diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Log.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Log.java
index 094ac2c4ef..4dc8117e96 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Log.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Log.java
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ public interface Log {
      */
     void info(Object message, Object details, Throwable throwable);
 
+    /**
+     * Check if <code>WARN</code> level logging is enabled.
+     */
+    boolean isWarnEnabled();
+
     /**
      * Log a message in <code>WARN</code> level.
      *
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQueryPart.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQueryPart.java
index a965a2d1e9..678355e1a7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQueryPart.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractQueryPart.java
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.CTX;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.jooq.Attachable;
 import org.jooq.BindContext;
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ import org.jooq.RenderContext;
 import org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools;
 import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.jooq.exception.SQLDialectNotSupportedException;
+import org.jooq.tools.JooqLogger;
 
 /**
  * @author Lukas Eder
@@ -240,4 +245,23 @@ abstract class AbstractQueryPart implements QueryPartInternal {
     protected final DataAccessException translate(String sql, SQLException e) {
         return Tools.translate(sql, e);
     }
+
+    private static class SerializationDeprecation {}
+    private static final JooqLogger    log       = JooqLogger.getLogger(SerializationDeprecation.class);
+    private static final AtomicInteger warnCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    private static final int           maxWarnings = 100;
+
+    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        ois.defaultReadObject();
+
+        if (log.isWarnEnabled() && warnCount.getAndUpdate(i -> Math.min(i + 1, maxWarnings)) < maxWarnings)
+            log.warn("DEPRECATION", "A QueryPart of type " + getClass() + " has been deserialised. Serialization support is deprecated in jOOQ. Please contact https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/11506 and state your use-case to see if it can be implemented otherwise.");
+    }
+
+    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException {
+        oos.defaultWriteObject();
+
+        if (log.isWarnEnabled() && warnCount.getAndUpdate(i -> Math.min(i + 1, maxWarnings)) < maxWarnings)
+            log.warn("DEPRECATION", "A QueryPart of type " + getClass() + " has been serialised. Serialization support is deprecated in jOOQ. Please contact https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/11506 and state your use-case to see if it can be implemented otherwise.");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
index 32fe00dfa0..0cbcef0b07 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
@@ -1591,11 +1591,9 @@ public class DefaultConfiguration implements Configuration {
     private <E> E[] cloneSerializables(E[] array) {
         E[] clone = array.clone();
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < clone.length; i++) {
-            if (!(clone[i] instanceof Serializable)) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < clone.length; i++)
+            if (!(clone[i] instanceof Serializable))
                 clone[i] = null;
-            }
-        }
 
         return clone;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/JooqLogger.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/JooqLogger.java
index 66f39b9562..a493877e93 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/JooqLogger.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/JooqLogger.java
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ public final class JooqLogger implements Log {
      */
     private boolean                   supportsInfo    = true;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether calls to {@link #warn(Object)} are possible.
+     */
+    private boolean                   supportsWarn    = true;
+
     /**
      * Get a logger wrapper for a class.
      */
@@ -344,6 +349,21 @@ public final class JooqLogger implements Log {
             util.log(java.util.logging.Level.INFO, "" + getMessage(message, details), throwable);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if <code>INFO</code> level logging is enabled.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isWarnEnabled() {
+        if (!globalThreshold.supports(Log.Level.WARN))
+            return false;
+        if (!supportsWarn)
+            return false;
+        else if (slf4j != null)
+            return slf4j.isWarnEnabled();
+        else
+            return util.isLoggable(java.util.logging.Level.WARNING);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Log a message in <code>WARN</code> level.
      *