diff --git a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/DexBackedMethodImplementation.java b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/DexBackedMethodImplementation.java
index 443ef77a..107bf5be 100644
--- a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/DexBackedMethodImplementation.java
+++ b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/DexBackedMethodImplementation.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class DexBackedMethodImplementation implements MethodImplementation {
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public List<? extends DebugItem> getDebugItems() {
+    public Iterable<? extends DebugItem> getDebugItems() {
         final int debugInfoOffset = dexBuf.readSmallUint(codeOffset + DEBUG_OFFSET_OFFSET);
         if (debugInfoOffset > 0) {
             return new DebugItemList(dexBuf, debugInfoOffset, method);
diff --git a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/util/DebugItemList.java b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/util/DebugItemList.java
index 0ae92c77..146dc589 100644
--- a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/util/DebugItemList.java
+++ b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/dexbacked/util/DebugItemList.java
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ import org.jf.util.ExceptionWithContext;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
-public class DebugItemList extends VariableSizeListWithContext<DebugItem> {
+public class DebugItemList implements Iterable<DebugItem> {
     @Nonnull public final DexBuffer dexBuf;
     private final int debugInfoOffset;
     @Nonnull private final Method method;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public class DebugItemList extends VariableSizeListWithContext<DebugItem> {
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override
-    public Iterator listIterator() {
+    public Iterator<DebugItem> iterator() {
         DexReader initialReader = dexBuf.readerAt(debugInfoOffset);
         // TODO: this unsigned value could legitimally be > MAX_INT
         final int lineNumberStart = initialReader.readSmallUleb128();
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class DebugItemList extends VariableSizeListWithContext<DebugItem> {
         // information, the method obviously has an implementation.
         VariableSizeList<? extends MethodParameter> parameters =
                 (VariableSizeList<? extends MethodParameter>)method.getParameters();
-        VariableSizeList<? extends MethodParameter>.Iterator parameterIterator = parameters.listIterator();
+        final VariableSizeList<? extends MethodParameter>.Iterator parameterIterator = parameters.listIterator();
 
         { // local scope for i
             int i=0;
@@ -113,23 +114,25 @@ public class DebugItemList extends VariableSizeListWithContext<DebugItem> {
             }
         }
 
-        return new Iterator(dexBuf, parameterIterator.getReaderOffset()) {
+        return new Iterator<DebugItem>() {
+            @Nonnull private DexReader reader = dexBuf.readerAt(parameterIterator.getReaderOffset());
             private boolean finished = false;
             private int codeAddress = 0;
             private int lineNumber = lineNumberStart;
 
-            @Nonnull
-            @Override
-            protected DebugItem readItem(@Nonnull DexReader reader, int index) {
+            @Nullable private DebugItem nextItem;
+
+            @Nullable
+            protected DebugItem readItem() {
                 if (finished) {
-                    throw new NoSuchElementException();
+                    return null;
                 }
                 while (true) {
                     int next = reader.readUbyte();
                     switch (next) {
                         case DebugItemType.END_SEQUENCE: {
                             finished = true;
-                            throw new NoSuchElementException();
+                            return null;
                         }
                         case DebugItemType.ADVANCE_PC: {
                             int addressDiff = reader.readSmallUleb128();
@@ -209,19 +212,36 @@ public class DebugItemList extends VariableSizeListWithContext<DebugItem> {
             }
 
             @Override
-            protected void skipItem(@Nonnull DexReader reader, int index) {
-                super.skipItem(reader, index);
+            public boolean hasNext() {
+                if (finished || nextItem != null) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                nextItem = readItem();
+                return nextItem != null;
+            }
+
+            @Nonnull
+            @Override
+            public DebugItem next() {
+                if (finished) {
+                    throw new NoSuchElementException();
+                }
+                if (nextItem == null) {
+                    DebugItem ret = readItem();
+                    if (ret == null) {
+                        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+                    }
+                    return ret;
+                }
+                DebugItem ret = nextItem;
+                nextItem = null;
+                return ret;
             }
 
             @Override
-            protected void checkBounds(int index) {
-                // skip the bounds check here. We'll throw NoSuchElementException directly from readItem
+            public void remove() {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
             }
         };
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public int size() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/iface/MethodImplementation.java b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/iface/MethodImplementation.java
index 50ad0f3d..1a6a2749 100644
--- a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/iface/MethodImplementation.java
+++ b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/iface/MethodImplementation.java
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ public interface MethodImplementation {
     int getRegisterCount();
     @Nonnull List<? extends Instruction> getInstructions();
     @Nonnull List<? extends TryBlock> getTryBlocks();
-    @Nonnull List<? extends DebugItem> getDebugItems();
+    @Nonnull Iterable<? extends DebugItem> getDebugItems();
 }
diff --git a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/ImmutableMethodImplementation.java b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/ImmutableMethodImplementation.java
index a07caa78..d30b8d6c 100644
--- a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/ImmutableMethodImplementation.java
+++ b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/ImmutableMethodImplementation.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class ImmutableMethodImplementation implements MethodImplementation {
     public ImmutableMethodImplementation(int registerCount,
                                          @Nullable List<? extends Instruction> instructions,
                                          @Nullable List<? extends TryBlock> tryBlocks,
-                                         @Nullable List<? extends DebugItem> debugItems) {
+                                         @Nullable Iterable<? extends DebugItem> debugItems) {
         this.registerCount = registerCount;
         this.instructions = ImmutableInstruction.immutableListOf(instructions);
         this.tryBlocks = ImmutableTryBlock.immutableListOf(tryBlocks);
diff --git a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/debug/ImmutableDebugItem.java b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/debug/ImmutableDebugItem.java
index 0e5beedf..d2165bb4 100644
--- a/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/debug/ImmutableDebugItem.java
+++ b/dexlib2/src/main/java/org/jf/dexlib2/immutable/debug/ImmutableDebugItem.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public abstract class ImmutableDebugItem implements DebugItem {
     @Override public int getCodeAddress() { return codeAddress; }
 
     @Nonnull
-    public static ImmutableList<ImmutableDebugItem> immutableListOf(@Nullable List<? extends DebugItem> list) {
+    public static ImmutableList<ImmutableDebugItem> immutableListOf(@Nullable Iterable<? extends DebugItem> list) {
         return CONVERTER.convert(list);
     }
 
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ImmutableListConverter.java b/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ImmutableListConverter.java
index a1c902d8..03b5ddbe 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ImmutableListConverter.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ImmutableListConverter.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * This class converts a list of items to an immutable list of immutable items
@@ -51,18 +50,18 @@ public abstract class ImmutableListConverter<ImmutableItem, Item> {
      * If the provided list is already an ImmutableList of ImmutableItems, then the list is not copied and is returned
      * as-is. If the list is null, an empty ImmutableList will be returned
      *
-     * @param list The list of items to convert.
+     * @param iterable The iterable of items to convert.
      * @return An ImmutableList of ImmutableItem. If list is null, an empty list will be returned.
      */
     @Nonnull
-    public ImmutableList<ImmutableItem> convert(@Nullable final List<? extends Item> list) {
-        if (list == null) {
+    public ImmutableList<ImmutableItem> convert(@Nullable final Iterable<? extends Item> iterable) {
+        if (iterable == null) {
             return ImmutableList.of();
         }
 
         boolean needsCopy = false;
-        if (list instanceof ImmutableList) {
-            for (Item element: list) {
+        if (iterable instanceof ImmutableList) {
+            for (Item element: iterable) {
                 if (isImmutable(element)) {
                     needsCopy = true;
                     break;
@@ -73,28 +72,15 @@ public abstract class ImmutableListConverter<ImmutableItem, Item> {
         }
 
         if (!needsCopy) {
-            return (ImmutableList<ImmutableItem>)list;
+            return (ImmutableList<ImmutableItem>)iterable;
         }
 
+        final Iterator<? extends Item> iter = iterable.iterator();
+
         return ImmutableList.copyOf(new Iterator<ImmutableItem>() {
-            protected int index = 0;
-
-            @Override
-            public boolean hasNext() {
-                return index < list.size();
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public ImmutableItem next() {
-                ImmutableItem item = makeImmutable(list.get(index));
-                index++;
-                return item;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void remove() {
-                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-            }
+            @Override public boolean hasNext() { return iter.hasNext(); }
+            @Override public ImmutableItem next() { return makeImmutable(iter.next()); }
+            @Override public void remove() { iter.remove(); }
         });
     }