diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser/Parser.java b/src/main/java/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser/Parser.java
index b9d6d47db101408b5378be9338863c07288be29c..bf13d5b26d134f96303d6f23fb599e67db47cf88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser/Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser/Parser.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class Parser implements IParser
         if (first instanceof List<?>) {
             List<?> list2 = (List<?>) first;
 
-            if (list2.size() > 0) {
+            if (!list2.isEmpty()) {
                 return (PositionedNode)list2.get(0);
             } else {
                 return null;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser.txt b/src/main/resources/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser.txt
index a85d8a57823a5b222f5b06778760f5086bf2e365..ba0027c0e181b57d79938f0df040b50657e18a20 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/sablecc/sablecc/parser.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class Parser implements IParser
         if (first instanceof List<?>) {
             List<?> list2 = (List<?>) first;
 
-            if (list2.size() > 0) {
+            if (!list2.isEmpty()) {
                 return (PositionedNode)list2.get(0);
             } else {
                 return null;