diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index c996b82c0..155435f52 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class MongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID exten
 	 * #createRepositoryFactory()
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected final RepositoryFactorySupport createRepositoryFactory() {
+	protected RepositoryFactorySupport createRepositoryFactory() {
 
 		RepositoryFactorySupport factory = getFactoryInstance(operations);
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index 8f7c0960f..f77b2913a 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S,
 	 * #createRepositoryFactory()
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected final RepositoryFactorySupport createRepositoryFactory() {
+	protected RepositoryFactorySupport createRepositoryFactory() {
 
 		RepositoryFactorySupport factory = getFactoryInstance(operations);