diff --git a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 725461d76c6..0fea46c0572 100644
--- a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 class ELFObjectWriter : public MCObjectWriter {
-  protected:
-
     static bool isFixupKindPCRel(const MCAssembler &Asm, unsigned Kind);
     static bool RelocNeedsGOT(MCSymbolRefExpr::VariantKind Variant);
     static uint64_t SymbolValue(MCSymbolData &Data, const MCAsmLayout &Layout);