diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/foreignkeys/disabled/InheritanceManyToManyForeignKeyTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/foreignkeys/disabled/InheritanceManyToManyForeignKeyTest.java
index 930ca7f050..04f0e0b94a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/foreignkeys/disabled/InheritanceManyToManyForeignKeyTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/foreignkeys/disabled/InheritanceManyToManyForeignKeyTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class InheritanceManyToManyForeignKeyTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFuncti
 	public static abstract class AbstractEventsEntityModel {
 
 		@ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY )
-		private List<LocalDateEvent> events = new ArrayList<>(  );
+		private List<LocalDateEvent> events = new ArrayList<LocalDateEvent>(  );
 
 		public List<LocalDateEvent> getEvents() {
 			return events;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/ondemandload/cache/CacheLazyLoadNoTransTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/ondemandload/cache/CacheLazyLoadNoTransTest.java
index 5adfea9228..e3107f647f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/ondemandload/cache/CacheLazyLoadNoTransTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/ondemandload/cache/CacheLazyLoadNoTransTest.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class CacheLazyLoadNoTransTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCas
 
 		@ManyToMany(mappedBy = "applications")
 		@Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE)
-		private List<Customer> customers = new ArrayList<>();
+		private List<Customer> customers = new ArrayList<Customer>();
 	}
 
 	@Entity
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ public class CacheLazyLoadNoTransTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCas
 
 		@ManyToMany
 		@Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE)
-		private List<Application> applications = new ArrayList<>();
+		private List<Application> applications = new ArrayList<Application>();
 
 		@OneToMany(mappedBy = "customer", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
 		@Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE)
-		private List<Item> boughtItems = new ArrayList<>();
+		private List<Item> boughtItems = new ArrayList<Item>();
 	}
 
 	@Entity
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/mapjoin/MapJoinTest2.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/mapjoin/MapJoinTest2.java
index b405d21cd6..9667d91f46 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/mapjoin/MapJoinTest2.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/mapjoin/MapJoinTest2.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class MapJoinTest2 extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
 				//foreignKey = @ForeignKey,
 				joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "batch_id", nullable = false))
 		@MapKeyJoinColumn(name = "node_id")
-		private Map<Node, BatchNodeMetadata> batchNodeMetadata = new HashMap<>();
+		private Map<Node, BatchNodeMetadata> batchNodeMetadata = new HashMap<Node, BatchNodeMetadata>();
 	}
 
 	@Entity