diff --git a/src/raw_statement.rs b/src/raw_statement.rs
index 61ce568..893ac8b 100644
--- a/src/raw_statement.rs
+++ b/src/raw_statement.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use super::unlock_notify;
 use super::StatementStatus;
 #[cfg(feature = "modern_sqlite")]
 use crate::util::SqliteMallocString;
-use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::os::raw::c_int;
 use std::ptr;
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ pub struct RawStatement {
     tail: bool,
     // Cached indices of named parameters, computed on the fly.
     cache: crate::util::ParamIndexCache,
-    // Cached count of named parameters, computed on first use.
-    bind_parameter_count: Cell<Option<usize>>,
     // Cached SQL (trimmed) that we use as the key when we're in the statement
     // cache. This is None for statements which didn't come from the statement
     // cache.
@@ -36,7 +33,6 @@ impl RawStatement {
         RawStatement {
             ptr: stmt,
             tail,
-            bind_parameter_count: Cell::new(None),
             cache: Default::default(),
             statement_cache_key: None,
         }
@@ -121,9 +117,7 @@ impl RawStatement {
     }
 
     pub fn bind_parameter_count(&self) -> usize {
-        crate::util::get_cached(&self.bind_parameter_count, || unsafe {
-            ffi::sqlite3_bind_parameter_count(self.ptr) as usize
-        })
+        unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_bind_parameter_count(self.ptr) as usize }
     }
 
     pub fn bind_parameter_index(&self, name: &str) -> Option<usize> {
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index c63f944..2b8dcfd 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -9,18 +9,3 @@ pub(crate) use small_cstr::SmallCString;
 mod sqlite_string;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "modern_sqlite", feature = "vtab"))]
 pub(crate) use sqlite_string::SqliteMallocString;
-
-#[inline]
-pub(crate) fn get_cached<T, F>(cache: &std::cell::Cell<Option<T>>, lookup: F) -> T
-where
-    T: Copy,
-    F: FnOnce() -> T,
-{
-    if let Some(v) = cache.get() {
-        v
-    } else {
-        let cb = lookup();
-        cache.set(Some(cb));
-        cb
-    }
-}