diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index e170921e18..2e89cb940b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                 UniqueKey.class,
                 out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaClassName(uniqueKey.getTable(), Mode.RECORD)));
         else
-            out.print("public static final %s<%s> %s = ",
+            out.print("static final %s<%s> %s = ",
                 UniqueKey.class,
                 out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaClassName(uniqueKey.getTable(), Mode.RECORD)),
                 getStrategy().getJavaIdentifier(uniqueKey));
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                 out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaIdentifiers(foreignKey.getKeyColumns()), colRefSegments(null)),
                 foreignKey.enforced());
         else
-            out.println("public static final %s<%s, %s> %s = %s.createForeignKey(%s, %s, \"%s\", new %s[] { [[%s]] }, %s);",
+            out.println("static final %s<%s, %s> %s = %s.createForeignKey(%s, %s, \"%s\", new %s[] { [[%s]] }, %s);",
                 ForeignKey.class,
                 out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaClassName(foreignKey.getKeyTable(), Mode.RECORD)),
                 out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaClassName(foreignKey.getReferencedTable(), Mode.RECORD)),
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-ddl-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/flyway/ddl/db/h2/Keys.java b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-ddl-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/flyway/ddl/db/h2/Keys.java
index 2439f5f6a9..ede79c4ee1 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-ddl-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/flyway/ddl/db/h2/Keys.java
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-ddl-example/src/main/java/org/jooq/example/flyway/ddl/db/h2/Keys.java
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ public class Keys {
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     private static class UniqueKeys0 {
-        public static final UniqueKey<AuthorRecord> PK_T_AUTHOR = Internal.createUniqueKey(Author.AUTHOR, "PK_T_AUTHOR", new TableField[] { Author.AUTHOR.ID }, true);
-        public static final UniqueKey<BookRecord> PK_T_BOOK = Internal.createUniqueKey(Book.BOOK, "PK_T_BOOK", new TableField[] { Book.BOOK.ID }, true);
+        static final UniqueKey<AuthorRecord> PK_T_AUTHOR = Internal.createUniqueKey(Author.AUTHOR, "PK_T_AUTHOR", new TableField[] { Author.AUTHOR.ID }, true);
+        static final UniqueKey<BookRecord> PK_T_BOOK = Internal.createUniqueKey(Book.BOOK, "PK_T_BOOK", new TableField[] { Book.BOOK.ID }, true);
     }
 
     private static class ForeignKeys0 {
-        public static final ForeignKey<BookRecord, AuthorRecord> FK_T_BOOK_AUTHOR_ID = Internal.createForeignKey(Keys.PK_T_AUTHOR, Book.BOOK, "FK_T_BOOK_AUTHOR_ID", new TableField[] { Book.BOOK.AUTHOR_ID }, true);
+        static final ForeignKey<BookRecord, AuthorRecord> FK_T_BOOK_AUTHOR_ID = Internal.createForeignKey(Keys.PK_T_AUTHOR, Book.BOOK, "FK_T_BOOK_AUTHOR_ID", new TableField[] { Book.BOOK.AUTHOR_ID }, true);
     }
 }