diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/FindingsMatcher.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/FindingsMatcher.kt
index ba314411198a8..749d6506dbbb3 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/FindingsMatcher.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/FindingsMatcher.kt
@@ -346,6 +346,6 @@ internal fun associateLicensesWithExceptions(license: SpdxExpression): SpdxExpre
     return if (associatedLicenses.size == 1) {
         associatedLicenses.first()
     } else {
-        SpdxCompoundExpression(SpdxOperator.AND, associatedLicenses.toList())
+        SpdxCompoundExpression(SpdxOperator.AND, associatedLicenses)
     }
 }
diff --git a/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt b/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt
index e52fc64e0206c..33d3db1dcaabc 100644
--- a/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt
+++ b/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ sealed class SpdxExpression {
  */
 class SpdxCompoundExpression(
     val operator: SpdxOperator,
-    val children: List<SpdxExpression>
+    val children: Collection<SpdxExpression>
 ) : SpdxExpression() {
     /**
      * Create a compound expression with the provided [operator] and the [left] and [right] child expressions.