diff --git a/empire-db/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/db/DBDatabase.java b/empire-db/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/db/DBDatabase.java
index ac27663..2809a77 100644
--- a/empire-db/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/db/DBDatabase.java
+++ b/empire-db/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/db/DBDatabase.java
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
      *
      * @Deprecated use context.createCommand();
      */
-    public final DBCommand createCommand()
+    public DBCommand createCommand()
     {
         checkOpen(); 
         // For compatiblity with 2.x dont use isPreparedStatementsEnabled()