diff --git a/doc/src/release_notes.rst b/doc/src/release_notes.rst
index 64f8631..449e292 100644
--- a/doc/src/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/src/release_notes.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Version 8.2 (TBD)
 #)  The distributed transaction handle assosciated with the connection is now
     cleared on commit or rollback (`issue 530
     <https://github.com/oracle/python-cx_Oracle/issues/530>`__).
+#)  Stop passing unsupported flags to dpiSodaDocCursor_getNext().
 #)  Added check to ensure that when setting variables or object attributes, the
     type of the temporary LOB must match the expected type.
 #)  In order to follow the PEP 8 naming style a number of parameter names,
diff --git a/src/cxoSodaDocCursor.c b/src/cxoSodaDocCursor.c
index 54bd746..3cb2d6d 100644
--- a/src/cxoSodaDocCursor.c
+++ b/src/cxoSodaDocCursor.c
@@ -97,13 +97,11 @@ static PyObject *cxoSodaDocCursor_getNext(cxoSodaDocCursor *cursor)
 {
     dpiSodaDoc *handle;
     cxoSodaDoc *doc;
-    uint32_t flags;
     int status;
 
-    if (cxoConnection_getSodaFlags(cursor->db->connection, &flags) < 0)
-        return NULL;
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-    status = dpiSodaDocCursor_getNext(cursor->handle, flags, &handle);
+    status = dpiSodaDocCursor_getNext(cursor->handle, DPI_SODA_FLAGS_DEFAULT,
+            &handle);
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
     if (status < 0)
         return cxoError_raiseAndReturnNull();