diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2444505..610210e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ config.setPassword("51mp50n");
 config.addDataSourceProperty("cachePrepStmts", "true");
 config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSize", "250");
 config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048");
-config.addDataSourceProperty("useServerPrepStmts", "true");
 
 HikariDataSource ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
 ```