diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java b/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java
index b703426572..8f2923e043 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ public class CodegenTask extends DefaultTask {
         this.providers = providers;
         this.codegenClasspath = codegenClasspath;
         this.named = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        // TODO: Can we optimise this without using internals?
-        getOutputs().upToDateWhen(task -> false);
     }
 
     @TaskAction