diff --git a/scan_engine.cc b/scan_engine.cc
index bbbeb2b92..3fb2b16b9 100644
--- a/scan_engine.cc
+++ b/scan_engine.cc
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ public:
   ConnectProbe();
   ~ConnectProbe();
   int sd; /* Socket descriptor used for connection.  -1 if not valid. */
-private:
 };
 
 struct IPExtraProbeData_tcp {
@@ -321,7 +320,6 @@ public:
   fd_set fds_except;
   int numSDs; /* Number of socket descriptors being watched */
   int maxSocketsAllowed; /* No more than this many sockets may be created @once */
-private:
 };
 
 /* These are ultra_scan() statistics for the whole group of Targets */
@@ -349,7 +347,6 @@ public:
   // number of hosts that timed out during scan, or were already timedout
   int num_hosts_timedout;
   ConnectScanInfo *CSI;
-private:
 };
 
 struct send_delay_nfo {
diff --git a/service_scan.cc b/service_scan.cc
index 498dacf58..2742a87e7 100644
--- a/service_scan.cc
+++ b/service_scan.cc
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ public:
   unsigned int ideal_parallelism; // Max (and desired) number of probes out at once.
   ScanProgressMeter *SPM;
   int num_hosts_timedout; // # of hosts timed out during (or before) scan
-  private:
 };
 
 #define SUBSTARGS_MAX_ARGS 5