diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Connection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Connection.php
index bdc52551f52..fcfcff9fe68 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Connection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Connection.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\IBMDB2\Exception\PrepareFailed;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\ServerInfoAwareConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use stdClass;
 
 use function assert;
@@ -82,6 +83,12 @@ public function getServerVersion()
      */
     public function requiresQueryForServerVersion()
     {
+        Deprecation::trigger(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4114',
+            'ServerInfoAwareConnection::requiresQueryForServerVersion() is deprecated and removed in DBAL 3.'
+        );
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/Mysqli/MysqliConnection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/Mysqli/MysqliConnection.php
index a5a6da1a9f1..ca47034a3e0 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/Mysqli/MysqliConnection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/Mysqli/MysqliConnection.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PingableConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\ServerInfoAwareConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use mysqli;
 
 use function assert;
@@ -135,6 +136,12 @@ public function getServerVersion()
      */
     public function requiresQueryForServerVersion()
     {
+        Deprecation::trigger(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4114',
+            'ServerInfoAwareConnection::requiresQueryForServerVersion() is deprecated and removed in DBAL 3.'
+        );
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/OCI8Connection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/OCI8Connection.php
index 02895a359e6..961993d0cdd 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/OCI8Connection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/OCI8Connection.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\OCI8\Exception\SequenceDoesNotExist;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\ServerInfoAwareConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use UnexpectedValueException;
 
 use function addcslashes;
@@ -103,6 +104,12 @@ public function getServerVersion()
      */
     public function requiresQueryForServerVersion()
     {
+        Deprecation::trigger(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4114',
+            'ServerInfoAwareConnection::requiresQueryForServerVersion() is deprecated and removed in DBAL 3.'
+        );
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php
index 9b532a36383..58480645db5 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Statement;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use PDO;
 use PDOException;
 use PDOStatement;
@@ -113,6 +114,12 @@ public function lastInsertId($name = null)
      */
     public function requiresQueryForServerVersion()
     {
+        Deprecation::trigger(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4114',
+            'ServerInfoAwareConnection::requiresQueryForServerVersion() is deprecated and removed in DBAL 3.'
+        );
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/SQLAnywhereConnection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/SQLAnywhereConnection.php
index ae5b13f4f58..fae5da1512d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/SQLAnywhereConnection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/SQLAnywhereConnection.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Result;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\ServerInfoAwareConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 
 use function assert;
 use function func_get_args;
@@ -198,6 +199,12 @@ public function quote($value, $type = ParameterType::STRING)
      */
     public function requiresQueryForServerVersion()
     {
+        Deprecation::trigger(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4114',
+            'ServerInfoAwareConnection::requiresQueryForServerVersion() is deprecated and removed in DBAL 3.'
+        );
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/SQLSrvConnection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/SQLSrvConnection.php
index 0bc7b68cb58..fdbed98c55a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/SQLSrvConnection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/SQLSrvConnection.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\ServerInfoAwareConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\SQLSrv\Exception\Error;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 
 use function func_get_args;
 use function is_float;
@@ -77,6 +78,12 @@ public function getServerVersion()
      */
     public function requiresQueryForServerVersion()
     {
+        Deprecation::trigger(
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/4114',
+            'ServerInfoAwareConnection::requiresQueryForServerVersion() is deprecated and removed in DBAL 3.'
+        );
+
         return false;
     }