diff --git a/classpath/java/util/concurrent/ConcurrentLinkedQueue.java b/classpath/java/util/concurrent/ConcurrentLinkedQueue.java
index 888fc80685..93105317f2 100644
--- a/classpath/java/util/concurrent/ConcurrentLinkedQueue.java
+++ b/classpath/java/util/concurrent/ConcurrentLinkedQueue.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class ConcurrentLinkedQueue<T> {
     return poll(true);
   }
 
-  public T poll(boolean remove) {
+  private T poll(boolean remove) {
     while (true) {
       Node<T> h = head;
       Node<T> t = tail;