diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
index 70b4e7367a..3a966a0c9a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
@@ -421,9 +421,6 @@ public class GenerationTool {
             if (g.getGenerate().getFullyQualifiedTypes() != null)
                 generator.setFullyQualifiedTypes(g.getGenerate().getFullyQualifiedTypes());
 
-            if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(g.getGenerate().isJpaAnnotations()))
-                log.warn("DEPRECATED", "The <jpaAnnotations/> flag is deprecated and used for backwards-compatibility only. It will be removed in the future.");
-
             // [#3669] Optional Database element
             if (g.getDatabase() == null)
                 g.setDatabase(new org.jooq.util.jaxb.Database());