diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/WriterBasedJsonGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/WriterBasedJsonGenerator.java
index 7fb280ae7e..6922764e2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/WriterBasedJsonGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/WriterBasedJsonGenerator.java
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 public class WriterBasedJsonGenerator
     extends JsonGeneratorImpl
 {
-    protected final static int SHORT_WRITE = 32;
+    protected static int SHORT_WRITE = 32;
 
-    protected final static char[] HEX_CHARS_UPPER = CharTypes.copyHexChars(true);
-    protected final static char[] HEX_CHARS_LOWER = CharTypes.copyHexChars(false);
+    protected static char[] HEX_CHARS_UPPER = CharTypes.copyHexChars(true);
+    protected static char[] HEX_CHARS_LOWER = CharTypes.copyHexChars(false);
 
     private char[] getHexChars() {
         return _cfgWriteHexUppercase ? HEX_CHARS_UPPER : HEX_CHARS_LOWER;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public void writeFieldName(SerializableString name) throws IOException
         _writeFieldName(name, (status == JsonWriteContext.STATUS_OK_AFTER_COMMA));
     }
 
-    protected final void _writeFieldName(String name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
+    protected void _writeFieldName(String name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
     {
         if (_cfgPrettyPrinter != null) {
             _writePPFieldName(name, commaBefore);
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ protected final void _writeFieldName(String name, boolean commaBefore) throws IO
         _outputBuffer[_outputTail++] = _quoteChar;
     }
 
-    protected final void _writeFieldName(SerializableString name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
+    protected void _writeFieldName(SerializableString name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
     {
         if (_cfgPrettyPrinter != null) {
             _writePPFieldName(name, commaBefore);
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ public void writeEndObject() throws IOException
 
     // Specialized version of <code>_writeFieldName</code>, off-lined
     // to keep the "fast path" as simple (and hopefully fast) as possible.
-    protected final void _writePPFieldName(String name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
+    protected void _writePPFieldName(String name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
     {
         if (commaBefore) {
             _cfgPrettyPrinter.writeObjectEntrySeparator(this);
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ protected final void _writePPFieldName(String name, boolean commaBefore) throws
         }
     }
 
-    protected final void _writePPFieldName(SerializableString name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
+    protected void _writePPFieldName(SerializableString name, boolean commaBefore) throws IOException
     {
         if (commaBefore) {
             _cfgPrettyPrinter.writeObjectEntrySeparator(this);
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ public void writeNull() throws IOException {
      */
 
     @Override
-    protected final void _verifyValueWrite(String typeMsg) throws IOException
+    protected void _verifyValueWrite(String typeMsg) throws IOException
     {
         final int status = _writeContext.writeValue();
         if (_cfgPrettyPrinter != null) {
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ private void _writeStringCustom(char[] text, int offset, int len)
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
-    protected final void _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant, byte[] input, int inputPtr, final int inputEnd)
+    protected void _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant, byte[] input, int inputPtr, final int inputEnd)
         throws IOException, JsonGenerationException
     {
         // Encoding is by chunks of 3 input, 4 output chars, so:
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ protected final void _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant, byte[] input, int in
     }
 
     // write-method called when length is definitely known
-    protected final int _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant,
+    protected int _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant,
             InputStream data, byte[] readBuffer, int bytesLeft)
         throws IOException, JsonGenerationException
     {
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ protected final int _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant,
     }
 
     // write method when length is unknown
-    protected final int _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant,
+    protected int _writeBinary(Base64Variant b64variant,
             InputStream data, byte[] readBuffer)
         throws IOException, JsonGenerationException
     {