diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/resource/impl/ResourceRegistrar.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/resource/impl/ResourceRegistrar.java
index f9b3202..9811d99 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/resource/impl/ResourceRegistrar.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/resource/impl/ResourceRegistrar.java
@@ -52,22 +52,22 @@
 public final class ResourceRegistrar {
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ResourceAdminService adminService;
+    ResourceAdminService adminService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ResourceService resourceService;
+    ResourceService resourceService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected DriverService driverService;
+    DriverService driverService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected DeviceService deviceService;
+    DeviceService deviceService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected MastershipService mastershipService;
+    MastershipService mastershipService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected NetworkConfigRegistry cfgRegistry;
+    NetworkConfigRegistry cfgRegistry;
 
     private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());