diff -r 8cddb5d3e18f -r 44a5802816be emul/src/main/java/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
--- a/emul/src/main/java/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	Fri Dec 28 08:48:08 2012 +0100
+++ b/emul/src/main/java/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	Fri Dec 28 12:35:32 2012 +0100
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     private final String name;
     private final Object data;
     private final String sig;
-    private int modifiers;
 
    // Generics infrastructure
 
@@ -109,9 +108,12 @@
      * @see Modifier
      */
     public int getModifiers() {
-        return modifiers;
+        return getAccess(data);
     }
-
+    
+    @JavaScriptBody(args = "self", body = "return self.access;")
+    private static native int getAccess(Object self);
+    
     /**
      * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent the
      * type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this