diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/baq/BAQ.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/baq/BAQ.java
index f37451cba..439a0d8ed 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/baq/BAQ.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/baq/BAQ.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class BAQ {
     }
 
     // Phred scaled now (changed 1/10/2011)
-    public static final double DEFAULT_GOP = 40;
+    public static double DEFAULT_GOP = 40;
 
     /*  Takes a Phred Scale quality score and returns the error probability.
      *
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/GenotypeBuilder.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/GenotypeBuilder.java
index c18f954a2..e3bef6bc5 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/GenotypeBuilder.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variantcontext/GenotypeBuilder.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  */
 @Invariant({"alleles != null"})
 public final class GenotypeBuilder {
-    public static final boolean MAKE_FAST_BY_DEFAULT = true;
+    public static boolean MAKE_FAST_BY_DEFAULT = true;
 
     private String sampleName = null;
     private List<Allele> alleles = Collections.emptyList();