diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessage.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessage.java
index 4421de0f7..0050400da 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessage.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.jcraft.jsch.Channel;
  */
 public class ScpFromMessage extends AbstractSshMessage {
 
+    private static final int HUNDRED_KILOBYTES = 102400;
     private static final byte LINE_FEED = 0x0a;
     private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public class ScpFromMessage extends AbstractSshMessage {
         long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         // only track progress for files larger than 100kb in verbose mode
-        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && filesize > 102400;
+        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && filesize > HUNDRED_KILOBYTES;
         // since filesize keeps on decreasing we have to store the
         // initial filesize
         long initFilesize = filesize;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessageBySftp.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessageBySftp.java
index 900243151..e625b9adf 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessageBySftp.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpFromMessageBySftp.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpProgressMonitor;
  */
 public class ScpFromMessageBySftp extends ScpFromMessage {
 
+    private static final int HUNDRED_KILOBYTES = 102400;
+
     private String remoteFile;
     private File localFile;
     private boolean isRecursive = false;
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ public class ScpFromMessageBySftp extends ScpFromMessage {
         long totalLength = le.getAttrs().getSize();
 
         SftpProgressMonitor monitor = null;
-        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && totalLength > 102400;
+        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && totalLength > HUNDRED_KILOBYTES;
         if (trackProgress) {
             monitor = getProgressMonitor();
         }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java
index f7cb0d3b0..79ac8433b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  */
 public class ScpToMessage extends AbstractSshMessage {
 
+    private static final int HUNDRED_KILOBYTES = 102400;
     private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;
 
     private File localFile;
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ public class ScpToMessage extends AbstractSshMessage {
         long totalLength = 0;
 
         // only track progress for files larger than 100kb in verbose mode
-        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && filesize > 102400;
+        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && filesize > HUNDRED_KILOBYTES;
         // since filesize keeps on decreasing we have to store the
         // initial filesize
         long initFilesize = filesize;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java
index 24bf29595..409f85b39 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  */
 public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
 
+    private static final int HUNDRED_KILOBYTES = 102400;
+
     private File localFile;
     private String remotePath;
     private List directoryList;
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
         long totalLength = filesize;
 
         // only track progress for files larger than 100kb in verbose mode
-        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && filesize > 102400;
+        boolean trackProgress = getVerbose() && filesize > HUNDRED_KILOBYTES;
 
         SftpProgressMonitor monitor = null;
         if (trackProgress) {