diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BuilderBasedDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BuilderBasedDeserializer.java
index 19d78ff38b..c9a0ebe493 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BuilderBasedDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BuilderBasedDeserializer.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ protected final Object finishBuild(DeserializationContext ctxt, Object builder)
      * Main deserialization method for bean-based objects (POJOs).
      */
     @Override
-    public final Object deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
+    public Object deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
         throws IOException
     {
         // common case first:
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public Object deserializeFromObject(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
      */
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("resource")
-    protected final Object _deserializeUsingPropertyBased(final JsonParser p,
+    protected Object _deserializeUsingPropertyBased(final JsonParser p,
             final DeserializationContext ctxt)
         throws IOException
     {