diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java
index 8b39fc19e..d083387b3 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java
@@ -231,18 +231,6 @@ public class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return true if this order by can be used in select clause.
-   */
-  public boolean supportsSelect() {
-    for (Property property : list) {
-      if (!property.supportsSelect()) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-
   /**
    * A property and its ascending descending order.
    */
@@ -403,12 +391,6 @@ public class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
       this.ascending = ascending;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Support use in select clause if no collation or nulls ordering.
-     */
-    boolean supportsSelect() {
-      return nulls == null;
-    }
   }
 
   private void parse(String orderByClause) {
diff --git a/ebean-test/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java b/ebean-test/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java
index 4fb45fef6..2a23f7273 100644
--- a/ebean-test/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java
+++ b/ebean-test/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertThat(o1.toStringFormat()).isEqualTo("case when status='N' then 1 when status='F' then 2 else 99 end");
     assertThat(o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty()).isEqualTo("case when status='N' then 1 when status='F' then 2 else 99 end");
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("id", o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>("id asc");
     assertEquals(1, o1.getProperties().size());
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("id", o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty());
     assertFalse(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id desc nulls high", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertFalse(o1.supportsSelect());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("name", o1.getProperties().get(1).getProperty());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id, name", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>("  id  , name ");
     assertEquals(2, o1.getProperties().size());
@@ -178,7 +174,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("id", o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id collate latin_1", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
     o1.desc("id", "latin_1");
@@ -186,7 +181,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("id", o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty());
     assertFalse(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id collate latin_1 desc", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
     o1.desc("id", "latin_1");
@@ -197,7 +191,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertFalse(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id collate latin_1 desc, date", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
     o1.desc("id", "latin_1");
@@ -208,7 +201,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertFalse(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).isAscending());
     assertEquals("id collate latin_1 desc, name collate latin_2", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
 
     // functional (DB2) syntax
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
@@ -217,7 +209,6 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("id", o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty());
     assertFalse(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertEquals("COLLATION_KEY(id, 'latin_1') desc", o1.toStringFormat());
-    assertTrue(o1.supportsSelect());
   }
 
   @Test