diff --git a/example/basic/basic_example.dart b/example/basic/basic_example.dart
index 6a22807..1690929 100644
--- a/example/basic/basic_example.dart
+++ b/example/basic/basic_example.dart
@@ -37,14 +37,12 @@
   var thaiDatesFuture = initializeDateFormatting('th_TH', null);
   var germanMessagesFuture = initializeMessages('de_DE');
   var thaiMessagesFuture = initializeMessages('th_TH');
-  Future
-      .wait([
+  Future.wait/*<Future>*/([
     germanDatesFuture,
     thaiDatesFuture,
     germanMessagesFuture,
     thaiMessagesFuture
-  ])
-      .then(program);
+  ]).then(program);
 }
 
 // Because the initialization messages return futures we split out the main
diff --git a/lib/date_symbol_data_file.dart b/lib/date_symbol_data_file.dart
index c6c5f86..dbb1dc0 100644
--- a/lib/date_symbol_data_file.dart
+++ b/lib/date_symbol_data_file.dart
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
   initializeDatePatterns(() =>
       new LazyLocaleData(reader2, (x) => x, availableLocalesForDateFormatting));
   return initializeIndividualLocaleDateFormatting((symbols, patterns) {
-    return Future
-        .wait([symbols.initLocale(locale), patterns.initLocale(locale)]);
+    return Future.wait(
+        <Future>[symbols.initLocale(locale), patterns.initLocale(locale)]);
   });
 }