It was removed here : https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-couchbase/commit/c6fa4ee0413fcd1d1da22bb45390346e9ccff1e9 A customer was using it for: ``` criteriaBuild.append("SELECT META(ord).id AS __id, META(ord).cas AS __cas, " + documentFieldsToSelect + " FROM `order` ord" + unnest.toString() + " WHERE ord.javaClass='com.pepsico.och.orderstore.domain.Order'" + criteria + constraintAppend); propOrders = couchbaseTemplate.findByQuery(Order.class).matching(new StringQuery(criteriaBuild.toString())).all(); ```