diff --git a/src/connection.rs b/src/connection.rs
index 548924e..8fe3450 100644
--- a/src/connection.rs
+++ b/src/connection.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use libc::{c_char, c_int, c_void};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use {Iterator, Result, Statement};
+use {Result, Statement};
 
 /// A database connection.
 pub struct Connection {
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@ impl Connection {
         ::statement::new(self.raw, statement)
     }
 
-    /// Create an iterator over the resulting rows of a prepared statement.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn iterate<'l, T: AsRef<str>>(&'l self, statement: T) -> Result<Iterator<'l>> {
-        ::iterator::new(try!(::statement::new(self.raw, statement)))
-    }
-
     /// Set a callback for handling busy events.
     ///
     /// The callback is triggered when the database cannot perform an operation
diff --git a/src/statement.rs b/src/statement.rs
index f17c6f4..cc0b252 100644
--- a/src/statement.rs
+++ b/src/statement.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use ffi;
 use libc::{c_double, c_int};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
-use {Result, Type, Value};
+use {Iterator, Result, Type, Value};
 
 /// A prepared statement.
 pub struct Statement<'l> {
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ impl<'l> Statement<'l> {
         self.state = None;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Upgrade the statement to an iterator.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn into_iter(self) -> Result<Iterator<'l>> {
+        ::iterator::new(self)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'l> Drop for Statement<'l> {
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index f8d10ae..a6fb9b4 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fn connection_set_busy_handler() {
 fn iterator() {
     let connection = setup(":memory:");
     let statement = "SELECT id FROM users WHERE id = ?";
-    let mut iterator = ok!(connection.iterate(statement));
+    let mut iterator = ok!(connection.prepare(statement)).into_iter().unwrap();
 
     ok!(iterator.start(&[Value::Integer(1)]));
     assert_eq!(ok!(ok!(iterator.next())), &[Value::Integer(1)]);