diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/DefaultConstructor.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/DefaultConstructor.java
index 8bd14b501e..ccee61ea7d 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/DefaultConstructor.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/DefaultConstructor.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public class DefaultConstructor implements MetaAttribute {
 				.append("Factory;\n\n");
 		inject( declaration );
 		declaration
-				.append("public ")
 				.append(constructorName)
 				.append("(")
 				.append(") {")