diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
index 21cc737496..a1abde60b2 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
@@ -618,51 +618,50 @@ public class StringUtilsTests {
 		assertNull("When given an empty Locale string, must return null.", locale);
 	}
 
-	// SPR-8637
-	@Test
+	@Test  // SPR-8637
 	public void testParseLocaleWithMultiSpecialCharactersInVariant() throws Exception {
-		final String variant = "proper-northern";
-		final String localeString = "en_GB_" + variant;
+		String variant = "proper-northern";
+		String localeString = "en_GB_" + variant;
 		Locale locale = StringUtils.parseLocaleString(localeString);
 		assertEquals("Multi-valued variant portion of the Locale not extracted correctly.", variant, locale.getVariant());
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-3671
 	public void testParseLocaleWithMultiValuedVariant() throws Exception {
-		final String variant = "proper_northern";
-		final String localeString = "en_GB_" + variant;
+		String variant = "proper_northern";
+		String localeString = "en_GB_" + variant;
 		Locale locale = StringUtils.parseLocaleString(localeString);
 		assertEquals("Multi-valued variant portion of the Locale not extracted correctly.", variant, locale.getVariant());
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-3671
 	public void testParseLocaleWithMultiValuedVariantUsingSpacesAsSeparators() throws Exception {
-		final String variant = "proper northern";
-		final String localeString = "en GB " + variant;
+		String variant = "proper northern";
+		String localeString = "en GB " + variant;
 		Locale locale = StringUtils.parseLocaleString(localeString);
 		assertEquals("Multi-valued variant portion of the Locale not extracted correctly.", variant, locale.getVariant());
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-3671
 	public void testParseLocaleWithMultiValuedVariantUsingMixtureOfUnderscoresAndSpacesAsSeparators() throws Exception {
-		final String variant = "proper northern";
-		final String localeString = "en_GB_" + variant;
+		String variant = "proper northern";
+		String localeString = "en_GB_" + variant;
 		Locale locale = StringUtils.parseLocaleString(localeString);
 		assertEquals("Multi-valued variant portion of the Locale not extracted correctly.", variant, locale.getVariant());
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-3671
 	public void testParseLocaleWithMultiValuedVariantUsingSpacesAsSeparatorsWithLotsOfLeadingWhitespace() throws Exception {
-		final String variant = "proper northern";
-		final String localeString = "en GB            " + variant; // lots of whitespace
+		String variant = "proper northern";
+		String localeString = "en GB            " + variant;  // lots of whitespace
 		Locale locale = StringUtils.parseLocaleString(localeString);
 		assertEquals("Multi-valued variant portion of the Locale not extracted correctly.", variant, locale.getVariant());
 	}
 
 	@Test  // SPR-3671
 	public void testParseLocaleWithMultiValuedVariantUsingUnderscoresAsSeparatorsWithLotsOfLeadingWhitespace() throws Exception {
-		final String variant = "proper_northern";
-		final String localeString = "en_GB_____" + variant; // lots of underscores
+		String variant = "proper_northern";
+		String localeString = "en_GB_____" + variant;  // lots of underscores
 		Locale locale = StringUtils.parseLocaleString(localeString);
 		assertEquals("Multi-valued variant portion of the Locale not extracted correctly.", variant, locale.getVariant());
 	}