diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx
index ad24c5f30aa7..0c17feb50234 100644
--- a/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx
@@ -42,12 +42,7 @@ OPropertyContainer::~OPropertyContainer()
 Sequence< Type > OPropertyContainer::getBaseTypes()
 {
     // just the types from our one and only base class
-    ::cppu::OTypeCollection aTypes(
-        cppu::UnoType<XPropertySet>::get(),
-        cppu::UnoType<XFastPropertySet>::get(),
-        cppu::UnoType<XMultiPropertySet>::get()
-    );
-    return aTypes.getTypes();
+    return cppu::OPropertySetHelper::getTypes();
 }
 
 sal_Bool OPropertyContainer::convertFastPropertyValue(
diff --git a/include/comphelper/propertycontainer.hxx b/include/comphelper/propertycontainer.hxx
index 2c64b2cdfedf..0c663e7bacab 100644
--- a/include/comphelper/propertycontainer.hxx
+++ b/include/comphelper/propertycontainer.hxx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ protected:
     /// for scripting : the types of the interfaces supported by this class
     ///
     /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
-    static css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type > getBaseTypes();
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type > getBaseTypes();
 
 // OPropertySetHelper overridables
     virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL convertFastPropertyValue(