diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
index 28b047d..5522f06 100644
--- a/src/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use {Result, Connection, Statement};
+use raw_statement::RawStatement;
 
 /// Prepared statements LRU cache.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct StatementCache<'conn> {
     conn: &'conn Connection,
-    cache: RefCell<VecDeque<Statement<'conn>>>, // back = LRU
+    cache: RefCell<VecDeque<RawStatement>>, // back = LRU
 }
 
 /// Cacheable statement.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ impl<'c, 's> Drop for CachedStatement<'c, 's> {
     #[allow(unused_must_use)]
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if let Some(stmt) = self.stmt.take() {
-            self.cache.cache_stmt(stmt);
+            self.cache.cache_stmt(stmt.into());
         }
     }
 }
@@ -74,15 +75,18 @@ impl<'conn> StatementCache<'conn> {
     /// Will return `Err` if no cached statement can be found and the underlying SQLite prepare call fails.
     pub fn get<'s>(&'s self, sql: &str) -> Result<CachedStatement<'conn, 's>> {
         let mut cache = self.cache.borrow_mut();
-        let stmt = match cache.iter().rposition(|entry| entry.eq(sql)) {
-            Some(index) => Ok(cache.swap_remove_front(index).unwrap()), // FIXME Not LRU compliant
+        let stmt = match cache.iter().rposition(|entry| entry.sql().to_bytes().eq(sql.as_bytes())) {
+            Some(index) => {
+                let raw_stmt = cache.swap_remove_front(index).unwrap(); // FIXME Not LRU compliant
+                Ok(Statement::new(self.conn, raw_stmt))
+            }
             _ => self.conn.prepare(sql),
         };
         stmt.map(|stmt| CachedStatement::new(stmt, self))
     }
 
     // Return a statement to the cache.
-    fn cache_stmt(&self, mut stmt: Statement<'conn>) {
+    fn cache_stmt(&self, stmt: RawStatement) {
         let mut cache = self.cache.borrow_mut();
         if cache.capacity() == cache.len() {
             // is full
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 62b9106..8512857 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -901,17 +901,6 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "cache")]
-    fn clear_bindings(&mut self) {
-        self.stmt.clear_bindings();
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "cache")]
-    fn eq(&self, sql: &str) -> bool {
-        let c_slice = self.stmt.sql().to_bytes();
-        sql.as_bytes().eq(c_slice)
-    }
-
     fn finalize_(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         let mut stmt = RawStatement::new(ptr::null_mut());
         mem::swap(&mut stmt, &mut self.stmt);
@@ -919,6 +908,14 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'conn> Into<RawStatement> for Statement<'conn> {
+    fn into(mut self) -> RawStatement {
+        let mut stmt = RawStatement::new(ptr::null_mut());
+        mem::swap(&mut stmt, &mut self.stmt);
+        stmt
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'conn> fmt::Debug for Statement<'conn> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         let sql = str::from_utf8(self.stmt.sql().to_bytes());