diff --git a/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java b/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java
index 2a601493e..c8aba6f16 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/cron/TldFanoutAction.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public final class TldFanoutAction implements Runnable {
                 runInEmpty ? Stream.of("") : Stream.of(),
                 forEachRealTld ? getTldsOfType(REAL).stream() : Stream.of(),
                 forEachTestTld ? getTldsOfType(TEST).stream() : Stream.of())
-            .filter(tld -> !excludes.contains(tld))
+            .filter(not(in(excludes)))
             .collect(toImmutableSet());
     Multimap<String, String> flowThruParams = filterKeys(params, not(in(CONTROL_PARAMS)));
     Queue taskQueue = getQueue(queue);
diff --git a/java/google/registry/model/ofy/TransactionInfo.java b/java/google/registry/model/ofy/TransactionInfo.java
index 0773007df..33be2e018 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/model/ofy/TransactionInfo.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/model/ofy/TransactionInfo.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package google.registry.model.ofy;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.not;
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.toImmutableSet;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Maps.filterValues;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Maps.toMap;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class TransactionInfo {
         .build()
         .values()
         .stream()
-        .filter(change -> !Delete.SENTINEL.equals(change))
+        .filter(not(Delete.SENTINEL::equals))
         .collect(toImmutableSet());
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/google/registry/rdap/RdapJsonFormatter.java b/java/google/registry/rdap/RdapJsonFormatter.java
index fab91dc21..b2698de36 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/rdap/RdapJsonFormatter.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/rdap/RdapJsonFormatter.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package google.registry.rdap;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.not;
 import static com.google.common.base.Strings.nullToEmpty;
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet.toImmutableSortedSet;
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ public class RdapJsonFormatter {
     if (isDeleted) {
       stream =
           Streams.concat(
-              stream.filter(rdapStatus -> !Objects.equals(rdapStatus, RdapStatus.ACTIVE)),
+              stream.filter(not(RdapStatus.ACTIVE::equals)),
               Stream.of(RdapStatus.INACTIVE));
     }
     return stream