diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupport.java
index 561df1ca8b..56927fdcfe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupport.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Jens Schauder
  * @author John Blum
+ * @author Dennis Melzer
  */
 public abstract class RepositoryFactorySupport implements BeanClassLoaderAware, BeanFactoryAware {
 
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ protected void validate(RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata) {
 	 * @param constructorArguments
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	protected final <R> R getTargetRepositoryViaReflection(RepositoryInformation information,
+	protected <R> R getTargetRepositoryViaReflection(RepositoryInformation information,
 			Object... constructorArguments) {
 
 		Class<?> baseClass = information.getRepositoryBaseClass();
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ protected final <R> R getTargetRepositoryViaReflection(RepositoryInformation inf
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	protected final <R> R getTargetRepositoryViaReflection(Class<?> baseClass, Object... constructorArguments) {
+	protected <R> R getTargetRepositoryViaReflection(Class<?> baseClass, Object... constructorArguments) {
 		Optional<Constructor<?>> constructor = ReflectionUtils.findConstructor(baseClass, constructorArguments);
 
 		return constructor.map(it -> (R) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(it, constructorArguments))