diff --git a/lib/adodb/adodb-active-record.inc.php b/lib/adodb/adodb-active-record.inc.php
index c08d7439a70..aea7be7db73 100644
--- a/lib/adodb/adodb-active-record.inc.php
+++ b/lib/adodb/adodb-active-record.inc.php
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ class ADODB_Active_Record {
 	*
 	* @return	string	The quoted name
 	*/
-	final private function nameQuoter($db,$string)
+	private function nameQuoter($db,$string)
 	{
 		global $ADODB_QUOTE_FIELDNAMES;
 		
diff --git a/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php b/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php
index 3ba7eb99995..6618c87aade 100644
--- a/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php
+++ b/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-db2.inc.php
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ class ADORecordSet_db2 extends ADORecordSet {
 		
 	}
     
-    final private function processCoreFetch()
+    private function processCoreFetch()
     {
         switch ($this->fetchMode){
 		case ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC:
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ class ADORecordSet_db2 extends ADORecordSet {
 		}
     }
 
-	final private function processMoveRecord()
+	private function processMoveRecord()
     {
 		if (!$this->fields){
 			$this->EOF = true;
diff --git a/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-oci8po.inc.php b/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-oci8po.inc.php
index cdfdaf9b487..42baa0eca34 100644
--- a/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-oci8po.inc.php
+++ b/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-oci8po.inc.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ADODB_oci8po extends ADODB_oci8 {
 	*
 	* @return	string	The modified statement
 	*/	
-	final private function extractBinds($sql,$inputarr)
+	private function extractBinds($sql,$inputarr)
 	{
 		$inString  = false;
 		$escaped   = 0;
diff --git a/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-pdo_firebird.inc.php b/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-pdo_firebird.inc.php
index 8a794a5d705..cd7b4c73d45 100644
--- a/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-pdo_firebird.inc.php
+++ b/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-pdo_firebird.inc.php
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ADODB_pdo_firebird extends ADODB_pdo
 	 * @param int            $fprecision
 	 * @param bool           $dialect3
 	 */
-	final private function _convertFieldType(&$fld, $ftype, $flen, $fscale, $fsubtype, $fprecision, $dialect3)
+	private function _convertFieldType(&$fld, $ftype, $flen, $fscale, $fsubtype, $fprecision, $dialect3)
 	{
 		$fscale = abs($fscale);
 		$fld->max_length = $flen;
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/base.php b/lib/classes/event/base.php
index 0d7831fe731..a0cf9f6b7bf 100644
--- a/lib/classes/event/base.php
+++ b/lib/classes/event/base.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ abstract class base implements \IteratorAggregate {
     /**
      * Private constructor, use create() or restore() methods instead.
      */
-    private final function __construct() {
+    final private function __construct() {
         $this->data = array_fill_keys(self::$fields, null);
 
         // Define some basic details.