2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Parsers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Parsers.scala
index 787dde541d..104f53eb4d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Parsers.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Parsers.scala
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ self =>
     private def stringOp(t: Tree, op: TermName) = {
       val str = in.strVal
       in.nextToken()
-      if (str.isEmpty) t
+      if (str.length == 0) t
       else atPos(t.pos.startOrPoint) {
         Apply(Select(t, op), List(Literal(Constant(str))))
       }
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala
index 89384b8801..c642af5dd7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/Scanners.scala
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ trait Scanners extends ScannersCommon {
       getLitChars('}', '"', ' ', '\t')
       if (ch == '}') {
         setStrVal()
-        if (!strVal.isEmpty) strVal = "%" + strVal
+        if (strVal.length > 0) strVal = "%" + strVal
         token = STRINGFMT
       } else {
         syntaxError("unclosed format string")