diff --git a/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm b/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm
index af8c2565..ee3ca2f1 100644
--- a/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm
+++ b/lib/SQL/Abstract.pm
@@ -330,10 +330,7 @@ sub _insert_value {
       push @all_bind, @bind;
     },
 
-    # THINK: anything useful to do with a HASHREF ?
-    HASHREF => sub {       # (nothing, but old SQLA passed it through)
-      #TODO in SQLA >= 2.0 it will die instead
-      belch "HASH ref as bind value in insert is not supported";
+    HASHREF => sub {
       push @values, '?';
       push @all_bind, $self->_bindtype($column, $v);
     },
diff --git a/t/01generate.t b/t/01generate.t
index ebe3aad9..6c07b04d 100644
--- a/t/01generate.t
+++ b/t/01generate.t
@@ -317,13 +317,12 @@ my @tests = (
               stmt_q => 'SELECT * FROM `test` WHERE ( `a` < to_date(?, \'MM/DD/YY\') AND `b` = ? )',
               bind   => ['02/02/02', 8],
       },
-      { #TODO in SQLA >= 2.0 it will die instead (we kept this just because old SQLA passed it through)
+      {
               func   => 'insert',
               args   => ['test', {a => 1, b => 2, c => 3, d => 4, e => { answer => 42 }}],
               stmt   => 'INSERT INTO test (a, b, c, d, e) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
               stmt_q => 'INSERT INTO `test` (`a`, `b`, `c`, `d`, `e`) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
-              bind   => [qw/1 2 3 4/, { answer => 42}],
-              warns  => qr/HASH ref as bind value in insert is not supported/i,
+              bind   => [qw/1 2 3 4/, { answer => 42}]
       },
       {
               func   => 'update',