diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java
index 75ad78b5f..adb8433ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JdbcTransaction.java
@@ -853,12 +853,6 @@ public class JdbcTransaction implements SpiTransaction {
     }
   }
 
-  protected void notifyQueryOnly() {
-    if (manager != null) {
-      manager.notifyOfQueryOnly(this);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Rollback or Commit for query only transaction.
    */