diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtils.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtils.java
index 6397c45d48..789007521a 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtils.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtils.java
@@ -296,17 +296,6 @@ public abstract class ScriptUtils {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Read a script from the given resource, using "{@code --}" as the comment prefix
-	 * and "{@code ;}" as the statement separator, and build a String containing the lines.
-	 * @param resource the {@code EncodedResource} to be read
-	 * @return {@code String} containing the script lines
-	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
-	 */
-	static String readScript(EncodedResource resource) throws IOException {
-		return readScript(resource, DEFAULT_COMMENT_PREFIXES, DEFAULT_STATEMENT_SEPARATOR, DEFAULT_BLOCK_COMMENT_END_DELIMITER);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Read a script from the provided resource, using the supplied comment prefixes
 	 * and statement separator, and build a {@code String} containing the lines.
@@ -315,15 +304,15 @@ public abstract class ScriptUtils {
 	 * within a statement — will be included in the results.
 	 * @param resource the {@code EncodedResource} containing the script
 	 * to be processed
+	 * @param separator the statement separator in the SQL script (typically ";")
 	 * @param commentPrefixes the prefixes that identify comments in the SQL script
 	 * (typically "--")
-	 * @param separator the statement separator in the SQL script (typically ";")
 	 * @param blockCommentEndDelimiter the <em>end</em> block comment delimiter
 	 * @return a {@code String} containing the script lines
 	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
 	 */
-	private static String readScript(EncodedResource resource, @Nullable String[] commentPrefixes,
-			@Nullable String separator, @Nullable String blockCommentEndDelimiter) throws IOException {
+	static String readScript(EncodedResource resource, @Nullable String separator,
+			@Nullable String[] commentPrefixes, @Nullable String blockCommentEndDelimiter) throws IOException {
 
 		try (LineNumberReader lnr = new LineNumberReader(resource.getReader())) {
 			return readScript(lnr, commentPrefixes, separator, blockCommentEndDelimiter);
@@ -339,18 +328,18 @@ public abstract class ScriptUtils {
 	 * a statement &mdash; will be included in the results.
 	 * @param lineNumberReader the {@code LineNumberReader} containing the script
 	 * to be processed
-	 * @param lineCommentPrefix the prefix that identifies comments in the SQL script
+	 * @param commentPrefix the prefix that identifies comments in the SQL script
 	 * (typically "--")
 	 * @param separator the statement separator in the SQL script (typically ";")
 	 * @param blockCommentEndDelimiter the <em>end</em> block comment delimiter
 	 * @return a {@code String} containing the script lines
 	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
 	 */
-	public static String readScript(LineNumberReader lineNumberReader, @Nullable String lineCommentPrefix,
+	public static String readScript(LineNumberReader lineNumberReader, @Nullable String commentPrefix,
 			@Nullable String separator, @Nullable String blockCommentEndDelimiter) throws IOException {
 
-		String[] lineCommentPrefixes = (lineCommentPrefix != null) ? new String[] { lineCommentPrefix } : null;
-		return readScript(lineNumberReader, lineCommentPrefixes, separator, blockCommentEndDelimiter);
+		String[] commentPrefixes = (commentPrefix != null) ? new String[] { commentPrefix } : null;
+		return readScript(lineNumberReader, commentPrefixes, separator, blockCommentEndDelimiter);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -362,7 +351,7 @@ public abstract class ScriptUtils {
 	 * within a statement &mdash; will be included in the results.
 	 * @param lineNumberReader the {@code LineNumberReader} containing the script
 	 * to be processed
-	 * @param lineCommentPrefixes the prefixes that identify comments in the SQL script
+	 * @param commentPrefixes the prefixes that identify comments in the SQL script
 	 * (typically "--")
 	 * @param separator the statement separator in the SQL script (typically ";")
 	 * @param blockCommentEndDelimiter the <em>end</em> block comment delimiter
@@ -370,14 +359,14 @@ public abstract class ScriptUtils {
 	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
 	 * @since 5.2
 	 */
-	public static String readScript(LineNumberReader lineNumberReader, @Nullable String[] lineCommentPrefixes,
+	public static String readScript(LineNumberReader lineNumberReader, @Nullable String[] commentPrefixes,
 			@Nullable String separator, @Nullable String blockCommentEndDelimiter) throws IOException {
 
 		String currentStatement = lineNumberReader.readLine();
 		StringBuilder scriptBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 		while (currentStatement != null) {
 			if ((blockCommentEndDelimiter != null && currentStatement.contains(blockCommentEndDelimiter)) ||
-				(lineCommentPrefixes != null && !startsWithAny(currentStatement, lineCommentPrefixes, 0))) {
+				(commentPrefixes != null && !startsWithAny(currentStatement, commentPrefixes, 0))) {
 				if (scriptBuilder.length() > 0) {
 					scriptBuilder.append('\n');
 				}
@@ -642,7 +631,7 @@ public abstract class ScriptUtils {
 
 			String script;
 			try {
-				script = readScript(resource, commentPrefixes, separator, blockCommentEndDelimiter);
+				script = readScript(resource, separator, commentPrefixes, blockCommentEndDelimiter);
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
 				throw new CannotReadScriptException(resource, ex);
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtilsUnitTests.java b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtilsUnitTests.java
index 1abda8e0d5..ec5c832301 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtilsUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ScriptUtilsUnitTests.java
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ public class ScriptUtilsUnitTests {
 
 	private String readScript(String path) throws Exception {
 		EncodedResource resource = new EncodedResource(new ClassPathResource(path, getClass()));
-		return ScriptUtils.readScript(resource);
+		return ScriptUtils.readScript(resource, DEFAULT_STATEMENT_SEPARATOR, DEFAULT_COMMENT_PREFIXES,
+			DEFAULT_BLOCK_COMMENT_END_DELIMITER);
 	}
 
 }