diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
index 35c93eff7b..6e96ab3b04 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Queue;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 
@@ -1479,47 +1477,6 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         catch (NoRecordMapperAvailableException expected) {}
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testFetchLater() throws Exception {
-        Future<Result<B>> later;
-        Result<B> result;
-
-        int activeCount = Thread.activeCount();
-
-        later = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchLater();
-
-        // That's too fast for the query to be done, mostly
-        assertFalse(later.isDone());
-        assertFalse(later.isCancelled());
-        assertEquals(activeCount + 1, Thread.activeCount());
-
-        // Get should make sure the internal thread is terminated
-        result = later.get();
-        Thread.sleep(500);
-        assertEquals(activeCount, Thread.activeCount());
-
-        // Subsequent gets are ok
-        result = later.get();
-        result = later.get(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-
-        // Check the data
-        assertEquals(4, result.size());
-        assertEquals(BOOK_IDS, result.getValues(TBook_ID()));
-
-        // Start new threads
-        later = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchLater();
-        later = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchLater();
-        later = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchLater();
-        assertEquals(activeCount + 3, Thread.activeCount());
-
-        // This should be enough to ensure that GC will collect finished threads
-        later = null;
-        System.gc();
-        System.gc();
-        Thread.sleep(500);
-        assertEquals(activeCount, Thread.activeCount());
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testFetchResultSet() throws Exception {
         for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
index 2c93095b3e..24afea288e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ import org.jooq.Condition;
 import org.jooq.Cursor;
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.Field;
-import org.jooq.FutureResult;
 import org.jooq.QueryPart;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.Record1;
@@ -490,12 +489,6 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
 
         assertEquals(1, (int) count[0]);
 
-        FutureResult<Record> fetch9 = q.fetchLater();
-        Thread.sleep(50);
-        assertTrue(fetch9.isDone());
-        assertEquals(1, fetch9.get().size());
-        assertEquals("10", fetch9.get().getValue(0, 0));
-
         Cursor<Record> fetch10 = q.fetchLazy();
         assertFalse(fetch10.isClosed());
         assertTrue(fetch10.hasNext());
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index b8e2c5fa51..c641b0f795 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1474,11 +1474,6 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new FetchTests(this).testFetchIntoWithRecordMapperProvider();
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testFetchLater() throws Exception {
-        new FetchTests(this).testFetchLater();
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testRecordOriginals() throws Exception {
         new RecordTests(this).testRecordOriginals();
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
index e991daed8f..9fd1a86a25 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
@@ -816,10 +816,6 @@ public interface DSLContext {
      * <td> {@link ResultQuery#fetchInto(RecordHandler)}</td>
      * <td>Fetch records into a custom callback (similar to Spring's RowMapper)</td>
      * </tr>
-     * <tr>
-     * <td> {@link ResultQuery#fetchLater()}</td>
-     * <td>Fetch records of a long-running query asynchronously</td>
-     * </tr>
      * </table>
      * <p>
      * Example (Postgres):
@@ -866,10 +862,6 @@ public interface DSLContext {
      * <td> {@link ResultQuery#fetchInto(RecordHandler)}</td>
      * <td>Fetch records into a custom callback (similar to Spring's RowMapper)</td>
      * </tr>
-     * <tr>
-     * <td> {@link ResultQuery#fetchLater()}</td>
-     * <td>Fetch records of a long-running query asynchronously</td>
-     * </tr>
      * </table>
      * <p>
      * Example (Postgres):
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FutureResult.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FutureResult.java
index d8e8908a25..509329c338 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FutureResult.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FutureResult.java
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
  * all data into a single report</li>
  * <li>...</li>
  * </ul>
+ *
+ * @deprecated - 3.2.0 - [#2581] - This type will be removed in jOOQ 4.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface FutureResult<R extends Record> extends Future<Result<R>> {
 
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java
index 0c68f98e0b..bc277e4631 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java
@@ -932,7 +932,9 @@ public interface ResultQuery<R extends Record> extends Query {
      *
      * @return A future result
      * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     * @deprecated - 3.2.0 - [#2581] - This method will be removed in jOOQ 4.0
      */
+    @Deprecated
     FutureResult<R> fetchLater() throws DataAccessException;
 
     /**
@@ -961,7 +963,9 @@ public interface ResultQuery<R extends Record> extends Query {
      * @param executor A custom executor
      * @return A future result
      * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     * @deprecated - 3.2.0 - [#2581] - This method will be removed in jOOQ 4.0
      */
+    @Deprecated
     FutureResult<R> fetchLater(ExecutorService executor) throws DataAccessException;
 
     /**
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java
index 66c6445a6c..4d6a9d626d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import org.jooq.Cursor;
 import org.jooq.ExecuteContext;
 import org.jooq.ExecuteListener;
 import org.jooq.Field;
-import org.jooq.FutureResult;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.RecordHandler;
 import org.jooq.RecordMapper;
@@ -630,14 +629,16 @@ abstract class AbstractResultQuery<R extends Record> extends AbstractQuery imple
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final FutureResult<R> fetchLater() {
+    @Deprecated
+    public final org.jooq.FutureResult<R> fetchLater() {
         ExecutorService executor = newSingleThreadExecutor();
         Future<Result<R>> future = executor.submit(new ResultQueryCallable());
         return new FutureResultImpl<R>(future, executor);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final FutureResult<R> fetchLater(ExecutorService executor) {
+    @Deprecated
+    public final org.jooq.FutureResult<R> fetchLater(ExecutorService executor) {
         Future<Result<R>> future = executor.submit(new ResultQueryCallable());
         return new FutureResultImpl<R>(future);
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FutureResultImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FutureResultImpl.java
index 2654205436..cafc21ca24 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FutureResultImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FutureResultImpl.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.jooq.Result;
 /**
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
+@Deprecated
 class FutureResultImpl<R extends Record> implements FutureResult<R> {
 
     private final Future<Result<R>> future;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectImpl.java
index 267ed9be18..aa09d24e97 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectImpl.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import org.jooq.Converter;
 import org.jooq.Cursor;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.ForeignKey;
-import org.jooq.FutureResult;
 import org.jooq.GroupField;
 import org.jooq.JoinType;
 import org.jooq.Operator;
@@ -1290,12 +1289,14 @@ class SelectImpl<R extends Record> extends AbstractDelegatingQuery<Select<R>> im
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final FutureResult<R> fetchLater() {
+    @Deprecated
+    public final org.jooq.FutureResult<R> fetchLater() {
         return getDelegate().fetchLater();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final FutureResult<R> fetchLater(ExecutorService executor) {
+    @Deprecated
+    public final org.jooq.FutureResult<R> fetchLater(ExecutorService executor) {
         return getDelegate().fetchLater(executor);
     }