diff --git a/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/GlacierBlobStore.java b/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/GlacierBlobStore.java
index 4fb8c35da9..e7d98896f8 100644
--- a/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/GlacierBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/GlacierBlobStore.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class GlacierBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
 
    @Inject(optional = true)
    @Named("jclouds.glacier.inventory.update.time")
-   private final long inventoryUpdateTime = DEFAULT_INVENTORY_UPDATE_TIME;
+   private long inventoryUpdateTime = DEFAULT_INVENTORY_UPDATE_TIME;
 
    private final GlacierClient sync;
    private final Provider<MultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy;
diff --git a/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/strategy/internal/BaseSlicingStrategy.java b/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/strategy/internal/BaseSlicingStrategy.java
index 020084272b..dc15230747 100644
--- a/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/strategy/internal/BaseSlicingStrategy.java
+++ b/apis/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/blobstore/strategy/internal/BaseSlicingStrategy.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class BaseSlicingStrategy implements SlicingStrategy {
 
    @Inject(optional = true)
    @Named("jclouds.mpu.part.ratio")
-   private final double ratio = DEFAULT_RATIO;
+   private double ratio = DEFAULT_RATIO;
 
    private final PayloadSlicer slicer;
    private Payload payload;