diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/NumberFormatException.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/NumberFormatException.qll
index 83f66d1a709..96174cd1ddc 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/NumberFormatException.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/NumberFormatException.qll
@@ -46,12 +46,7 @@ private class SpecialClassInstanceExpr extends ClassInstanceExpr {
   }
 
   predicate throwsNfe() {
-    this.isStringConstructor("Byte") or
-    this.isStringConstructor("Short") or
-    this.isStringConstructor("Integer") or
-    this.isStringConstructor("Long") or
-    this.isStringConstructor("Float") or
-    this.isStringConstructor("Double")
+    this.isStringConstructor(["Byte", "Short", "Integer", "Long", "Float", "Double"])
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/JAXB.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/JAXB.qll
index 96075bbccf3..1283aa3d21e 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/JAXB.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/JAXB.qll
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ class XmlAccessType extends EnumConstant {
  */
 class JaxbMemberAnnotation extends JaxbAnnotationType {
   JaxbMemberAnnotation() {
-    this.hasName("XmlElement") or
-    this.hasName("XmlAttribute") or
-    this.hasName("XmlElementRefs") or
-    this.hasName("XmlElements")
+    this.hasName(["XmlElement", "XmlAttribute", "XmlElementRefs", "XmlElements"])
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/spring/SpringController.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/spring/SpringController.qll
index ee00433da12..a444dc96d5a 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/spring/SpringController.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/spring/SpringController.qll
@@ -187,13 +187,10 @@ class SpringServletInputAnnotation extends Annotation {
       a = this.getType() and
       a.getPackage().getName() = "org.springframework.web.bind.annotation"
     |
-      a.hasName("MatrixVariable") or
-      a.hasName("RequestParam") or
-      a.hasName("RequestHeader") or
-      a.hasName("CookieValue") or
-      a.hasName("RequestPart") or
-      a.hasName("PathVariable") or
-      a.hasName("RequestBody")
+      a.hasName([
+          "MatrixVariable", "RequestParam", "RequestHeader", "CookieValue", "RequestPart",
+          "PathVariable", "RequestBody"
+        ])
     )
   }
 }