diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/descriptors/MutableClassDescriptorLite.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/descriptors/MutableClassDescriptorLite.java
index 100305afe9e..3fad662a0ea 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/descriptors/MutableClassDescriptorLite.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/descriptors/MutableClassDescriptorLite.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class MutableClassDescriptorLite extends MutableDeclarationDescriptor imp
         }
     }
 
-    public WritableScope getScopeForMemberLookupAsWritableScope() {
+    private WritableScope getScopeForMemberLookupAsWritableScope() {
         // hack
         return (WritableScope) scopeForMemberLookup;
     }