diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/HttpHeaderResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/HttpHeaderResult.java
index 95c0fc93d..4c4540920 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/HttpHeaderResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/HttpHeaderResult.java
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ public class HttpHeaderResult implements Result {
      * @param parse <tt>true</tt> if HTTP header values should be evaluated agains the ValueStack, <tt>false</tt>
      *              otherwise.
      */
-    public HttpHeaderResult setParse(boolean parse) {
+    public void setParse(boolean parse) {
         this.parse = parse;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -116,9 +115,8 @@ public class HttpHeaderResult implements Result {
      * @param status the Http status code
      * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse#setStatus(int)
      */
-    public HttpHeaderResult setStatus(int status) {
+    public void setStatus(int status) {
         this.status = status;
-        return this;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -126,9 +124,8 @@ public class HttpHeaderResult implements Result {
      * @param name
      * @param value
      */
-    public HttpHeaderResult addHeader(String name, String value) {
+    public void addHeader(String name, String value) {
     	headers.put(name, value);
-    	return this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/PlainTextResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/PlainTextResult.java
index 671eeef44..62490a4f0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/PlainTextResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/PlainTextResult.java
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ public class PlainTextResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
      * 
      * @param charSet The character set
      */
-	public PlainTextResult setCharSet(String charSet) {
+	public void setCharSet(String charSet) {
 		this.charSet = charSet;
-		return this;
 	}
 	
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletActionRedirectResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletActionRedirectResult.java
index 4d4a92072..33222a810 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletActionRedirectResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletActionRedirectResult.java
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ public class ServletActionRedirectResult extends ServletRedirectResult {
      *
      * @param actionName The name
      */
-    public ServletActionRedirectResult setActionName(String actionName) {
+    public void setActionName(String actionName) {
         this.actionName = actionName;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -214,9 +213,8 @@ public class ServletActionRedirectResult extends ServletRedirectResult {
      *
      * @param namespace The namespace
      */
-    public ServletActionRedirectResult setNamespace(String namespace) {
+    public void setNamespace(String namespace) {
         this.namespace = namespace;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -224,9 +222,8 @@ public class ServletActionRedirectResult extends ServletRedirectResult {
      *
      * @param method The method
      */
-    public ServletActionRedirectResult setMethod(String method) {
+    public void setMethod(String method) {
     	this.method = method;
-    	return this;
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java
index 86ddba8ce..5eee5b9b3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ServletRedirectResult.java
@@ -94,9 +94,8 @@ public class ServletRedirectResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
      * @param prependServletContext <tt>true</tt> to prepend the location with the servlet context path,
      *                              <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      */
-    public ServletRedirectResult setPrependServletContext(boolean prependServletContext) {
+    public void setPrependServletContext(boolean prependServletContext) {
         this.prependServletContext = prependServletContext;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/StreamResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/StreamResult.java
index a698164b5..6f4f0a044 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/StreamResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/StreamResult.java
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ public class StreamResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     /**
      * @param bufferSize The bufferSize to set.
      */
-    public StreamResult setBufferSize(int bufferSize) {
+    public void setBufferSize(int bufferSize) {
         this.bufferSize = bufferSize;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -119,9 +118,8 @@ public class StreamResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     /**
      * @param contentType The contentType to set.
      */
-    public StreamResult setContentType(String contentType) {
+    public void setContentType(String contentType) {
         this.contentType = contentType;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -134,9 +132,8 @@ public class StreamResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     /**
      * @param contentLength The contentLength to set.
      */
-    public StreamResult setContentLength(String contentLength) {
+    public void setContentLength(String contentLength) {
         this.contentLength = contentLength;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -149,9 +146,8 @@ public class StreamResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     /**
      * @param contentDisposition the Content-disposition header value to use.
      */
-    public StreamResult setContentDisposition(String contentDisposition) {
+    public void setContentDisposition(String contentDisposition) {
         this.contentDisposition = contentDisposition;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -164,9 +160,8 @@ public class StreamResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     /**
      * @param inputName The inputName to set.
      */
-    public StreamResult setInputName(String inputName) {
+    public void setInputName(String inputName) {
         this.inputName = inputName;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/FreemarkerResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/FreemarkerResult.java
index 326073493..ac6105df0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/FreemarkerResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/FreemarkerResult.java
@@ -113,9 +113,8 @@ public class FreemarkerResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     	super(location);
     }
 
-    public FreemarkerResult setContentType(String aContentType) {
+    public void setContentType(String aContentType) {
         pContentType = aContentType;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/PortletFreemarkerResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/PortletFreemarkerResult.java
index 49b6b5441..b5d3c5aa9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/PortletFreemarkerResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/freemarker/PortletFreemarkerResult.java
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ public class PortletFreemarkerResult extends StrutsResultSupport {
     	super(location);
     }
     
-    public PortletFreemarkerResult setContentType(String aContentType) {
+    public void setContentType(String aContentType) {
         pContentType = aContentType;
-        return this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/xslt/XSLTResult.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/xslt/XSLTResult.java
index 93f496b0b..b0ee149cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/xslt/XSLTResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/xslt/XSLTResult.java
@@ -214,11 +214,10 @@ public class XSLTResult implements Result {
         setStylesheetLocation(location);
     }
 
-    public XSLTResult setStylesheetLocation(String location) {
+    public void setStylesheetLocation(String location) {
         if (location == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null location");
         this.stylesheetLocation = location;
-        return this;
     }
 
     public String getStylesheetLocation() {
@@ -230,9 +229,8 @@ public class XSLTResult implements Result {
      *
      * @param parse
      */
-    public XSLTResult setParse(boolean parse) {
+    public void setParse(boolean parse) {
         this.parse = parse;
-        return this;
     }
 
     public void execute(ActionInvocation invocation) throws Exception {