diff --git a/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/multiCL/MultiCLIndexer.java b/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/multiCL/MultiCLIndexer.java
index 5291fe16dc3..d9972221c1b 100644
--- a/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/multiCL/MultiCLIndexer.java
+++ b/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/multiCL/MultiCLIndexer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.apache.lucene.facet.example.multiCL;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ public class MultiCLIndexer {
     int nDocsAdded = 0;
     int nFacetsAdded = 0;
     for (int docNum = 0; docNum < SimpleUtils.docTexts.length; docNum++) {
-      List<CategoryPath> facetList = SimpleUtils.categoryPathArrayToList(cPaths[docNum]);
+      List<CategoryPath> facetList = Arrays.asList(cPaths[docNum]);
 
       // we do not alter indexing parameters!
       // a category document builder will add the categories to a document
diff --git a/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleIndexer.java b/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleIndexer.java
index de6937667d8..cc5b803b260 100644
--- a/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleIndexer.java
+++ b/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleIndexer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.apache.lucene.facet.example.simple;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class SimpleIndexer {
     for (int docNum=0; docNum<SimpleUtils.docTexts.length; docNum++) {
 
       // obtain the sample facets for current document
-      List<CategoryPath> facetList = SimpleUtils.categoryPathArrayToList(SimpleUtils.categories[docNum]);
+      List<CategoryPath> facetList = Arrays.asList(SimpleUtils.categories[docNum]);
 
       // we do not alter indexing parameters!  
       // a category document builder will add the categories to a document once build() is called
diff --git a/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleUtils.java b/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleUtils.java
index 7765c855489..fda6ab0e628 100644
--- a/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleUtils.java
+++ b/modules/facet/src/examples/org/apache/lucene/facet/example/simple/SimpleUtils.java
@@ -72,16 +72,4 @@ public class SimpleUtils {
    */
   public static final Analyzer analyzer = new WhitespaceAnalyzer(ExampleUtils.EXAMPLE_VER);
 
-  /**
-   * Utility method: List of category paths out of an array of them...
-   * @param categoryPaths input array of category paths.
-   */
-  public static List<CategoryPath> categoryPathArrayToList (CategoryPath...categoryPaths) {
-    ArrayList<CategoryPath> res = new ArrayList<CategoryPath>();
-    for (CategoryPath categoryPath : categoryPaths) {
-      res.add(categoryPath);
-    }
-    return res;
-  }
-
 }