Unnecessary type argument

Reports function calls with type arguments that can be automatically inferred. Such type arguments are redundant and can be safely omitted.

Use the 'Remove explicit type arguments' quick-fix to clean up the code.

Examples:

  // 'String' type can be inferred here
  fun foo(): MutableList<String> = mutableListOf<String>()

  // Here 'String' cannot be inferred, type argument is required.
  fun bar() = mutableListOf<String>()

After the quick-fix is applied:

  fun foo(): MutableList<String> = mutableListOf() <== Updated

  fun bar() = mutableListOf<String>()

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

RemoveExplicitTypeArguments

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Kotlin | Redundant constructs

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection RemoveExplicitTypeArguments

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025