diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToCollectionConverterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToCollectionConverterTests.java
index 806949f278f..125631b7234 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToCollectionConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/CollectionToCollectionConverterTests.java
@@ -162,23 +162,20 @@ class CollectionToCollectionConverterTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void convertEmptyVector_shouldReturnEmptyArrayList() {
-		Vector<String> vector = new Vector<>();
-		CollectionToCollectionConverter converter = new CollectionToCollectionConverter(new GenericConversionService());
-		Object convertedValue = converter.convert(
-				vector, TypeDescriptor.forObject(vector), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(ArrayList.class));
-		assertThat(convertedValue).isInstanceOf(ArrayList.class);
-		assertThat(convertedValue).asInstanceOf(LIST).isEmpty();
+		Object convertedValue = convertVectorToArrayList(new Vector<>());
+		assertThat(convertedValue)
+				.isInstanceOf(ArrayList.class)
+				.asInstanceOf(LIST).isEmpty();
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void convertNonEmptyVector_shouldReturnNonEmptyArrayList() {
 		Vector<String> vector = new Vector<>();
 		vector.add("Element");
-		CollectionToCollectionConverter converter = new CollectionToCollectionConverter(new GenericConversionService());
-		Object convertedValue = converter.convert(
-				vector, TypeDescriptor.forObject(vector), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(ArrayList.class));
-		assertThat(convertedValue).isInstanceOf(ArrayList.class);
-		assertThat(convertedValue).asInstanceOf(LIST).isNotEmpty();
+		Object convertedValue = convertVectorToArrayList(vector);
+		assertThat(convertedValue)
+				.isInstanceOf(ArrayList.class)
+				.asInstanceOf(LIST).containsOnly("Element");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -255,6 +252,12 @@ class CollectionToCollectionConverterTests {
 	}
 
 
+	private static Object convertVectorToArrayList(Vector<String> vector) {
+		CollectionToCollectionConverter converter = new CollectionToCollectionConverter(new GenericConversionService());
+		return converter.convert(vector, TypeDescriptor.forObject(vector), TypeDescriptor.valueOf(ArrayList.class));
+	}
+
+
 	public ArrayList<Integer> scalarListTarget;
 
 	public List<Integer> emptyListTarget;