diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
index 24a2cfbd9eb0..94b5b57d87e0 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\MySqlProcessor;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\MySqlGrammar as SchemaGrammar;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\MySqlBuilder;
-use PDO;
 
 class MySqlConnection extends Connection
 {
@@ -64,21 +63,4 @@ protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Bind values to their parameters in the given statement.
-     *
-     * @param  \PDOStatement  $statement
-     * @param  array  $bindings
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function bindValues($statement, $bindings)
-    {
-        foreach ($bindings as $key => $value) {
-            $statement->bindValue(
-                is_string($key) ? $key : $key + 1, $value,
-                is_int($value) || is_float($value) ? PDO::PARAM_INT : PDO::PARAM_STR
-            );
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentMySqlConnectionTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentMySqlConnectionTest.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..60f2c7d6ed5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentMySqlConnectionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase;
+
+class EloquentMySqlConnectionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    const TABLE = 'player';
+    const FLOAT_COL = 'float_col';
+    const JSON_COL = 'json_col';
+
+    const FLOAT_VAL = 0.2;
+
+    protected function getEnvironmentSetUp($app)
+    {
+        $app['config']->set('app.debug', 'true');
+
+        // Database configuration
+        $app['config']->set('database.default', 'testbench');
+
+        $app['config']->set('database.connections.testbench', [
+            'driver' => 'mysql',
+            'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+            'username' => 'root',
+            'password' => '',
+            'database' => 'forge',
+            'prefix' => '',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        if (! Schema::hasTable(self::TABLE)) {
+            Schema::create(self::TABLE, function (Blueprint $table) {
+                $table->json(self::JSON_COL)->nullable();
+                $table->float(self::FLOAT_COL)->nullable();
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        DB::table(self::TABLE)->truncate();
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider floatComparisonsDataProvider
+     *
+     * @param float  $value       the value to compare against the JSON value
+     * @param string $operator    the comparison operator to use. e.g. '<', '>', '='
+     * @param bool   $shouldMatch true if the comparison should match, false if not
+     */
+    public function testJsonFloatComparison(float $value, string $operator, bool $shouldMatch): void
+    {
+        DB::table(self::TABLE)->insert([self::JSON_COL => '{"rank":'.self::FLOAT_VAL.'}']);
+        $this->assertSame(
+            $shouldMatch,
+            DB::table(self::TABLE)->where(self::JSON_COL.'->rank', $operator, $value)->exists(),
+            self::JSON_COL.'->rank should '.($shouldMatch ? '' : 'not ')."be $operator $value"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function floatComparisonsDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [0.2, '=', true],
+            [0.2, '>', false],
+            [0.2, '<', false],
+            [0.1, '=', false],
+            [0.1, '<', false],
+            [0.1, '>', true],
+            [0.3, '=', false],
+            [0.3, '<', true],
+            [0.3, '>', false],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testFloatValueStoredCorrectly(): void
+    {
+        DB::table(self::TABLE)->insert([self::FLOAT_COL => self::FLOAT_VAL]);
+        $this->assertEquals(self::FLOAT_VAL, DB::table(self::TABLE)->value(self::FLOAT_COL));
+    }
+}