diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java
index e1bda116b..a3860de04 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class MyersDiff<S extends Sequence> {
 		public <S extends Sequence> void diffNonCommon(EditList edits,
 				HashedSequenceComparator<S> cmp, HashedSequence<S> a,
 				HashedSequence<S> b, Edit region) {
-			new MyersDiff<S>(edits, cmp, a, b, region);
+			new MyersDiff<>(edits, cmp, a, b, region);
 		}
 	};