diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Streams.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Streams.java
index 7adcf6b4c..2a9201d75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Streams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Streams.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class Streams {
      * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.stream.Streams.FailableStream}.
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static class FailableStream<O extends Object> {
+    public static class FailableStream<O> {
 
         private Stream<O> stream;
         private boolean terminated;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ public class Streams {
      * @return a {@link Collector} which collects all the input elements into an
      * array, in encounter order
      */
-    public static <O extends Object> Collector<O, ?, O[]> toArray(final Class<O> pElementType) {
+    public static <O> Collector<O, ?, O[]> toArray(final Class<O> pElementType) {
         return new ArrayCollector<>(pElementType);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MethodUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MethodUtils.java
index d4eb13590..11e995338 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MethodUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/MethodUtils.java
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public class MethodUtils {
         Objects.requireNonNull(object, "object");
         args = ArrayUtils.nullToEmpty(args);
         parameterTypes = ArrayUtils.nullToEmpty(parameterTypes);
-        final Class<? extends Object> cls = object.getClass();
+        final Class<?> cls = object.getClass();
         final Method method = getAccessibleMethod(cls, methodName, parameterTypes);
         if (method == null) {
             throw new NoSuchMethodException("No such accessible method: " + methodName + "() on object: " + cls.getName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java
index 6ae7d1aa4..29a00a726 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class Streams {
      *
      * @param <T> The streams element type.
      */
-    public static class FailableStream<T extends Object> {
+    public static class FailableStream<T> {
 
         private Stream<T> stream;
         private boolean terminated;
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ public class Streams {
      * @param <T> the type of the input elements
      * @return a {@link Collector} which collects all the input elements into an array, in encounter order
      */
-    public static <T extends Object> Collector<T, ?, T[]> toArray(final Class<T> pElementType) {
+    public static <T> Collector<T, ?, T[]> toArray(final Class<T> pElementType) {
         return new ArrayCollector<>(pElementType);
     }
 }