diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AsteriskImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AsteriskImpl.java
index 414d098cd0..40fe3bdc4d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AsteriskImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AsteriskImpl.java
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.HSQLDB;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MARIADB;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
 // ...
+// ...
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_EXCEPT;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_EXCLUDE;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.jooq.Asterisk;
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.Field;
+import org.jooq.Keyword;
 import org.jooq.Name;
 // ...
 import org.jooq.QueryPart;
@@ -106,6 +109,20 @@ final class AsteriskImpl extends AbstractQueryPart implements Asterisk {
                 ctx.sql(' ').visit(K_EXCEPT).sql(" (").visit(fields).sql(')');
     }
 
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+
     @Override
     public final Asterisk except(String... fieldNames) {
         return except(Tools.fieldsByName(fieldNames));
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/GroupFieldList.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/GroupFieldList.java
index 7659d543b3..9e49c0cfad 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/GroupFieldList.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/GroupFieldList.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 // ...
 // ...
+// ...
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.SQLITE;
 // ...
 // ...
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.emptyGroupingSet;
 
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.jooq.Condition;
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.GroupField;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedAsteriskImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedAsteriskImpl.java
index 48baa3fb7b..58540f7249 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedAsteriskImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedAsteriskImpl.java
@@ -40,12 +40,9 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_EXCEPT;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.function.BiFunction;
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.Field;
-import org.jooq.Function1;
 import org.jooq.Name;
 import org.jooq.QualifiedAsterisk;
 import org.jooq.QueryPart;