diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/declaration/CtModifiable.java b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/declaration/CtModifiable.java
index 1c9aca85f16..897b3e55f59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/declaration/CtModifiable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/declaration/CtModifiable.java
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ public interface CtModifiable extends CtElement {
 	 * add a modifier
 	 *
 	 * @param modifier
-	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if this element changed as a result of the call
 	 */
 	@PropertySetter(role = MODIFIER)
 	<T extends CtModifiable> T addModifier(ModifierKind modifier);
@@ -68,10 +67,9 @@ public interface CtModifiable extends CtElement {
 	 * remove a modifier
 	 *
 	 * @param modifier
-	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if this element changed as a result of the call
 	 */
 	@PropertySetter(role = MODIFIER)
-	boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier);
+	<T extends CtModifiable> T removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier);
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets the visibility of this modifiable element (replaces old visibility).
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/CtModifierHandler.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/CtModifierHandler.java
index fbdc89e50f3..c38e639546d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/CtModifierHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/CtModifierHandler.java
@@ -94,14 +94,15 @@ public CtModifierHandler addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+	public CtModifierHandler removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 		if (this.modifiers == CtElementImpl.<CtExtendedModifier>emptySet()) {
-			return false;
+			return this;
 		}
 		getFactory().getEnvironment().getModelChangeListener().onSetDelete(element, MODIFIER, modifiers, modifier);
 		// we want to remove implicit OR explicit modifier
-		boolean b = modifiers.remove(new CtExtendedModifier(modifier));
-		return b || modifiers.remove(new CtExtendedModifier(modifier, true));
+		modifiers.remove(new CtExtendedModifier(modifier));
+		modifiers.remove(new CtExtendedModifier(modifier, true));
+		return this;
 	}
 
 	public CtModifierHandler setVisibility(ModifierKind visibility) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtCatchVariableImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtCatchVariableImpl.java
index 141b27d3fa5..c3d78605786 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtCatchVariableImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtCatchVariableImpl.java
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtLocalVariableImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtLocalVariableImpl.java
index 539448bff05..920b6bc6b4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtLocalVariableImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/code/CtLocalVariableImpl.java
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtAnonymousExecutableImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtAnonymousExecutableImpl.java
index 63f8527b8fa..a605910ab81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtAnonymousExecutableImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtAnonymousExecutableImpl.java
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ public <T extends CtModifiable> T addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <T extends CtModifiable> T removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (T) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtConstructorImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtConstructorImpl.java
index a261d8f5050..fa72f67e55b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtConstructorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtConstructorImpl.java
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtFieldImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtFieldImpl.java
index 29e352e2202..5e2f6b5e706 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtFieldImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtFieldImpl.java
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtMethodImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtMethodImpl.java
index 8a49047e3ee..84cf21a7f21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtMethodImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtMethodImpl.java
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtParameterImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtParameterImpl.java
index e7d0e8fbc77..a96e0ffc9be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtParameterImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtParameterImpl.java
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeImpl.java
index 7003ddea795..3aea05647f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeImpl.java
@@ -479,8 +479,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
-		return modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+		modifierHandler.removeModifier(modifier);
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeParameterImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeParameterImpl.java
index 305bd34ce56..ecda4097625 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeParameterImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtTypeParameterImpl.java
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ public <C extends CtModifiable> C addModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 
 	@Override
 	@UnsettableProperty
-	public boolean removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
+	public <C extends CtModifiable> C removeModifier(ModifierKind modifier) {
 		// unsettable property
-		return true;
+		return (C) this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/spoon/test/modifiers/TestModifiers.java b/src/test/java/spoon/test/modifiers/TestModifiers.java
index bf20c902279..06790378825 100644
--- a/src/test/java/spoon/test/modifiers/TestModifiers.java
+++ b/src/test/java/spoon/test/modifiers/TestModifiers.java
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ public void testMethodWithVarargsDoesNotBecomeTransient() {
         spoon.run();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCtModifiableAddRemoveReturnCtModifiable() {
+        // contract: CtModifiable#addModifier and CtModifiable#removeModifier should return CtModifiable
+
+        Launcher spoon = new Launcher();
+        spoon.addInputResource("./src/test/java/spoon/test/modifiers/testclasses/MethodVarArgs.java");
+        spoon.buildModel();
+
+        CtType<?> myClass = spoon.getFactory().Type().get(MethodVarArgs.class);
+        CtMethod methodVarargs = myClass.getMethodsByName("getInitValues").get(0);
+
+        Object o = methodVarargs.addModifier(ModifierKind.FINAL);
+        assertEquals(methodVarargs, o);
+
+        o = methodVarargs.removeModifier(ModifierKind.FINAL);
+        assertEquals(methodVarargs, o);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSetVisibility() {
         // contract: setVisibility should only work with public/private/protected modifiers