diff --git a/spec/database_spec.cr b/spec/database_spec.cr
index 88de311..608c7e6 100644
--- a/spec/database_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/database_spec.cr
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ describe DB::Database do
 
   it "should allow creation of more statements than pool connections" do
     DB.open "dummy://localhost:1027?initial_pool_size=1&max_pool_size=2" do |db|
-      db.build("query1").should be_a(DB::PoolStatement)
-      db.build("query2").should be_a(DB::PoolStatement)
-      db.build("query3").should be_a(DB::PoolStatement)
+      db.build("query1").should be_a(DB::PoolPreparedStatement)
+      db.build("query2").should be_a(DB::PoolPreparedStatement)
+      db.build("query3").should be_a(DB::PoolPreparedStatement)
     end
   end
 
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ describe DB::Database do
   it "should close pool statements when closing db" do
     stmt = uninitialized DB::PoolStatement
     with_dummy do |db|
-      # TODO remove cast
-      stmt = db.build("query1").as(DB::PoolStatement)
+      stmt = db.build("query1")
     end
     stmt.closed?.should be_true
   end
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ describe DB::Database do
 
     it "should build prepared statements if true" do
       with_dummy "dummy://localhost:1027?prepared_statements=true" do |db|
-        db.build("the query").should be_a(DB::PoolStatement)
+        db.build("the query").should be_a(DB::PoolPreparedStatement)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/src/db.cr b/src/db.cr
index faffaa4..71d64c6 100644
--- a/src/db.cr
+++ b/src/db.cr
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ require "./db/driver"
 require "./db/connection"
 require "./db/statement"
 require "./db/pool_statement"
+require "./db/pool_prepared_statement"
 require "./db/pool_unprepared_statement"
 require "./db/result_set"
 require "./db/error"
diff --git a/src/db/database.cr b/src/db/database.cr
index 799f276..95d2ecd 100644
--- a/src/db/database.cr
+++ b/src/db/database.cr
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module DB
 
     @pool : Pool(Connection)
     @setup_connection : Connection -> Nil
-    @statements_cache = StringKeyCache(PoolStatement).new
+    @statements_cache = StringKeyCache(PoolPreparedStatement).new
 
     # :nodoc:
     def initialize(@driver : Driver, @uri : URI)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module DB
     end
 
     # :nodoc:
-    def build(query)
+    def build(query) : PoolStatement
       if prepared_statements?
         fetch_or_build_prepared_statement(query)
       else
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module DB
 
     # :nodoc:
     def build_prepared_statement(query)
-      PoolStatement.new(self, query)
+      PoolPreparedStatement.new(self, query)
     end
 
     # :nodoc:
diff --git a/src/db/pool_prepared_statement.cr b/src/db/pool_prepared_statement.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fe8f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/pool_prepared_statement.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+module DB
+  # Represents a statement to be executed in any of the connections
+  # of the pool. The statement is not be executed in a prepared fashion.
+  # The execution of the statement is retried according to the pool configuration.
+  #
+  # See `PoolStatement`
+  class PoolPreparedStatement < PoolStatement
+    # connections where the statement was prepared
+    @connections = Set(WeakRef(Connection)).new
+
+    def initialize(db : Database, query : String)
+      super
+      # Prepares a statement on some connection
+      # otherwise the preparation is delayed until the first execution.
+      # After the first initialization the connection must be released
+      # it will be checked out when executing it.
+      statement_with_retry &.release_connection
+      # TODO use a round-robin selection in the pool so multiple sequentially
+      #      initialized statements are assigned to different connections.
+    end
+
+    protected def do_close
+      # TODO close all statements on all connections.
+      # currently statements are closed when the connection is closed.
+
+      # WHAT-IF the connection is busy? Should each statement be able to
+      # deallocate itself when the connection is free.
+      @connections.clear
+    end
+
+    # builds a statement over a real connection
+    # the conneciton is registered in `@connections`
+    private def build_statement
+      clean_connections
+      conn, existing = @db.checkout_some(@connections)
+      @connections << WeakRef.new(conn) unless existing
+      conn.build(@query)
+    end
+
+    private def clean_connections
+      # remove disposed or closed connections
+      @connections.each do |ref|
+        conn = ref.target
+        if !conn || conn.closed?
+          @connections.delete ref
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/db/pool_statement.cr b/src/db/pool_statement.cr
index 237dfd9..5a7b51f 100644
--- a/src/db/pool_statement.cr
+++ b/src/db/pool_statement.cr
@@ -3,29 +3,10 @@ module DB
   # a statement from the DB needs to be able to represent a statement in any
   # of the connections of the pool. Otherwise the user will need to deal with
   # actual connections in some point.
-  class PoolStatement
+  abstract class PoolStatement
     include StatementMethods
 
-    # connections where the statement was prepared
-    @connections = Set(WeakRef(Connection)).new
-
     def initialize(@db : Database, @query : String)
-      # Prepares a statement on some connection
-      # otherwise the preparation is delayed until the first execution.
-      # After the first initialization the connection must be released
-      # it will be checked out when executing it.
-      statement_with_retry &.release_connection
-      # TODO use a round-robin selection in the pool so multiple sequentially
-      #      initialized statements are assigned to different connections.
-    end
-
-    protected def do_close
-      # TODO close all statements on all connections.
-      # currently statements are closed when the connection is closed.
-
-      # WHAT-IF the connection is busy? Should each statement be able to
-      # deallocate itself when the connection is free.
-      @connections.clear
     end
 
     # See `QueryMethods#exec`
@@ -60,22 +41,7 @@ module DB
 
     # builds a statement over a real connection
     # the conneciton is registered in `@connections`
-    private def build_statement
-      clean_connections
-      conn, existing = @db.checkout_some(@connections)
-      @connections << WeakRef.new(conn) unless existing
-      conn.build(@query)
-    end
-
-    private def clean_connections
-      # remove disposed or closed connections
-      @connections.each do |ref|
-        conn = ref.target
-        if !conn || conn.closed?
-          @connections.delete ref
-        end
-      end
-    end
+    private abstract def build_statement : Statement
 
     private def statement_with_retry
       @db.retry do
diff --git a/src/db/pool_unprepared_statement.cr b/src/db/pool_unprepared_statement.cr
index de0c517..1a120e5 100644
--- a/src/db/pool_unprepared_statement.cr
+++ b/src/db/pool_unprepared_statement.cr
@@ -4,55 +4,18 @@ module DB
   # The execution of the statement is retried according to the pool configuration.
   #
   # See `PoolStatement`
-  class PoolUnpreparedStatement
-    include StatementMethods
-
-    def initialize(@db : Database, @query : String)
+  class PoolUnpreparedStatement < PoolStatement
+    def initialize(db : Database, query : String)
+      super
     end
 
     protected def do_close
       # unprepared statements do not need to be release in each connection
     end
 
-    # See `QueryMethods#exec`
-    def exec : ExecResult
-      statement_with_retry &.exec
-    end
-
-    # See `QueryMethods#exec`
-    def exec(*args) : ExecResult
-      statement_with_retry &.exec(*args)
-    end
-
-    # See `QueryMethods#exec`
-    def exec(args : Array) : ExecResult
-      statement_with_retry &.exec(args)
-    end
-
-    # See `QueryMethods#query`
-    def query : ResultSet
-      statement_with_retry &.query
-    end
-
-    # See `QueryMethods#query`
-    def query(*args) : ResultSet
-      statement_with_retry &.query(*args)
-    end
-
-    # See `QueryMethods#query`
-    def query(args : Array) : ResultSet
-      statement_with_retry &.query(args)
-    end
-
     # builds a statement over a real connection
     private def build_statement
       @db.pool.checkout.unprepared.build(@query)
     end
-
-    private def statement_with_retry
-      @db.retry do
-        return yield build_statement
-      end
-    end
   end
 end