diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java
index 311584a..eef4a96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@
   }
 
   /** @return a clean HTML string safe for inclusion in any context. */
-  public abstract String asString();
+  abstract String asString();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlBuilder.java
index a46a47e..238a102 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlBuilder.java
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String asString() {
+  String asString() {
     return cb.toString();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlString.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlString.java
index 781e494..4d500fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtmlString.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String asString() {
+  String asString() {
     return html;
   }
 }