diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV09FromJson.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV09FromJson.java
index f5c048751d..5c94e41f72 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV09FromJson.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV09FromJson.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseJson;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getFirst;
 
 /**
  * Parses the cookbook versions in a Chef Server <= 0.9.8.
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public class ParseCookbookVersionsV09FromJson implements Function<HttpResponse,
    }
 
    @Override
-   public Set<String> apply(HttpResponse arg0) {
-      return Iterables.getFirst(json.apply(arg0).values(), null);
+   public Set<String> apply(HttpResponse response) {
+      return getFirst(json.apply(response).values(), null);
 
    }
 }
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV10FromJson.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV10FromJson.java
index 4a34374f5b..955fe8e184 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV10FromJson.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseCookbookVersionsV10FromJson.java
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseJson;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getFirst;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.transform;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.newLinkedHashSet;
 
 /**
  * Parses the cookbook versions in a Chef Server >= 0.10.8.
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ public class ParseCookbookVersionsV10FromJson implements Function<HttpResponse,
 
    @Override
    public Set<String> apply(HttpResponse response) {
-      CookbookDefinition def = Iterables.getFirst(parser.apply(response).values(), null);
-      return Sets.newLinkedHashSet(Iterables.transform(def.getVersions(), new Function<Version, String>() {
+      CookbookDefinition def = getFirst(parser.apply(response).values(), null);
+      return newLinkedHashSet(transform(def.getVersions(), new Function<Version, String>() {
          @Override
          public String apply(Version input) {
             return input.getVersion();
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchDatabagFromJson.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchDatabagFromJson.java
index 90aebd3ff0..4826b38c7b 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchDatabagFromJson.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchDatabagFromJson.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseJson;
 import org.jclouds.json.Json;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.transform;
 
 /**
  * Parses the search result into a {@link DatabagItem} object.
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public class ParseSearchDatabagFromJson implements Function<HttpResponse, Search
    }
 
    @Override
-   public SearchResult<DatabagItem> apply(HttpResponse arg0) {
-      Response returnVal = responseParser.apply(arg0);
-      Iterable<DatabagItem> items = Iterables.transform(returnVal.rows, new Function<Row, DatabagItem>() {
+   public SearchResult<DatabagItem> apply(HttpResponse response) {
+      Response returnVal = responseParser.apply(response);
+      Iterable<DatabagItem> items = transform(returnVal.rows, new Function<Row, DatabagItem>() {
          @Override
          public DatabagItem apply(Row input) {
             return json.fromJson(input.rawData.toString(), DatabagItem.class);
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchResultFromJson.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchResultFromJson.java
index 2346638152..983ce8f173 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchResultFromJson.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/functions/ParseSearchResultFromJson.java
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class ParseSearchResultFromJson<T> implements Function<HttpResponse, Sear
    }
 
    @Override
-   public SearchResult<T> apply(HttpResponse arg0) {
-      Response<T> returnVal = json.apply(arg0);
+   public SearchResult<T> apply(HttpResponse response) {
+      Response<T> returnVal = json.apply(response);
       return new SearchResult<T>(returnVal.start, returnVal.rows);
    }
 }