diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/util/slicedmap/Slices.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/util/slicedmap/Slices.java
index 5ed649a05ba..0ac74613588 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/util/slicedmap/Slices.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/util/slicedmap/Slices.java
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ public class Slices {
             super(rewritePolicy);
         }
 
+        protected BasicRemovableSlice(RewritePolicy rewritePolicy, boolean isCollective) {
+            super(rewritePolicy, isCollective);
+        }
     }
 
     public static class SliceWithOpposite<K, V> extends BasicRemovableSlice<K, V> {
@@ -200,15 +203,12 @@ public class Slices {
 
     public static class SetSlice<K> extends BasicRemovableSlice<K, Boolean> {
 
-        private final boolean collective;
-
         protected SetSlice(RewritePolicy rewritePolicy) {
             this(rewritePolicy, false);
         }
 
         protected SetSlice(RewritePolicy rewritePolicy, boolean collective) {
-            super(rewritePolicy);
-            this.collective = collective;
+            super(rewritePolicy, collective);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ public class Slices {
             Boolean result = super.computeValue(map, key, value, valueNotFound);
             return result != null ? result : false;
         }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isCollective() {
-            return collective;
-        }
     }
 
 }