diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethod.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethod.java
index ffa641a4b..4a19d6f29 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethod.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethod.java
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ public class Neo4jQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 
 	private final Method method;
 
-	private Neo4jQueryMethod(Method method, RepositoryMetadata metadata, ProjectionFactory factory) {
-		super(method, metadata, factory);
-
-		this.method = method;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link Neo4jQueryMethod} from the given parameters. Looks up the correct query to use for following
 	 * invocations of the method given.
@@ -50,8 +44,9 @@ public class Neo4jQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 	 * @param metadata must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param factory must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
-	public static Neo4jQueryMethod of(Method method, RepositoryMetadata metadata, ProjectionFactory factory) {
-		return new Neo4jQueryMethod(method, metadata, factory);
+	public Neo4jQueryMethod(Method method, RepositoryMetadata metadata, ProjectionFactory factory) {
+		super(method, metadata, factory);
+		this.method = method;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/support/Neo4jRepositoryFactory.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/support/Neo4jRepositoryFactory.java
index 9dc0af6b9..c2f8943fd 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/support/Neo4jRepositoryFactory.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/support/Neo4jRepositoryFactory.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Neo4jRepositoryFactory extends RepositoryFactorySupport {
 		public RepositoryQuery resolveQuery(Method method, RepositoryMetadata metadata, ProjectionFactory factory,
 				NamedQueries namedQueries) {
 
-			Neo4jQueryMethod queryMethod = Neo4jQueryMethod.of(method, metadata, factory);
+			Neo4jQueryMethod queryMethod = new Neo4jQueryMethod(method, metadata, factory);
 			if (queryMethod.hasAnnotatedQuery()) {
 				return new StringBasedNeo4jQuery(queryMethod, neo4jOperations);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethodTest.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethodTest.java
index 1e62a1b24..4d592d11f 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethodTest.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/query/Neo4jQueryMethodTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Neo4jQueryMethodTest {
 
 		Method method = repositoryClass.getMethod(name, parameters);
 		ProjectionFactory factory = new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory();
-		return Neo4jQueryMethod.of(method, new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(repositoryClass), factory);
+		return new Neo4jQueryMethod(method, new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(repositoryClass), factory);
 	}
 
 	interface PersonRepository extends Repository<Person, Long> {