diff --git a/core/plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.ui/src/org/eclipse/dltk/ui/ScriptElementImageProvider.java b/core/plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.ui/src/org/eclipse/dltk/ui/ScriptElementImageProvider.java
index 51f564c..5df9ecc 100644
--- a/core/plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.ui/src/org/eclipse/dltk/ui/ScriptElementImageProvider.java
+++ b/core/plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.ui/src/org/eclipse/dltk/ui/ScriptElementImageProvider.java
@@ -400,9 +400,7 @@
 		if (Flags.isPublic(flags)) {
 			return DLTKPluginImages.DESC_METHOD_PUBLIC;
 		}
-		// TODO (alex) it has been public by default for years
-		// switch to DESC_METHOD_DEFAULT eventually
-		return DLTKPluginImages.DESC_METHOD_PUBLIC;
+		return DLTKPluginImages.DESC_METHOD_DEFAULT;
 	}
 
 	// ---- Methods to compute the adornments flags ----------------------------