diff --git a/src/Seld/JsonLint/JsonParser.php b/src/Seld/JsonLint/JsonParser.php
index 4985d20..b0e4986 100644
--- a/src/Seld/JsonLint/JsonParser.php
+++ b/src/Seld/JsonLint/JsonParser.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public function parse($input, $flags = 0)
      */
     protected function parseError($str, $hash = null)
     {
-        throw new ParsingException($str, $hash ?: []);
+        throw new ParsingException($str, $hash ?: array());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Seld/JsonLint/Lexer.php b/src/Seld/JsonLint/Lexer.php
index a8dbbba..bb5cd5f 100644
--- a/src/Seld/JsonLint/Lexer.php
+++ b/src/Seld/JsonLint/Lexer.php
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ private function next()
         }
 
         $this->parseError(
-            'Lexical error on line ' . ($this->yylineno+1) . ". Unrecognized text.\n" . $this->showPosition(),
+            'Lexical error on line ' . ($this->yylineno+1) . ". Unrecognized text.\n" . $this->showPosition()
         );
     }