diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/ErrorParserManager.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/ErrorParserManager.java
index f244399ca85..c04fb41476f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/ErrorParserManager.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/ErrorParserManager.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class ErrorParserManager extends OutputStream {
 			while (tok.hasMoreElements()) {
 				String clName = tok.nextToken();
 				try {
-					IErrorParser parser = (IErrorParser) getClass().forName(clName).newInstance();
+					IErrorParser parser = (IErrorParser) Class.forName(clName).newInstance();
 					fErrorParsers.add(parser);
 				}
 				catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {