diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
index 53ef1ba96..2eb753a48 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/controller/BaseEditController.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class BaseEditController extends VitroHttpServlet {
         }
         
                 
-       Collections.sort(bodyVal, new ListComparator(vreq.getCollator()));
+       bodyVal.sort(new ListComparator(vreq.getCollator()));
         for (String aBodyVal : bodyVal) {
             options.add(hashMap.get(aBodyVal));
         }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/util/FormUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/util/FormUtils.java
index f7148ccd1..fa63f41c7 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/util/FormUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/util/FormUtils.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class FormUtils {
         	}
 		}
 		
-		Collections.sort(options, (o1, o2) -> o1.getBody().compareTo(o2.getBody()));
+		options.sort((o1, o2) -> o1.getBody().compareTo(o2.getBody()));
 		
 		return options;
 	}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java
index 838e8ab05..eb36922ce 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/IndividualImpl.java
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class IndividualImpl extends BaseResourceBean implements Individual, Comp
 
     protected void sortPropertiesForDisplay( ){
         //here we sort the Property objects
-        Collections.sort(getObjectPropertyList(), new ObjectProperty.DisplayComparator());
+        getObjectPropertyList().sort(new ObjectProperty.DisplayComparator());
     }
 
     public JsonNode toJSON() {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java
index ffc42cf14..05c27ed83 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/ObjectProperty.java
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ public class ObjectProperty extends Property implements Comparable<ObjectPropert
                 }
             };
             try {
-                Collections.sort(objPropStmtsList, fieldComp);
+                objPropStmtsList.sort(fieldComp);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 log.error("Exception sorting object property statements for object property "+prop.getURI());
             }
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ public class ObjectProperty extends Property implements Comparable<ObjectPropert
                 }
             };
             try {
-                Collections.sort(objPropStmtsList, dpComp);
+                objPropStmtsList.sort(dpComp);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 log.error("Exception sorting object property statements " +
                           "for object property " + prop.getURI(), e);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/VClassList.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/VClassList.java
index eccc8ebf0..41054d325 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/VClassList.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/VClassList.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class VClassList extends VClass {
     }
 
     public void sort(){
-        Collections.sort(getEntities(), getCompare() );
+        getEntities().sort(getCompare());
     }
 
     public int getSize(){
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/DashboardPropertyListController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/DashboardPropertyListController.java
index 274bec982..c30ae3688 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/DashboardPropertyListController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/DashboardPropertyListController.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class DashboardPropertyListController extends VitroHttpServlet {
             
             if (mergedPropertyList!=null) {
                 try {
-                    Collections.sort(mergedPropertyList,new PropertyRanker(vreq));
+                    mergedPropertyList.sort(new PropertyRanker(vreq));
                 } catch (Exception ex) {
                     log.error("Exception sorting merged property list: " + ex.getMessage());
                 }
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public class DashboardPropertyListController extends VitroHttpServlet {
              }
              if (pg.getPropertyList().size()>1) {
                  try {
-                     Collections.sort(pg.getPropertyList(),new Property.DisplayComparatorIgnoringPropertyGroup());
+                     pg.getPropertyList().sort(new Property.DisplayComparatorIgnoringPropertyGroup());
                  } catch (Exception ex) {
                      log.error("Exception sorting property group "+pg.getName()+" property list: "+ex.getMessage());
                  }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
index 3d765c4a8..7b6b556bc 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class VitroHttpServlet extends HttpServlet implements MultipartRequestWra
 	
 	protected void sortForPickList(List<? extends ResourceBean> beans, 
 	        VitroRequest vreq) {
-	    Collections.sort(beans, new PickListSorter(vreq));
+	    beans.sort(new PickListSorter(vreq));
 	}
 	
 	protected class PickListSorter implements Comparator<ResourceBean> {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/UserAccountsPage.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/UserAccountsPage.java
index 97df47c7f..a4bf15ac4 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/UserAccountsPage.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/UserAccountsPage.java
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ public abstract class UserAccountsPage extends AbstractPageHandler {
 			}
 		}
 
-		Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<PermissionSet>() {
-			@Override
-			public int compare(PermissionSet ps1, PermissionSet ps2) {
-				return ps1.getUri().compareTo(ps2.getUri());
-			}
-		});
+		list.sort(new Comparator<PermissionSet>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(PermissionSet ps1, PermissionSet ps2) {
+                return ps1.getUri().compareTo(ps2.getUri());
+            }
+        });
 		return list;
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/FauxPropertyRetryController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/FauxPropertyRetryController.java
index 1a2c3a32d..941c6e7f6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/FauxPropertyRetryController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/FauxPropertyRetryController.java
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ public class FauxPropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 		private List<Option> createClassGroupOptionList() {
 			List<Option> groupOptList = getGroupOptList(beanForEditing
 					.getGroupURI());
-			Collections.sort(groupOptList,
-					new OptionsBodyComparator(req.getCollator()));
+			groupOptList.sort(new OptionsBodyComparator(req.getCollator()));
 			groupOptList.add(0, new Option("", "none"));
 			return groupOptList;
 		}
@@ -322,12 +321,12 @@ public class FauxPropertyRetryController extends BaseEditController {
 					list.add(option);
 				}
 			}
-			Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Option>() {
-				@Override
-				public int compare(Option o1, Option o2) {
-					return o1.getBody().compareTo(o2.getBody());
-				}
-			});
+			list.sort(new Comparator<Option>() {
+                @Override
+                public int compare(Option o1, Option o2) {
+                    return o1.getBody().compareTo(o2.getBody());
+                }
+            });
 		}
 
 		private static class OptionsBodyComparator implements
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java
index 15e8e20f8..dd1e64415 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/listing/PropertyGroupsListingController.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class PropertyGroupsListingController extends BaseEditController {
                 results.add("XX");
                 List<Property> propertyList = pg.getPropertyList();
                 if (propertyList != null && propertyList.size() > 0) {
-                	Collections.sort(propertyList, comparator);
+                	propertyList.sort(comparator);
                     results.add("+");
                     results.add("XX");
                     results.add("property");
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
index c9566f397..daea57404 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class ShowObjectPropertyHierarchyController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet
             } else {
                 roots = opDao.getRootObjectProperties();
                 if (roots!=null){
-                    Collections.sort(roots, new ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(vreq)); // sorts by domain public
+                    roots.sort(new ObjectPropertyAlphaComparator(vreq)); // sorts by domain public
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ViewLabelsServlet.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ViewLabelsServlet.java
index f58960c80..37a0d5ddc 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ViewLabelsServlet.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ViewLabelsServlet.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class ViewLabelsServlet extends FreemarkerHttpServlet{
   		LabelInformationComparator lic = new LabelInformationComparator();
   		for(String languageName: labelsHash.keySet()) {
   			List<LabelInformation> labelInfo = labelsHash.get(languageName);
-  			Collections.sort(labelInfo, lic);
+  			labelInfo.sort(lic);
   		}
   		return labelsHash;
   		
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java
index 92790d527..ca84be242 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/VClassDaoFiltering.java
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ public class VClassDaoFiltering extends BaseFiltering implements VClassDao{
             vcg.setLocalName("0");
             vcg.setPublicName("Browse Categories");
             vcg.addAll( this.getAllVclasses() );
-            java.util.Collections.sort(vcg.getVitroClassList(),new Comparator(){
-                public int compare(Object o1, Object o2){
-                    return ((VClass)o1).getName().compareTo(((VClass)o2).getName());
+            vcg.getVitroClassList().sort(new Comparator() {
+                public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
+                    return ((VClass) o1).getName().compareTo(((VClass) o2).getName());
                 }
             });
             groups.add(vcg);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/filters/VitroFilterUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/filters/VitroFilterUtils.java
index b1a4d30e0..af7a5590f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/filters/VitroFilterUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/filters/VitroFilterUtils.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class VitroFilterUtils {
 
         @Override
 		public List<Individual> fn(List<Individual> individuals) {
-            Collections.sort(individuals,comparator);
+            individuals.sort(comparator);
             return individuals;
         }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
index 6e7182ba2..7592dd7ff 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class DataPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
         }
 
         List<DataProperty> dataprops = new ArrayList<DataProperty>(hash.values());
-        Collections.sort(dataprops, new DataPropertyRanker());
+        dataprops.sort(new DataPropertyRanker());
         return dataprops;
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
index 9ea5f6541..1273bbe94 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualJena.java
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ public class IndividualJena extends IndividualImpl implements Individual {
                 }
             };
             try {
-                Collections.sort(getObjectPropertyStatements(), comp);
+                getObjectPropertyStatements().sort(comp);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 log.error("Exception sorting object property statements for object property "+this.getURI());
             }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java
index f4df306c7..18fc66d96 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/IndividualSDB.java
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ public class IndividualSDB extends IndividualImpl implements Individual {
                 }
             };
             try {
-                Collections.sort(getObjectPropertyStatements(), comp);
+                getObjectPropertyStatements().sort(comp);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 log.error("Exception sorting object property statements for object property "+this.getURI());
             }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
index ca6093291..a94846ec9 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
@@ -896,18 +896,18 @@ public class JenaBaseDao extends JenaBaseDaoCon {
 	    }
 
 	    // Sort by lexical value to guarantee consistent results
-	    Collections.sort(labels, new Comparator<RDFNode>() {
-	        public int compare(RDFNode left, RDFNode right) {
-	            if (left == null) {
-	                return (right == null) ? 0 : -1;
-	            }
-	            if ( left.isLiteral() && right.isLiteral()) {
-	                return ((Literal) left).getLexicalForm().compareTo(((Literal) right).getLexicalForm());
-	            } 
-	            // Can't sort meaningfully if both are not literals
-	            return 0;	            
-	        }
-	    });
+	    labels.sort(new Comparator<RDFNode>() {
+            public int compare(RDFNode left, RDFNode right) {
+                if (left == null) {
+                    return (right == null) ? 0 : -1;
+                }
+                if (left.isLiteral() && right.isLiteral()) {
+                    return ((Literal) left).getLexicalForm().compareTo(((Literal) right).getLexicalForm());
+                }
+                // Can't sort meaningfully if both are not literals
+                return 0;
+            }
+        });
 	    
 	    for (String lang : PREFERRED_LANGUAGES) {
 	    	label = getLabel(lang,labels);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
index 182dd83c6..9000223bd 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/PropertyInstanceDaoJena.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class PropertyInstanceDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
 	    		propInsts.add(propInst);
 	    	}
     	}
-    	Collections.sort(propInsts, new PropInstSorter());
+    	propInsts.sort(new PropInstSorter());
     	return propInsts;
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/SparqlGraphMultilingual.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/SparqlGraphMultilingual.java
index 61f2ed87b..a12296b59 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/SparqlGraphMultilingual.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/SparqlGraphMultilingual.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class SparqlGraphMultilingual extends SparqlGraph implements GraphWithPer
             return WrappedIterator.create(tripList.iterator());
         }
         if (subject.isConcrete() && predicate.isConcrete() && !object.isConcrete()) {
-            Collections.sort(tripList, new TripleSortByLang());
+            tripList.sort(new TripleSortByLang());
             LinkedList<Triple> tripl = new LinkedList<Triple>();
             if (!tripList.get(0).getObject().isLiteral()) {
                 tripl.addAll(tripList);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java
index 9c65bdf06..b369a5a91 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/UserAccountsDaoJena.java
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ public class UserAccountsDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements UserAccountsDao
 			getOntModel().leaveCriticalSection();
 		}
 
-		Collections.sort(list, new PermissionSetsByUri());
+		list.sort(new PermissionSetsByUri());
 
 		return list;
 	}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
index 91eca3ce1..5b7f26f21 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/VClassGroupDaoJena.java
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ public class VClassGroupDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements VClassGroupDao {
     }
 
     public void sortGroupList(List<VClassGroup> groupList) {
-        Collections.sort(groupList, new Comparator<VClassGroup>() {
+        groupList.sort(new Comparator<VClassGroup>() {
             public int compare(VClassGroup first, VClassGroup second) {
-                if (first!=null) {
-                    if (second!=null) {
-                        return (first.getDisplayRank()-second.getDisplayRank());
+                if (first != null) {
+                    if (second != null) {
+                        return (first.getDisplayRank() - second.getDisplayRank());
                     } else {
                         log.error("error--2nd VClassGroup is null in VClassGroupDao.getGroupList().compare()");
                     }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
index 1b7cf8cd4..07063500a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/fields/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class SelectListGeneratorVTwo {
         	comparator = new MapPairsComparator(vreq);
         }
         
-        Collections.sort(objectsToSort, comparator);
+        objectsToSort.sort(comparator);
 
         HashMap<String,String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String,String>(objectsToSort.size());
         for (String[] pair:objectsToSort) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/ManageLabelsForIndividualGenerator.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/ManageLabelsForIndividualGenerator.java
index a7864744a..e8aa975dc 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/ManageLabelsForIndividualGenerator.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/configuration/generators/ManageLabelsForIndividualGenerator.java
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ public class ManageLabelsForIndividualGenerator extends BaseEditConfigurationGen
 			}
 		}
 		//Sort list by language label and return
-		Collections.sort(availableLocales, new Comparator<HashMap<String, String>>() {
-			public int compare(HashMap<String, String> h1, HashMap<String, String> h2) {
-				String languageName1 = (String) h1.get("label");
-				String languageName2 = (String) h2.get("label");
-				return languageName1.compareTo(languageName2);
-			}
-		});
+		availableLocales.sort(new Comparator<HashMap<String, String>>() {
+            public int compare(HashMap<String, String> h1, HashMap<String, String> h2) {
+                String languageName1 = (String) h1.get("label");
+                String languageName2 = (String) h2.get("label");
+                return languageName1.compareTo(languageName2);
+            }
+        });
 		
 		return availableLocales;
 	}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public class ManageLabelsForIndividualGenerator extends BaseEditConfigurationGen
 		LabelInformationComparator lic = new LabelInformationComparator();
 		for(String languageName: labelsHash.keySet()) {
 			List<LabelInformation> labelInfo = labelsHash.get(languageName);
-			Collections.sort(labelInfo, lic);
+			labelInfo.sort(lic);
 		}
 		return labelsHash;
 		
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java
index 937464339..944589aea 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFService.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                 if (candidatesForRemoval.size() == 1) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                Collections.sort(candidatesForRemoval, new StatementSortByLang());
+                candidatesForRemoval.sort(new StatementSortByLang());
                 log.debug("sorted statements: " + showSortedStatements(candidatesForRemoval));
                 Iterator<Statement> candIt = candidatesForRemoval.iterator();
                 String langRegister = null;
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                 if (candidatesForRemoval.size() == 1) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                Collections.sort(candidatesForRemoval, new RowIndexedLiteralSortByLang());
+                candidatesForRemoval.sort(new RowIndexedLiteralSortByLang());
                 log.debug("sorted RowIndexedLiterals: " + showSortedRILs(candidatesForRemoval));
                 Iterator<RowIndexedLiteral> candIt = candidatesForRemoval.iterator();
                 String langRegister = null;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFService implements RDFService {
                         if (candidatesForRemoval.size() == 1) {
                             continue;
                         }
-                        Collections.sort(candidatesForRemoval, new RowIndexedLiteralSortByLang());
+                        candidatesForRemoval.sort(new RowIndexedLiteralSortByLang());
                         log.debug("sorted RowIndexedLiterals: " + showSortedRILs(candidatesForRemoval));
                         Iterator<RowIndexedLiteral> candIt = candidatesForRemoval.iterator();
                         String langRegister = null;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java
index 874d5454a..09d0aa6e3 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/controller/PagedSearchController.java
@@ -416,10 +416,11 @@ public class PagedSearchController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         }
         
         
-        Collections.sort(classes, new Comparator<VClass>(){
-            public int compare(VClass o1, VClass o2) {                
+        classes.sort(new Comparator<VClass>() {
+            public int compare(VClass o1, VClass o2) {
                 return o1.compareTo(o2);
-            }});
+            }
+        });
         
         List<VClassSearchLink> vClassLinks = new ArrayList<VClassSearchLink>(classes.size());
         for (VClass vc : classes) {                        
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/ThemeInfoSetup.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/ThemeInfoSetup.java
index 49949c251..9cc824748 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/ThemeInfoSetup.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/ThemeInfoSetup.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class ThemeInfoSetup implements ServletContextListener {
 			}
 		}
 
-		Collections.sort(themeNames, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+		themeNames.sort(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
 		return themeNames;
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java
index 97d35abdb..f0be9da34 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/sparql/GetAllPrefix.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class GetAllPrefix extends BaseEditController {
 		respo.append("<options>");
 		List<String> prefixList = new ArrayList<String>();
 		prefixList.addAll(prefixMap.keySet());
-		Collections.sort(prefixList, vreq.getCollator());
+		prefixList.sort(vreq.getCollator());
 		for (String prefix : prefixList) {
 		    respo.append(makeOption(prefix, prefixMap.get(prefix)));
 		}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/OptionsForPropertyTag.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/OptionsForPropertyTag.java
index f71434969..520f31904 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/OptionsForPropertyTag.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/OptionsForPropertyTag.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class OptionsForPropertyTag extends TagSupport {
             if( stmts == null ) throw new Exception("object properties for subject were null");
 
             individuals = removeIndividualsAlreadyInRange(individuals,stmts);
-            Collections.sort(individuals,new  compareEnts());
+            individuals.sort(new compareEnts());
 
             JspWriter out = pageContext.getOut();
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
index 400e5915d..3df3d6ab2 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ public class EditConfigurationTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
             x[1] = hmap.get(key);
             objectsToSort.add(x);
         }
-        Collections.sort(objectsToSort, new MapComparator());
+        objectsToSort.sort(new MapComparator());
 
         HashMap<String,String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String,String>(objectsToSort.size());
         for (String[] pair:objectsToSort) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/CollatedObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/CollatedObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java
index 3a99db2c3..776c07555 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/CollatedObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/CollatedObjectPropertyTemplateModel.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class CollatedObjectPropertyTemplateModel extends
 				filteredList.add(outerMap);
 			} else {
 				//Subclass variable should already reflect most specifick types but there may be more than one most specific type
-				Collections.sort(dataForThisObject, new DataComparatorBySubclass());
+				dataForThisObject.sort(new DataComparatorBySubclass());
 				filteredList.add(dataForThisObject.get(0));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
index a112b2f6b..67915c57a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/GroupedPropertyList.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class GroupedPropertyList extends BaseTemplateModel {
 
     protected void sort(List<Property> propertyList) {
         try {
-            Collections.sort(propertyList, new PropertyRanker(vreq));
+            propertyList.sort(new PropertyRanker(vreq));
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             log.error("Exception sorting merged property list: "
                     + ex.getMessage());
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFServiceTest.java b/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFServiceTest.java
index 284af4c50..c649bab89 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFServiceTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/filter/LanguageFilteringRDFServiceTest.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class LanguageFilteringRDFServiceTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 		log.debug("before sorting: "
 				+ languagesFromLiterals(listOfRowIndexedLiterals));
 		Comparator<Object> comparator = buildRowIndexedLiteralSortByLang();
-		Collections.sort(listOfRowIndexedLiterals, comparator);
+		listOfRowIndexedLiterals.sort(comparator);
 	}
 
 	private void assertLanguageOrder(String message) {
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/sparqlrunner/StringResultsMappingTest.java b/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/sparqlrunner/StringResultsMappingTest.java
index d765c72f9..7c27b5a09 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/sparqlrunner/StringResultsMappingTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/sparqlrunner/StringResultsMappingTest.java
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public class StringResultsMappingTest extends AbstractTestClass {
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	private <T> void assertEquivalentUnorderedLists(List<T> list1, List<T> list2) {
-		Collections.sort(list1, new ArbitraryOrder<>());
-		Collections.sort(list2, new ArbitraryOrder<>());
+		list1.sort(new ArbitraryOrder<>());
+		list2.sort(new ArbitraryOrder<>());
 		assertEquals(list1, list2);
 	}