diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java
index 9fbe2dd647..5961f2419d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/ast/tree/BooleanLiteralNode.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.hql.ast.tree;
 
+import org.hibernate.type.LiteralType;
 import org.hibernate.type.Type;
-import org.hibernate.type.BooleanType;
 import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
 import org.hibernate.QueryException;
 import org.hibernate.engine.SessionFactoryImplementor;
@@ -42,33 +42,37 @@ public class BooleanLiteralNode extends LiteralNode implements ExpectedTypeAware
 		return expectedType == null ? Hibernate.BOOLEAN : expectedType;
 	}
 
-	public BooleanType getTypeInternal() {
-		return ( BooleanType ) getDataType();
-	}
-
 	public Boolean getValue() {
 		return getType() == TRUE ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Expected-types really only pertinent here for boolean literals...
-	 *
-	 * @param expectedType
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
 	public void setExpectedType(Type expectedType) {
 		this.expectedType = expectedType;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
 	public Type getExpectedType() {
 		return expectedType;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
 	public String getRenderText(SessionFactoryImplementor sessionFactory) {
 		try {
-			return getTypeInternal().objectToSQLString( getValue(), sessionFactory.getDialect() );
+			return typeAsLiteralType().objectToSQLString( getValue(), sessionFactory.getDialect() );
 		}
 		catch( Throwable t ) {
 			throw new QueryException( "Unable to render boolean literal value", t );
 		}
 	}
+
+	private LiteralType typeAsLiteralType() {
+		return (LiteralType) getDataType();
+	}
 }