diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4b1b9e6..c571704 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -886,10 +886,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
         for (i, p) in params.iter().enumerate() {
             try!(unsafe {
                 self.conn.decode_result(
-                    // This should be
-                    // `p.bind_parameter(self.stmt.ptr(), (i + 1) as c_int)`
-                    // but that doesn't compile until Rust 1.9 due to a compiler bug.
-                    ToSql::bind_parameter(*p, self.stmt.ptr(), (i + 1) as c_int)
+                    p.bind_parameter(self.stmt.ptr(), (i + 1) as c_int)
                 )
             });
         }
diff --git a/src/named_params.rs b/src/named_params.rs
index d864736..5486074 100644
--- a/src/named_params.rs
+++ b/src/named_params.rs
@@ -205,10 +205,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
         for &(name, value) in params {
             if let Some(i) = try!(self.parameter_index(name)) {
                 try!(self.conn.decode_result(unsafe {
-                    // This should be
-                    // `value.bind_parameter(self.stmt.ptr(), i)`
-                    // but that doesn't compile until Rust 1.9 due to a compiler bug.
-                    ToSql::bind_parameter(value, self.stmt.ptr(), i)
+                    value.bind_parameter(self.stmt.ptr(), i)
                 }));
             } else {
                 return Err(Error::InvalidParameterName(name.into()));