diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/google/auto/common/MoreElements.java b/common/src/main/java/com/google/auto/common/MoreElements.java
index 8ae9fca04a..288e411b9d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/google/auto/common/MoreElements.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/google/auto/common/MoreElements.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.PACKAGE;
 
+import com.google.auto.common.Overrides.ExplicitOverrides;
 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
@@ -299,11 +300,27 @@ public static ImmutableSet<ExecutableElement> getLocalAndInheritedMethods(
    */
   public static ImmutableSet<ExecutableElement> getLocalAndInheritedMethods(
       TypeElement type, Types typeUtils, Elements elementUtils) {
-    // TODO(emcmanus): detect if the Types and Elements are the javac ones, and use
-    //   NativeOverrides if so. We may need to adjust the logic further to avoid the bug
-    //   tested for by MoreElementsTest.getLocalAndInheritedMethods_DaggerBug.
-    Overrides overrides = new Overrides.ExplicitOverrides(typeUtils);
-    return getLocalAndInheritedMethods(type, overrides);
+    return getLocalAndInheritedMethods(type, new ExplicitOverrides(typeUtils));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests whether one method, as a member of a given type, overrides another method.
+   *
+   * <p>This method does the same thing as {@link Elements#overrides(ExecutableElement,
+   * ExecutableElement, TypeElement)}, but in a way that is more consistent between compilers, in
+   * particular between javac and ecj (the Eclipse compiler).
+   *
+   * @param overrider the first method, possible overrider
+   * @param overridden the second method, possibly being overridden
+   * @param type the type of which the first method is a member
+   * @return {@code true} if and only if the first method overrides the second
+   */
+  public static boolean overrides(
+      ExecutableElement overrider,
+      ExecutableElement overridden,
+      TypeElement type,
+      Types typeUtils) {
+    return new ExplicitOverrides(typeUtils).overrides(overrider, overridden, type);
   }
 
   private static ImmutableSet<ExecutableElement> getLocalAndInheritedMethods(
diff --git a/value/CHANGES.md b/value/CHANGES.md
index 464632b488..32b6107ca5 100644
--- a/value/CHANGES.md
+++ b/value/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # AutoValue Changes
 
+**This document is obsolete.** For details of changes in releases since 1.5,
+see the [releases page](https://github.com/google/auto/releases) for the Auto
+project.
+
 ## 1.4 → 1.5
 
 ### Functional changes
@@ -249,4 +253,3 @@ later.
 
 
 [AutoValueExtension]: src/main/java/com/google/auto/value/extension/AutoValueExtension.java
-
diff --git a/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueTest.java b/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueTest.java
index fbd378a6e2..b2ed4bed7b 100644
--- a/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueTest.java
+++ b/value/src/it/functional/src/test/java/com/google/auto/value/AutoValueTest.java
@@ -2189,13 +2189,13 @@ public void testBuilderWithExoticPropertyBuilders() {
   public abstract static class BuilderWithCopyingSetters<T extends Number> {
     public abstract ImmutableSet<? extends T> things();
 
-    public abstract ImmutableList<String> strings();
+    public abstract ImmutableList<Number> numbers();
 
     public abstract ImmutableMap<String, T> map();
 
     public static <T extends Number> Builder<T> builder(T value) {
       return new AutoValue_AutoValueTest_BuilderWithCopyingSetters.Builder<T>()
-          .setStrings(ImmutableSet.of("foo", "bar"))
+          .setNumbers(ImmutableSet.of(17, 23.0))
           .setMap(Collections.singletonMap("foo", value));
     }
 
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ public interface Builder<T extends Number> {
 
       Builder<T> setThings(T... things);
 
-      Builder<T> setStrings(Collection<String> strings);
+      Builder<T> setNumbers(Collection<? extends Number> strings);
 
       Builder<T> setMap(Map<String, T> map);
 
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ public void testBuilderWithCopyingSetters() {
 
     BuilderWithCopyingSetters<Integer> a = builder.setThings(ImmutableSet.of(1, 2)).build();
     assertEquals(ImmutableSet.of(1, 2), a.things());
-    assertEquals(ImmutableList.of("foo", "bar"), a.strings());
+    assertEquals(ImmutableList.of(17, 23.0), a.numbers());
     assertEquals(ImmutableMap.of("foo", 23), a.map());
 
     BuilderWithCopyingSetters<Integer> b = builder.setThings(Arrays.asList(1, 2)).build();
diff --git a/value/src/main/java/com/google/auto/value/processor/AutoAnnotationProcessor.java b/value/src/main/java/com/google/auto/value/processor/AutoAnnotationProcessor.java
index 02a519b131..ba7f806cdc 100644
--- a/value/src/main/java/com/google/auto/value/processor/AutoAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/value/src/main/java/com/google/auto/value/processor/AutoAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ private void processMethod(ExecutableElement method) {
   private String getGeneratedTypeName() {
     return generatedAnnotation(elementUtils, processingEnv.getSourceVersion())
         .map(generatedAnnotation -> TypeEncoder.encode(generatedAnnotation.asType()))
-        .orElse(null);
+        .orElse("");
   }
 
   /**