diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/FormUtil.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/FormUtil.php
index 5e8d461698..5aea15a51a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/FormUtil.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/FormUtil.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Form\Util;
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
  */
-abstract class FormUtil
+class FormUtil
 {
     /**
      * Map english plural to singular suffixes
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ abstract class FormUtil
         array('xuae', 4, false, true, 'eau'),
     );
 
+    /**
+     * This class should not be instantiated
+     */
+    private function __construct() {}
+
     /**
      * Returns the singular form of a word
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/ClassUtils.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/ClassUtils.php
index 7b583a328c..26bf1a1264 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/ClassUtils.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/ClassUtils.php
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ class ClassUtils
      */
     const MARKER_LENGTH = 6;
 
+    /**
+     * This class should not be instantiated
+     */
+    private function __construct() {}
+
     /**
      * Gets the real class name of a class name that could be a proxy.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/StringUtils.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/StringUtils.php
index a73b4715b3..d21efd3279 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/StringUtils.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Util/StringUtils.php
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Util;
  *
  * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
  */
-final class StringUtils
+class StringUtils
 {
-    final private function __construct()
-    {
-    }
+    /**
+     * This class should not be instantiated
+     */
+    private function __construct() {}
 
     /**
      * Compares two strings.