diff --git a/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.java b/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.java
index 36576b00c22..f077fb83b9d 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.java	
+++ b/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.java	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class DateFormattingThread implements Runnable {
-    private static DateFormat dateF = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");  // Static field declared
+    public static DateFormat dateF = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");  // Static field declared
 
     public void run() {
         for(int i=0; i < 10; i++){
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.ql b/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.ql
index 19da60422c8..ef3814014ee 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.ql	
+++ b/java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DateFormatThreadUnsafe.ql	
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java
 from Field f, Class dateFormat
 where
   f.isStatic() and
-  f.isFinal() and
   (f.isPublic() or f.isProtected()) and
   dateFormat.hasQualifiedName("java.text", "DateFormat") and
   f.getType().(RefType).hasSupertype*(dateFormat) and