Do not need to make the method protected
diff --git a/src/com/xtremelabs/robolectric/RobolectricTestRunner.java b/src/com/xtremelabs/robolectric/RobolectricTestRunner.java
index 98ba68b..c6ae5ea 100644
--- a/src/com/xtremelabs/robolectric/RobolectricTestRunner.java
+++ b/src/com/xtremelabs/robolectric/RobolectricTestRunner.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
         return new Application();
     }
 
-    protected ResourceLoader createResourceLoader(String projectRoot, String resourceDirectory) {
+    private ResourceLoader createResourceLoader(String projectRoot, String resourceDirectory) {
         RootAndDirectory rootAndDirectory = new RootAndDirectory(projectRoot, resourceDirectory);
         ResourceLoader resourceLoader = resourceLoaderForRootAndDirectory.get(rootAndDirectory);
         if (resourceLoader == null) {