diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/JavaTextAreaPainter.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/JavaTextAreaPainter.java
index b67fe618b..d31d95e3a 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/JavaTextAreaPainter.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/JavaTextAreaPainter.java
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ public class JavaTextAreaPainter extends TextAreaPainter
 	}
 
 
-	private String replaceString(String str, int start, int end, String put) {
+	static private String replaceString(String str, int start, int end, String put) {
 		return str.substring(0, start) + put + str.substring(end, str.length());
 	}
 
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/tweak/SketchParser.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/tweak/SketchParser.java
index 56130b33e..42bfa0fd8 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/tweak/SketchParser.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/tweak/SketchParser.java
@@ -736,16 +736,7 @@ public class SketchParser {
 	}
 	
 	static private boolean isWhiteSpace(char c) {
-		if (c == ' ' ||
-				c == '\t' ||
-				c == '\n' ||
-				c == '\r') {
-			return true;
-		}
-		
-		int[][] a = {{1,2},{3,4}};
-		
-		return false;
+		return c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n' || c == '\r';
 	}
 
 	/**