diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 114a8efd8c..cad466e7fa 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -4418,7 +4418,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             out.println("}");
         }
 
-        if (generateImplicitJoinPathsToOne() && generateGlobalKeyReferences()) {
+        if (generateImplicitJoinPathsToOne() && generateGlobalKeyReferences() && !table.isTableValuedFunction()) {
             out.println();
 
             if (scala) {