is placeholder in prepare statements deprecated!??

const courses = db.query.userCourses
  .findMany({
    where: eq(placeholder("userId"), userCourses.userId),
    columns: {},
    with: { courses: true },
  })
  .prepare("courses");

'placeholder' is deprecated. typescript (6385) [1, 14]
The signature '(name: "userId"): Placeholder<"userId", any>' of 'placeholder' is deprecated. typescript (6387) [9, 15]