diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaClassFixer.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaClassFixer.java
index ff3e351996..f857e61d1e 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaClassFixer.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaClassFixer.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class LambdaClassFixer extends ClassVisitor {
     checkArgument(BitFlags.noneSet(access, Opcodes.ACC_INTERFACE), "Not a class: %s", name);
     checkState(this.originalInternalName == null, "not intended for reuse but reused for %s", name);
     originalInternalName = name;
-    hasState = false;
+    hasState = true;
     hasFactory = false;
     desc = null;
     this.signature = null;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class LambdaClassFixer extends ClassVisitor {
     } else if ("<init>".equals(name)) {
       this.desc = desc;
       this.signature = signature;
-      if (!lambdaInfo.needFactory() && !desc.startsWith("()")) {
+      if (!lambdaInfo.needFactory()) {
         access &= ~Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE; // make constructor accessible if we'll call it directly
       }
     }
@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@ class LambdaClassFixer extends ClassVisitor {
 
   @Override
   public void visitEnd() {
-    checkState(
-        !hasState || hasFactory,
-        "Expected factory method for capturing lambda %s",
-        getInternalName());
     if (!hasState) {
       checkState(
           signature == null,
diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaDesugaring.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaDesugaring.java
index 8f90d25ff5..f5ed6d524a 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaDesugaring.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/LambdaDesugaring.java
@@ -423,8 +423,7 @@ class LambdaDesugaring extends ClassVisitor {
         String lambdaClassName = internalName + "$$Lambda$" + (lambdaCount++);
         Type[] capturedTypes = Type.getArgumentTypes(desc);
         boolean needFactory =
-            capturedTypes.length != 0
-                && !attemptAllocationBeforeArgumentLoads(lambdaClassName, capturedTypes);
+                !attemptAllocationBeforeArgumentLoads(lambdaClassName, capturedTypes);
         lambdas.generateLambdaClass(
             internalName,
             LambdaInfo.create(
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ class LambdaDesugaring extends ClassVisitor {
                 bridgeInfo.bridgeMethod()),
             bsmMethod,
             args);
-        if (desc.startsWith("()")) {
+        if (false) {
           // For stateless lambda classes we'll generate a singleton instance that we can just load
           checkState(capturedTypes.length == 0);
           super.visitFieldInsn(
@@ -493,7 +492,6 @@ class LambdaDesugaring extends ClassVisitor {
      * @return {@code true} if we were able to insert a new/dup, {@code false} otherwise
      */
     private boolean attemptAllocationBeforeArgumentLoads(String internalName, Type[] paramTypes) {
-      checkArgument(paramTypes.length > 0, "Expected at least one param for %s", internalName);
       // Walk backwards past loads corresponding to constructor arguments to find the instruction
       // after which we need to insert our NEW/DUP pair
       AbstractInsnNode insn = instructions.getLast();