diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/resource/transaction/EntityResource.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/resource/transaction/EntityResource.java
index 833043885ecb0843483417c97cc7569ae316e8ef..e10d94c599a8ca8ffd990e9e1f00be1f5ca822ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/resource/transaction/EntityResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/resource/transaction/EntityResource.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class EntityResource extends RetrieveEntityResource {
    * delete an entity by name.
    */
   @Override
-  protected final Representation httpDeleteInChildClass() throws Exception {
+  protected Representation httpDeleteInChildClass() throws Exception {
 
     final WritableContainer container =
         new WritableContainer(getUser(), getTimestamp(), getSRID(), getFlags());
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class EntityResource extends RetrieveEntityResource {
 
   /** Handle entity insertions (POST requests). */
   @Override
-  protected final Representation httpPostInChildClass(final Representation entity)
+  protected Representation httpPostInChildClass(final Representation entity)
       throws xmlNotWellFormedException, Exception {
 
     final WritableContainer entityContainer =
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class EntityResource extends RetrieveEntityResource {
 
   /** Handle entity updates (PUT requests). */
   @Override
-  protected final Representation httpPutInChildClass(final Representation entity)
+  protected Representation httpPutInChildClass(final Representation entity)
       throws ConnectionException, JDOMException, Exception, xmlNotWellFormedException {
 
     final WritableContainer entityContainer =