BUG-731: remove unneeded public modifier

Change-Id: I1890ca89060a136ca85f824cda03c96454706970
Signed-off-by: Robert Varga <rovarga@cisco.com>
(cherry picked from commit 42300bd01716f4eaf6298b49d7643c8253848ad8)
Signed-off-by: Robert Varga <rovarga@cisco.com>