diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheTree.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheTree.java
index f139afc00..0cbb83d6e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheTree.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheTree.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class DirCacheTree {
 	private DirCacheTree parent;
 
 	/** Name of this tree within its parent. */
-	private byte[] encodedName;
+	byte[] encodedName;
 
 	/** Number of {@link DirCacheEntry} records that belong to this tree. */
 	private int entrySpan;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java
index c9b483f7f..95b16d917 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ public class ObjectIdOwnerMap<V extends ObjectIdOwnerMap.Entry> implements
 	 * The low {@link #bits} of the SHA-1 are used to select the segment from
 	 * this directory. Each segment is constant sized at 2^SEGMENT_BITS.
 	 */
-	private V[][] directory;
+	V[][] directory;
 
 	/** Total number of objects in this map. */
-	private int size;
+	int size;
 
 	/** The map doubles in capacity when {@link #size} reaches this target. */
 	private int grow;
 
 	/** Number of low bits used to form the index into {@link #directory}. */
-	private int bits;
+	int bits;
 
 	/** Low bit mask to index into {@link #directory}, {@code 2^bits-1}. */
 	private int mask;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdSubclassMap.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdSubclassMap.java
index 69972dc01..48aa109e7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdSubclassMap.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdSubclassMap.java
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 public class ObjectIdSubclassMap<V extends ObjectId> implements Iterable<V> {
 	private static final int INITIAL_TABLE_SIZE = 2048;
 
-	private int size;
+	int size;
 
 	private int grow;
 
 	private int mask;
 
-	private V[] table;
+	V[] table;
 
 	/** Create an empty map. */
 	public ObjectIdSubclassMap() {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/BlockList.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/BlockList.java
index 0454e7e0d..9d0ad736f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/BlockList.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/BlockList.java
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class BlockList<T> extends AbstractList<T> {
 
 	private static final int BLOCK_MASK = BLOCK_SIZE - 1;
 
-	private T[][] directory;
+	T[][] directory;
 
-	private int size;
+	int size;
 
 	private int tailDirIdx;
 
@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ public class BlockList<T> extends AbstractList<T> {
 		return new MyIterator();
 	}
 
-	private static final int toDirectoryIndex(int index) {
+	static final int toDirectoryIndex(int index) {
 		return index >>> BLOCK_BITS;
 	}
 
-	private static final int toBlockIndex(int index) {
+	static final int toBlockIndex(int index) {
 		return index & BLOCK_MASK;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
index e5219b2a9..d860d8ac7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public abstract class FS {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FS.class);
+	final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FS.class);
 
 	/** The auto-detected implementation selected for this operating system and JRE. */
 	public static final FS DETECTED = detect();
@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ public abstract class FS {
 		private final String desc;
 		private final String dir;
 		private final boolean debug = LOG.isDebugEnabled();
-		private final AtomicBoolean fail = new AtomicBoolean();
+		final AtomicBoolean fail = new AtomicBoolean();
 
-		private GobblerThread(Process p, String[] command, File dir) {
+		GobblerThread(Process p, String[] command, File dir) {
 			this.p = p;
 			if (debug) {
 				this.desc = Arrays.asList(command).toString();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefList.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefList.java
index 4695111de..0853e9536 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefList.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefList.java
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ public class RefList<T extends Ref> implements Iterable<Ref> {
 		return (RefList<T>) EMPTY;
 	}
 
-	private final Ref[] list;
+	final Ref[] list;
 
-	private final int cnt;
+	final int cnt;
 
 	RefList(Ref[] list, int cnt) {
 		this.list = list;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefMap.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefMap.java
index 5cc7e92c5..c72727b54 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefMap.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RefMap.java
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ public class RefMap extends AbstractMap<String, Ref> {
 	 * All reference names in this map must start with this prefix. If the
 	 * prefix is not the empty string, it must end with a '/'.
 	 */
-	private final String prefix;
+	final String prefix;
 
 	/** Immutable collection of the packed references at construction time. */
-	private RefList<Ref> packed;
+	RefList<Ref> packed;
 
 	/**
 	 * Immutable collection of the loose references at construction time.
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class RefMap extends AbstractMap<String, Ref> {
 	 * are typically unresolved, so they only tell us who their target is, but
 	 * not the current value of the target.
 	 */
-	private RefList<Ref> loose;
+	RefList<Ref> loose;
 
 	/**
 	 * Immutable collection of resolved symbolic references.
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ public class RefMap extends AbstractMap<String, Ref> {
 	 * from {@link #loose}. Every entry in this list must be matched by an entry
 	 * in {@code loose}, otherwise it might be omitted by the map.
 	 */
-	private RefList<Ref> resolved;
+	RefList<Ref> resolved;
 
-	private int size;
+	int size;
 
-	private boolean sizeIsValid;
+	boolean sizeIsValid;
 
 	private Set<Entry<String, Ref>> entrySet;
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class RefMap extends AbstractMap<String, Ref> {
 		return name;
 	}
 
-	private String toMapKey(Ref ref) {
+	String toMapKey(Ref ref) {
 		String name = ref.getName();
 		if (0 < prefix.length())
 			name = name.substring(prefix.length());
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/TemporaryBuffer.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/TemporaryBuffer.java
index e2738c03f..ca47f50fd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/TemporaryBuffer.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/TemporaryBuffer.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public abstract class TemporaryBuffer extends OutputStream {
 	protected static final int DEFAULT_IN_CORE_LIMIT = 1024 * 1024;
 
 	/** Chain of data, if we are still completely in-core; otherwise null. */
-	private ArrayList<Block> blocks;
+	ArrayList<Block> blocks;
 
 	/**
 	 * Maximum number of bytes we will permit storing in memory.