diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVLexer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVLexer.java
index 1876ed39..3f37fd21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVLexer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVLexer.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 final class CSVLexer extends Lexer {
 
     /** INTERNAL API. ctor needs to be public so can be called dynamically by PerformanceTest class */
-    public CSVLexer(final CSVFormat format, final ExtendedBufferedReader in) {
+    CSVLexer(final CSVFormat format, final ExtendedBufferedReader in) {
         super(format, in);
     }