diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/FieldDescriptor.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/FieldDescriptor.java
index 03f96c9f..e2baf710 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/FieldDescriptor.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/FieldDescriptor.java
@@ -382,14 +382,7 @@ class FieldDescriptor {
 	    break;
 	    
 	  case tDecimal:
-	    if (Table.useDepricatedGetBigDecimal) { 
-		if (scale < 0) { 
-		    scale = result.getMetaData().getScale(column);
-		}
-		field.set(obj, result.getBigDecimal(column, scale));
-	    } else { 
-		field.set(obj, result.getBigDecimal(column));
-	    }
+            field.set(obj, result.getBigDecimal(column));
 	    break;
 	  case tString:
 	    field.set(obj, result.getString(column));
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Table.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Table.java
index 17b26b8a..7e5526f2 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Table.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Table.java
@@ -717,15 +717,6 @@ public class Table {
     public static String fieldSeparator = "_";
 
 
-    /** Some versions of JDBC driver doesn't support
-     *  <code>getBigDecimal(int columnIndex)</code>. Setting this variable to
-     *  <code>true</code> makes JORA to explicitly request scale from result
-     *  set metadata and use deprecated version of <code>getBigDecimal</code>
-     *  with extra <code>scale</code> parameter.
-     */
-    public static boolean useDepricatedGetBigDecimal = true;
-
-
     // --- Implementation -----------------------------------------
 
     /** Is table abstract - not present in database.