	}
 
 	@ContextConfig
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-	static @interface AliasedComposedContextConfig {
+	@interface AliasedComposedContextConfig {
 
 		@AliasFor(annotation = ContextConfig.class, attribute = "locations")
 		String[] xmlConfigFiles();
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 
 	@ContextConfig
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-	static @interface AliasedValueComposedContextConfig {
+	@interface AliasedValueComposedContextConfig {
 
 		@AliasFor(annotation = ContextConfig.class, attribute = "value")
 		String[] locations();
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	 */
 	@ContextConfig(value = "duplicateDeclaration")
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-	static @interface InvalidAliasedComposedContextConfig {
+	@interface InvalidAliasedComposedContextConfig {
 
 		@AliasFor(annotation = ContextConfig.class, attribute = "locations")
 		String[] xmlConfigFiles();
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
index 24ea05a04bb2ad4a0dc892509aa729f841c1fef0..4fe618a728d6e6b0de1d112ffb8883a80dcffd22 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.subpackage.NonPublicAnnotatedClass;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.*;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public class AnnotationUtilsTests {
 		Method method = InterfaceWithRepeated.class.getMethod("foo");
 		Set<MyRepeatable> annotations = getRepeatableAnnotation(method, MyRepeatableContainer.class, MyRepeatable.class);
 		assertNotNull(annotations);
-		List<String> values = annotations.stream().map(MyRepeatable::value).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		List<String> values = annotations.stream().map(MyRepeatable::value).collect(toList());
 		assertThat(values, equalTo(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c", "meta")));
 	}
 
@@ -489,10 +489,10 @@ public class AnnotationUtilsTests {
 		Set<ContextConfig> annotations = getRepeatableAnnotation(TestCase.class, Hierarchy.class, ContextConfig.class);
 		assertNotNull(annotations);
 
-		List<String> locations = annotations.stream().map(ContextConfig::locations).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		List<String> locations = annotations.stream().map(ContextConfig::locations).collect(toList());
 		assertThat(locations, equalTo(Arrays.asList("A", "B")));
 
-		List<String> values = annotations.stream().map(ContextConfig::value).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		List<String> values = annotations.stream().map(ContextConfig::value).collect(toList());
 		assertThat(values, equalTo(Arrays.asList("A", "B")));
 	}
 
@@ -646,14 +646,13 @@ public class AnnotationUtilsTests {
 
 		ContextConfig[] configs = synthesizedHierarchy.value();
 		assertNotNull(configs);
-		for (ContextConfig contextConfig : configs) {
-			assertThat(contextConfig, instanceOf(SynthesizedAnnotation.class));
-		}
+		assertTrue("nested annotations must be synthesized",
+			Arrays.stream(configs).allMatch(c -> c instanceof SynthesizedAnnotation));
 
-		List<String> locations = Arrays.stream(configs).map(ContextConfig::locations).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		List<String> locations = Arrays.stream(configs).map(ContextConfig::locations).collect(toList());
 		assertThat(locations, equalTo(Arrays.asList("A", "B")));
 
-		List<String> values = Arrays.stream(configs).map(ContextConfig::value).collect(Collectors.toList());
+		List<String> values = Arrays.stream(configs).map(ContextConfig::value).collect(toList());
 		assertThat(values, equalTo(Arrays.asList("A", "B")));
 	}