diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/LocaleUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/LocaleUtilsTest.java
index e021dce9e..bfb38285b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/LocaleUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/LocaleUtilsTest.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public void testConstructor() {
      *
      * @param language  the language string
      */
-    private void assertValidToLocale(final String language) {
+    private static void assertValidToLocale(final String language) {
         final Locale locale = LocaleUtils.toLocale(language);
         assertNotNull("valid locale", locale);
         assertEquals(language, locale.getLanguage());
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ private void assertValidToLocale(final String language) {
      * @param language of the resulting Locale
      * @param country of the resulting Locale
      */
-    private void assertValidToLocale(final String localeString, final String language, final String country) {
+    private static void assertValidToLocale(final String localeString, final String language, final String country) {
         final Locale locale = LocaleUtils.toLocale(localeString);
         assertNotNull("valid locale", locale);
         assertEquals(language, locale.getLanguage());
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ private void assertValidToLocale(final String localeString, final String languag
      * @param country of the resulting Locale
      * @param variant of the resulting Locale
      */
-    private void assertValidToLocale(
+    private static void assertValidToLocale(
             final String localeString, final String language, 
             final String country, final String variant) {
         final Locale locale = LocaleUtils.toLocale(localeString);
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ private void assertValidToLocale(
         assertEquals(language, locale.getLanguage());
         assertEquals(country, locale.getCountry());
         assertEquals(variant, locale.getVariant());
-        
     }
 
     /**