diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/BZip2/BZip2Constants.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/BZip2/BZip2Constants.cs
index 146e0a093..52fb8ad20 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/BZip2/BZip2Constants.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/BZip2/BZip2Constants.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.BZip2
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Defines internal values for both compression and decompression
 	/// </summary>
-	internal sealed class BZip2Constants
+	internal static class BZip2Constants
 	{
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Random numbers used to randomise repetitive blocks
@@ -113,9 +113,5 @@ internal sealed class BZip2Constants
 		/// Backend constant
 		/// </summary>
 		public const int OvershootBytes = 20;
-
-		private BZip2Constants()
-		{
-		}
 	}
 }