diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2Database.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2Database.java
index d7de792531..9895c111fa 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2Database.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2Database.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 package org.jooq.util.h2;
 
+import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.falseCondition;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.select;
 import static org.jooq.util.h2.information_schema.tables.Columns.COLUMNS;
 import static org.jooq.util.h2.information_schema.tables.Constraints.CONSTRAINTS;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ import org.jooq.Record4;
 import org.jooq.Result;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.SortOrder;
+import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.jooq.impl.DSL;
 import org.jooq.tools.csv.CSVReader;
 import org.jooq.util.AbstractDatabase;
@@ -467,6 +469,9 @@ public class H2Database extends AbstractDatabase {
     protected List<EnumDefinition> getEnums0() throws SQLException {
         List<EnumDefinition> result = new ArrayList<EnumDefinition>();
 
+        if (!is1_4_197())
+            return result;
+
         Result<Record4<String, String, String, String>> records = create()
             .select(
                 Columns.TABLE_SCHEMA,
@@ -541,4 +546,27 @@ public class H2Database extends AbstractDatabase {
         List<ArrayDefinition> result = new ArrayList<ArrayDefinition>();
         return result;
     }
+
+    private static Boolean is1_4_197;
+
+    boolean is1_4_197() {
+        if (is1_4_197 == null) {
+
+            // [#5874] The COLUMNS.COLUMN_TYPE column was introduced in H2 1.4.197
+            try {
+                create(true)
+                    .select(Columns.COLUMN_TYPE)
+                    .from(COLUMNS)
+                    .where(falseCondition())
+                    .fetch();
+
+                is1_4_197 = true;
+            }
+            catch (DataAccessException e) {
+                is1_4_197 = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return is1_4_197;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java
index 5f1110a3d8..d3d86a60dd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 package org.jooq.util.h2;
 
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.choose;
-import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.falseCondition;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.inline;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.name;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.zero;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.jooq.Param;
 import org.jooq.Record;
-import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.jooq.util.AbstractTableDefinition;
 import org.jooq.util.ColumnDefinition;
 import org.jooq.util.DataTypeDefinition;
@@ -68,8 +66,6 @@ import org.jooq.util.h2.information_schema.tables.Columns;
  */
 public class H2TableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 
-    private static Boolean is1_4_197;
-
     public H2TableDefinition(SchemaDefinition schema, String name, String comment) {
         super(schema, name, comment);
     }
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ public class H2TableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
                 Columns.COLUMN_NAME,
                 Columns.ORDINAL_POSITION,
                 Columns.TYPE_NAME,
-                is1_4_197() ? Columns.COLUMN_TYPE : inline("").as(Columns.COLUMN_TYPE),
+                ((H2Database) getDatabase()).is1_4_197() ? Columns.COLUMN_TYPE : inline("").as(Columns.COLUMN_TYPE),
                 choose().when(Columns.NUMERIC_PRECISION.eq(maxP).and(Columns.NUMERIC_SCALE.eq(maxS)), zero())
                         .otherwise(Columns.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH).as(Columns.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH),
                 Columns.NUMERIC_PRECISION.decode(maxP, zero(), Columns.NUMERIC_PRECISION).as(Columns.NUMERIC_PRECISION),
@@ -135,26 +131,4 @@ public class H2TableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 
         return result;
     }
-
-
-    boolean is1_4_197() {
-        if (is1_4_197 == null) {
-
-            // [#5874] The COLUMNS.COLUMN_TYPE column was introduced in H2 1.4.197
-            try {
-                create(true)
-                    .select(Columns.COLUMN_TYPE)
-                    .from(COLUMNS)
-                    .where(falseCondition())
-                    .fetch();
-
-                is1_4_197 = true;
-            }
-            catch (DataAccessException e) {
-                is1_4_197 = false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return is1_4_197;
-    }
 }