diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/api/AllProjectsConfig.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/api/AllProjectsConfig.java
index c1112ae..5073200 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/api/AllProjectsConfig.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/api/AllProjectsConfig.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class AllProjectsConfig extends VersionedMetaDataOnInit {
-
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AllProjectsConfig.class);
 
   private Config cfg;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@
     return GroupList.parse(
         new Project.NameKey(project),
         readUTF8(GroupList.FILE_NAME),
-        GroupList.createLoggerSink(GroupList.FILE_NAME, log));
+        error -> log.error("Error parsing file {}: {}", GroupList.FILE_NAME, error.getMessage()));
   }
 
   public void save(String pluginName, String message) throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountDestinations.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountDestinations.java
index 02f9dfe..1064546 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountDestinations.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountDestinations.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RefNames;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.git.ValidationError;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.git.meta.TabFile;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.meta.VersionedMetaData;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
@@ -61,8 +59,10 @@
         String path = p.path;
         if (path.startsWith(prefix)) {
           String label = path.substring(prefix.length());
-          ValidationError.Sink errors = TabFile.createLoggerSink(path, log);
-          destinations.parseLabel(label, readUTF8(path), errors);
+          destinations.parseLabel(
+              label,
+              readUTF8(path),
+              error -> log.error("Error parsing file {}: {}", path, error.getMessage()));
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountQueries.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountQueries.java
index b43a65d..b021d24 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountQueries.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/VersionedAccountQueries.java
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
   protected void onLoad() throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
     queryList =
         QueryList.parse(
-            readUTF8(QueryList.FILE_NAME), QueryList.createLoggerSink(QueryList.FILE_NAME, log));
+            readUTF8(QueryList.FILE_NAME),
+            error ->
+                log.error("Error parsing file {}: {}", QueryList.FILE_NAME, error.getMessage()));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ValidationError.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ValidationError.java
index 2fd65d2..28d5171 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ValidationError.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ValidationError.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.server.git;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 /** Indicates a problem with Git based data. */
 public class ValidationError {
@@ -46,10 +45,6 @@
     void error(ValidationError error);
   }
 
-  public static Sink createLoggerSink(String message, Logger log) {
-    return error -> log.error(message + error.getMessage());
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (o == this) {
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/meta/TabFile.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/meta/TabFile.java
index 68950602..ef25cd8 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/meta/TabFile.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/meta/TabFile.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 public class TabFile {
   @FunctionalInterface
@@ -141,8 +140,4 @@
     }
     return r.toString();
   }
-
-  public static ValidationError.Sink createLoggerSink(String file, Logger log) {
-    return ValidationError.createLoggerSink("Error parsing file " + file + ": ", log);
-  }
 }