diff --git a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/build.gradle b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/build.gradle
index 547f4ad31..3febf6ddb 100644
--- a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/build.gradle
+++ b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/build.gradle
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion"
 
     compileApi 'com.google.guava:guava:15.0'
-    compile 'commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2.2'
     compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.1'
     compileApi 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:2.0.0'
     compile 'org.ow2.asm:asm:5.0.4'
diff --git a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/javanica/utils/FallbackMethod.java b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/javanica/utils/FallbackMethod.java
index c73e9e0c6..b19b53fc5 100644
--- a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/javanica/utils/FallbackMethod.java
+++ b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-javanica/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/javanica/utils/FallbackMethod.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import com.netflix.hystrix.contrib.javanica.annotation.HystrixCommand;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.contrib.javanica.command.ExecutionType;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.contrib.javanica.exception.FallbackDefinitionException;
-import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ private static String positionAsString(Type type, List<Type> types) {
 
     private static int position(Type type, List<Type> types) {
         if (type == null) return -1;
-        if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(types)) return -1;
+        if (types == null || types.isEmpty()) return -1;
         return types.indexOf(type);
     }