diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9iDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9iDialect.java
index 3b974bfb96..5084dcbf7e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9iDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9iDialect.java
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ public class Oracle9iDialect extends Oracle8iDialect {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	public boolean supportsRowValueConstructorSyntax() {
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	public boolean supportsTupleDistinctCounts() {
 		return false;
 	}