diff --git a/Lib/java/java.swg b/Lib/java/java.swg
index a82be2f63..359684e40 100644
--- a/Lib/java/java.swg
+++ b/Lib/java/java.swg
@@ -929,8 +929,6 @@
 #define %javaconst(flag)     %feature("java:const","flag")
 #define %javamethodmodifiers %feature("java:methodmodifiers")
 
-%javamethodmodifiers "public";
-
 
 /* Some ANSI C typemaps */