diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Databases.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Databases.java
index 78e801eb16..dec675720c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Databases.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Databases.java
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ public class Databases {
             case POSTGRES:         result = PostgresDatabase.class;         break;
             case SQLITE:           result = SQLiteDatabase.class;           break;
 
-            case DEFAULT:
-            case SQL99:            result = JDBCDatabase.class;             break;
+            case DEFAULT:          result = JDBCDatabase.class;             break;
         }
 
         return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java
index 53a2d0a414..ae3291c4b0 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@ public enum SQLDialect {
      * <ul>
      * <li>{@link #DEFAULT}: A hypothetical dialect used for
      * {@link QueryPart#toString()} calls of unattached query parts.</li>
-     * <li>{@link #SQL99}: A legacy version of {@link #DEFAULT}.</li>
      * <li>{@link #POSTGRESPLUS}: A not yet supported dialect.</li>
      * </ul>
      */