diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Connection.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Connection.java
index 3d81da75a5..c56db16d95 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Connection.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Connection.java
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
  * both JDBC 4.0 (JDK 6) and 4.1 (JDK 7).
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
+ * @deprecated - 3.15.0 - [#11618] - This type is no longer used by jOOQ and
+ *             will be removed in the future.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class JDBC41Connection {
 
     // JDBC 4.1 compliance: @Override
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41ResultSet.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41ResultSet.java
index eb266cbae1..482220895d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41ResultSet.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41ResultSet.java
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
  * both JDBC 4.0 (JDK 6) and 4.1 (JDK 7).
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
+ * @deprecated - 3.15.0 - [#11618] - This type is no longer used by jOOQ and
+ *             will be removed in the future.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class JDBC41ResultSet {
 
     // JDBC 4.1 compliance: @Override
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Statement.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Statement.java
index 46d629cb5b..55dd6d3175 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Statement.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBC41Statement.java
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ import java.sql.Statement;
  * both JDBC 4.0 (JDK 6) and 4.1 (JDK 7).
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
+ * @deprecated - 3.15.0 - [#11618] - This type is no longer used by jOOQ and
+ *             will be removed in the future.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class JDBC41Statement {
 
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