diff --git a/postgres/src/lib.rs b/postgres/src/lib.rs
index a860bc01..cd332579 100644
--- a/postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ impl Connection {
     ///     println!("foo: {}", foo);
     /// }
     /// ```
-    pub fn query(&self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>> {
+    pub fn query(&self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows> {
         let (param_types, columns) = self.0.borrow_mut().raw_prepare("", query)?;
         let info = Arc::new(StatementInfo {
             name: String::new(),
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ pub trait GenericConnection {
     fn execute(&self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<u64>;
 
     /// Like `Connection::query`.
-    fn query<'a>(&'a self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>>;
+    fn query<'a>(&'a self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows>;
 
     /// Like `Connection::prepare`.
     fn prepare<'a>(&'a self, query: &str) -> Result<Statement<'a>>;
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ impl GenericConnection for Connection {
         self.execute(query, params)
     }
 
-    fn query<'a>(&'a self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>> {
+    fn query<'a>(&'a self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows> {
         self.query(query, params)
     }
 
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ impl<'a> GenericConnection for Transaction<'a> {
         self.execute(query, params)
     }
 
-    fn query<'b>(&'b self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>> {
+    fn query<'b>(&'b self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows> {
         self.query(query, params)
     }
 
diff --git a/postgres/src/rows.rs b/postgres/src/rows.rs
index b6073d81..730aa99f 100644
--- a/postgres/src/rows.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/rows.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use std::io;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::slice;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use {Result, StatementInfo};
 use transaction::Transaction;
@@ -35,14 +34,12 @@ impl<'a, T> Deref for MaybeOwned<'a, T> {
 }
 
 /// The resulting rows of a query.
-// FIXME remove lifetime
-pub struct Rows<'compat> {
+pub struct Rows {
     stmt_info: Arc<StatementInfo>,
     data: Vec<RowData>,
-    _marker: PhantomData<&'compat u8>,
 }
 
-impl<'a> fmt::Debug for Rows<'a> {
+impl fmt::Debug for Rows {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         fmt.debug_struct("Rows")
             .field("columns", &self.columns())
@@ -51,17 +48,14 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Debug for Rows<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl Rows<'static> {
-    pub(crate) fn new(stmt: &Statement, data: Vec<RowData>) -> Rows<'static> {
+impl Rows {
+    pub(crate) fn new(stmt: &Statement, data: Vec<RowData>) -> Rows {
         Rows {
             stmt_info: stmt.info().clone(),
             data: data,
-            _marker: PhantomData,
         }
     }
-}
 
-impl<'rows> Rows<'rows> {
     /// Returns a slice describing the columns of the `Rows`.
     pub fn columns(&self) -> &[Column] {
         &self.stmt_info.columns[..]
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@ impl<'rows> Rows<'rows> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Rows<'a> {
+impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Rows {
     type Item = Row<'a>;
     type IntoIter = Iter<'a>;
 
diff --git a/postgres/src/stmt.rs b/postgres/src/stmt.rs
index 5dfb776b..6053c2ce 100644
--- a/postgres/src/stmt.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/stmt.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
         self.conn
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn into_query(self, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>> {
+    pub(crate) fn into_query(self, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows> {
         check_desync!(self.conn);
         let mut rows = vec![];
         self.inner_query("", 0, params, |row| rows.push(row))?;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     ///     println!("foo: {}", foo);
     /// }
     /// ```
-    pub fn query(&self, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>> {
+    pub fn query(&self, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows> {
         check_desync!(self.conn);
         let mut rows = vec![];
         self.inner_query("", 0, params, |row| rows.push(row))?;
diff --git a/postgres/src/transaction.rs b/postgres/src/transaction.rs
index 9421cd25..a7935a45 100644
--- a/postgres/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/postgres/src/transaction.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl<'conn> Transaction<'conn> {
     }
 
     /// Like `Connection::query`.
-    pub fn query<'a>(&'a self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows<'static>> {
+    pub fn query<'a>(&'a self, query: &str, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<Rows> {
         self.conn.query(query, params)
     }