diff --git a/cpp/src/groupby/groupby.cu b/cpp/src/groupby/groupby.cu
index 07fb65f4bee..4c90cd0eef5 100644
--- a/cpp/src/groupby/groupby.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/groupby/groupby.cu
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/vector_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/dictionary/dictionary_column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/groupby.hpp>
-#include <cudf/lists/detail/lists_column_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/reduction/detail/histogram.hpp>
 #include <cudf/table/table.hpp>
 #include <cudf/table/table_view.hpp>
@@ -110,7 +109,8 @@ struct empty_column_constructor {
     using namespace cudf::detail;
 
     if constexpr (k == aggregation::Kind::COLLECT_LIST || k == aggregation::Kind::COLLECT_SET) {
-      return cudf::lists::detail::make_empty_lists_column(values.type(), stream, mr);
+      return make_lists_column(
+        0, make_empty_column(type_to_id<size_type>()), empty_like(values), 0, {}, stream, mr);
     }
 
     if constexpr (k == aggregation::Kind::HISTOGRAM) {