diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bugreport/BugReport.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bugreport/BugReport.java
index 318696b..8aeeca6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bugreport/BugReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bugreport/BugReport.java
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@
   }
 
   /**
+   * Convenience method for {@linkplain #sendBugReport(Throwable, List, String...) sending a bug
+   * report} without additional arguments.
+   */
+  public static void sendBugReport(Throwable exception) {
+    sendBugReport(exception, /*args=*/ ImmutableList.of());
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Logs the unhandled exception with a special prefix signifying that this was a crash.
    *
    * @param exception the unhandled exception to display.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibraryToLink.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibraryToLink.java
index eb5138d..fba355e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibraryToLink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibraryToLink.java
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@
         }
         BugReport.sendBugReport(
             new IllegalStateException(
-                "Unexpected inequality with equal symbols: " + this + ", " + that),
-            ImmutableList.of());
+                "Unexpected inequality with equal symbols: " + this + ", " + that));
         return false;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/ExperimentalStateTracker.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/ExperimentalStateTracker.java
index 42d30a3..324edfb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/ExperimentalStateTracker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/ExperimentalStateTracker.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Action;
@@ -316,8 +315,7 @@
           new IllegalStateException(
               "Should not complete an action before starting it, and action did not discover "
                   + "inputs, so should not have published a status before execution: "
-                  + action),
-          ImmutableList.of());
+                  + action));
     }
 
     if (action.getOwner() != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/ActionRewindStrategy.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/ActionRewindStrategy.java
index bcca7c7..9cdee97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/ActionRewindStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/ActionRewindStrategy.java
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@
                 String.format(
                     "lost input twice for the same action. lostInput: %s, lostInput digest: %s, "
                         + "failedAction: %s",
-                    lostInputsByDigest.get(digest), digest, failedAction)),
-            ImmutableList.of());
+                    lostInputsByDigest.get(digest), digest, failedAction)));
         throw new ActionExecutionException(
             lostInputsException, failedAction, /*catastrophe=*/ false);
       }