diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
index d3a5c9bec..dcee6530f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
   /**
    * Set the value of the Version property on the bean.
    */
-  public void setVersionValue(Object versionValue) {
+  private void setVersionValue(Object versionValue) {
     version = beanDescriptor.setVersion(entityBean, versionValue);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DeleteHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DeleteHandler.java
index 7dfc416e3..a5f65f257 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DeleteHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DeleteHandler.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class DeleteHandler extends DmlHandler {
 
   private final DeleteMeta meta;
 
-  public DeleteHandler(PersistRequestBean<?> persist, DeleteMeta meta) {
+  DeleteHandler(PersistRequestBean<?> persist, DeleteMeta meta) {
     super(persist, meta.isEmptyStringAsNull());
     this.meta = meta;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java
index a861385dc..a90e3198b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/DmlHandler.java
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ public abstract class DmlHandler implements PersistHandler, BindableRequest {
 
   protected String sql;
 
-  /**
-   * The generated value for the @Version property. Must be set after where clause is bound.
-   */
-  protected Object versionValue;
-
   protected DmlHandler(PersistRequestBean<?> persistRequest, boolean emptyStringToNull) {
     this.now = System.currentTimeMillis();
     this.persistRequest = persistRequest;
@@ -231,30 +226,6 @@ public abstract class DmlHandler implements PersistHandler, BindableRequest {
     prop.bind(dataBind, value);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Register a generated value on a update. This can not be set to the bean
-   * until after the where clause has been bound for concurrency checking.
-   * <p>
-   * GeneratedProperty values are likely going to be used for optimistic
-   * concurrency checking. This includes 'counter' and 'update timestamp'
-   * generation.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  @Override
-  public void registerGeneratedVersion(Object versionValue) {
-    this.versionValue = versionValue;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set any update generated values to the bean. Must be called after where
-   * clause has been bound.
-   */
-  public void setUpdateGenValues() {
-    if (versionValue != null) {
-      persistRequest.setVersionValue(versionValue);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Check with useGeneratedKeys to get appropriate PreparedStatement.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/UpdateHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/UpdateHandler.java
index 772396618..4d3a261b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/UpdateHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dml/UpdateHandler.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class UpdateHandler extends DmlHandler {
 
   private boolean emptySetClause;
 
-  public UpdateHandler(PersistRequestBean<?> persist, UpdateMeta meta) {
+  UpdateHandler(PersistRequestBean<?> persist, UpdateMeta meta) {
     super(persist, meta.isEmptyStringAsNull());
     this.meta = meta;
   }
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ public class UpdateHandler extends DmlHandler {
     if (persistRequest.isBatched()) {
       batchedPstmt.registerInputStreams(dataBind.getInputStreams());
     }
-    setUpdateGenValues();
-
     logSql(sql);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dmlbind/BindableRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dmlbind/BindableRequest.java
index 66a0abf2a..4a1fc6754 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dmlbind/BindableRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/dmlbind/BindableRequest.java
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ public interface BindableRequest {
    */
   void bindNoLog(Object value, BeanProperty prop) throws SQLException;
 
-  /**
-   * Register the value from a update GeneratedValue. This can only be set to
-   * the bean property after the where clause has bean built.
-   */
-  void registerGeneratedVersion(Object value);
-
   /**
    * Return the original PersistRequest.
    */