diff --git a/gson/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMapTest.java b/gson/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMapTest.java
index fd31817c8313ee393bf18f0b56c47c4b9abcae06..da10dca55b0e4be99dbdf582838d6c6d4ad97c4b 100644
--- a/gson/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMapTest.java
+++ b/gson/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMapTest.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public final class LinkedTreeMapTest {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("varargs")
   @SafeVarargs
-  private static final <T> void assertIterationOrder(Iterable<T> actual, T... expected) {
+  private static <T> void assertIterationOrder(Iterable<T> actual, T... expected) {
     ArrayList<T> actualList = new ArrayList<>();
     for (T t : actual) {
       actualList.add(t);