diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/config/impl/ConfigValueTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/config/impl/ConfigValueTest.scala
index ea67af4c..fdd317fc 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/config/impl/ConfigValueTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/config/impl/ConfigValueTest.scala
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class ConfigValueTest extends TestUtils {
         unresolved { dm.unwrapped() }
 
         // ConfigDelayedMergeObject
-        val emptyObj = new SimpleConfigObject(fakeOrigin(), Collections.emptyMap[String, AbstractConfigValue]())
+        val emptyObj = SimpleConfigObject.empty()
         val dmo = new ConfigDelayedMergeObject(fakeOrigin(), List[AbstractConfigValue](emptyObj, subst("a"), subst("b")).asJava)
         assertEquals(ConfigValueType.OBJECT, dmo.valueType())
         unresolved { dmo.unwrapped() }