diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/GetAuditLog.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/GetAuditLog.java
index fcdafdc68c..52a9dd9afe 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/GetAuditLog.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/GetAuditLog.java
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ public class GetAuditLog implements RestReadView<GroupResource> {
     accountLoader.fill();
 
     // sort by date and then reverse so that the newest audit event comes first
-    Collections.sort(auditEvents, comparing((GroupAuditEventInfo a) -> a.date));
-    Collections.reverse(auditEvents);
-
+    Collections.sort(auditEvents, comparing((GroupAuditEventInfo a) -> a.date).reversed());
     return auditEvents;
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/db/Groups.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/db/Groups.java
index 53f437a079..ba60fbc823 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/db/Groups.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/db/Groups.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.server.group.db;
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.toImmutableSet;
-import static java.util.Comparator.comparing;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ import com.google.gwtorm.server.ResultSet;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -331,10 +329,7 @@ public class Groups {
       return ImmutableList.of();
     }
 
-    List<AccountGroupMemberAudit> audits =
-        db.accountGroupMembersAudit().byGroup(group.get().getId()).toList();
-    Collections.sort(audits, comparing((AccountGroupMemberAudit a) -> a.getAddedOn()));
-    return audits;
+    return db.accountGroupMembersAudit().byGroup(group.get().getId()).toList();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -359,9 +354,6 @@ public class Groups {
       return ImmutableList.of();
     }
 
-    List<AccountGroupByIdAud> audits =
-        db.accountGroupByIdAud().byGroup(group.get().getId()).toList();
-    Collections.sort(audits, comparing((AccountGroupByIdAud a) -> a.getAddedOn()));
-    return audits;
+    return db.accountGroupByIdAud().byGroup(group.get().getId()).toList();
   }
 }