diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
index c2dc432329..d41e118b53 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
@@ -220,7 +220,11 @@ abstract class AbstractContext<C extends Context<C>> extends AbstractScope imple
             this.visitListenersEnd = null;
         }
 
-        this.forcedParamType = Tools.effectiveParamType(settings());
+        this.forcedParamType = SettingsTools.getStatementType(settings()) == StatementType.STATIC_STATEMENT
+            ? ParamType.INLINED
+            : SettingsTools.getParamType(settings()) == ParamType.FORCE_INDEXED
+            ? ParamType.INDEXED
+            : null;
 
         ParamCastMode m = settings().getParamCastMode();
         this.castModeOverride =
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParsingConnection.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParsingConnection.java
index 19b2792411..2e60e11ef1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParsingConnection.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParsingConnection.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INLINED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools.getParamType;
 import static org.jooq.impl.CacheType.CACHE_PARSING_CONNECTION;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_PARAM;
-import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.effectiveParamType;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.map;
 
 import java.sql.CallableStatement;
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.Param;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
+import org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools;
 import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.jooq.exception.DetachedException;
 import org.jooq.impl.DefaultRenderContext.Rendered;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ final class ParsingConnection extends DefaultConnection {
             configuration.connectionProvider().acquire(),
             configuration.settings(),
             null,
-            effectiveParamType(configuration.settings()) == INLINED
+            SettingsTools.getParamType(configuration.settings()) == INLINED
         ));
 
         if (((SettingsEnabledConnection) getDelegate()).getDelegate() == null)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ final class ParsingConnection extends DefaultConnection {
             int size = p.size();
             Rendered rendered = size == 0 ? translate(configuration, sql) : translate(configuration, sql, p.get(0).toArray(EMPTY_PARAM));
             PreparedStatement s = prepare.apply(rendered.sql);
-            boolean inlined = effectiveParamType(configuration.settings()) == INLINED;
+            boolean inlined = SettingsTools.getParamType(configuration.settings()) == INLINED;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index 771a76d1de..0bdc59bf34 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -7876,12 +7876,4 @@ final class Tools {
     static final boolean sortable(Field<?> f) {
         return !f.getDataType().isBinary();
     }
-
-    static final ParamType effectiveParamType(Settings settings) {
-        return SettingsTools.getStatementType(settings) == StatementType.STATIC_STATEMENT
-            ? ParamType.INLINED
-            : SettingsTools.getParamType(settings) == ParamType.FORCE_INDEXED
-            ? ParamType.INDEXED
-            : null;
-    }
 }