diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/expression/ColumnReference.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/expression/ColumnReference.java
index 0ac8f066e1..d1160fb778 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/expression/ColumnReference.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/expression/ColumnReference.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.SelectableMapping;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.JdbcMapping;
-import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.MappingModelExpressible;
 import org.hibernate.sql.Template;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.SqlAstWalker;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.spi.SqlAppender;
@@ -197,8 +196,8 @@ public class ColumnReference implements Expression, Assignable {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public MappingModelExpressible getExpressionType() {
-		return (MappingModelExpressible) jdbcMapping;
+	public JdbcMapping getExpressionType() {
+		return jdbcMapping;
 	}
 
 	@Override