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 08cd27ba6e..01d02fba56 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -5941,9 +5941,10 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                         for (ForeignKeyDefinition foreignKey : foreignKeys) {
                             final String referencedTableClassName = out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaClassName(foreignKey.getReferencedTable()));
                             final String keyMethodName = out.ref(getStrategy().getJavaMethodName(foreignKey));
+                            final String unquotedKeyMethodName = keyMethodName.replace("`", "");
 
                             if (kotlin)
-                                out.println("private lateinit var _%s: %s", keyMethodName, referencedTableClassName);
+                                out.println("private lateinit var _%s: %s", unquotedKeyMethodName, referencedTableClassName);
                             else
                                 out.println("private transient %s _%s;", referencedTableClassName, keyMethodName);
                         }
@@ -5956,6 +5957,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                             : out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaIdentifier(foreignKey), 2);
                         final String referencedTableClassName = out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaClassName(foreignKey.getReferencedTable()));
                         final String keyMethodName = out.ref(getStrategy().getJavaMethodName(foreignKey));
+                        final String unquotedKeyMethodName = keyMethodName.replace("`", "");
 
                         out.javadoc(
                             "Get the implicit join path to the <code>" + foreignKey.getReferencedTable().getQualifiedName() + "</code> table"
@@ -5968,10 +5970,10 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                         }
                         else if (kotlin) {
                             out.println("%sfun %s(): %s {", visibility(), keyMethodName, referencedTableClassName);
-                            out.println("if (!this::_%s.isInitialized)", keyMethodName);
-                            out.println("_%s = %s(this, %s)", keyMethodName, referencedTableClassName, keyFullId);
+                            out.println("if (!this::_%s.isInitialized)", unquotedKeyMethodName);
+                            out.println("_%s = %s(this, %s)", unquotedKeyMethodName, referencedTableClassName, keyFullId);
                             out.println();
-                            out.println("return _%s;", keyMethodName);
+                            out.println("return _%s;", unquotedKeyMethodName);
                             out.println("}");
                         }
                         else {
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/META-INF/ABOUT.txt b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/META-INF/ABOUT.txt
index a8d2f1233f..94c898b27c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/META-INF/ABOUT.txt
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/META-INF/ABOUT.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Authors and contributors of jOOQ or parts of jOOQ in alphabetical order:
 - Vladimir Vinogradov
 - Vojtech Polivka
 - Wang Gaoyuan
+- Wyke Oskar
 - Zoltan Tamasi
 
 See the following website for details about contributing to jOOQ: