diff --git a/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala b/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala
index 98489de6a4932c25ab86dd51bfbd7c94ab47a223..fb99be4a4f8716c8f96fb6be12d9caa264b249be 100644
--- a/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Cutadapt(val root: Configurable) extends BiopetCommandLineFunction with Su
           clipSideLabel -> histogramValues.toMap
         })
 
-      adapterName -> mutable.Map(
+      adapterName -> Map(
         "count" -> adapterCount,
         "histogram" -> counts.toMap
       )
diff --git a/public/flexiprep/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/flexiprep/Cutadapt.scala b/public/flexiprep/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/flexiprep/Cutadapt.scala
index 8b26ae0c75b1cd4c1acda9b6b2cee1b595da13f1..3cb06df0e160cb97b98710de74f7ca9fa31ce919 100644
--- a/public/flexiprep/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/flexiprep/Cutadapt.scala
+++ b/public/flexiprep/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/flexiprep/Cutadapt.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Cutadapt(root: Configurable, fastqc: Fastqc) extends nl.lumc.sasc.biopet.e
     val adapterCounts: Map[String, Any] = initStats.get(adaptersStatsName) match {
       // "adapters" key found in statistics
       case Some(m: Map[_, _]) => m.flatMap {
-        case (adapterSequence: String, adapterStats: scala.collection.mutable.HashMap[_, _]) =>
+        case (adapterSequence: String, adapterStats: Map[_, _]) =>
           seqToNameMap.get(adapterSequence) match {
             // adapter sequence is found by FastQC
             case Some(adapterSeqName) => {