diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ac76533..a43b567f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Support Faktory's `MUTATE` API ([#87])
 - Make `Failure` struct public ([#89])
-- `Job::failure_message` convenience method ([#89])
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/proto/single/mod.rs b/src/proto/single/mod.rs
index 5320df5f..94ff8d17 100644
--- a/src/proto/single/mod.rs
+++ b/src/proto/single/mod.rs
@@ -291,17 +291,6 @@ impl Job {
     pub fn failure(&self) -> Option<&Failure> {
         self.failure.as_ref()
     }
-
-    /// Error message for this job, if any.
-    ///
-    /// A convenience method that, internally, will check if this
-    /// job has got a [`Failure`] and - if it does - will access
-    /// the failure's message (see [`Failure::message`]).
-    ///
-    /// To access the entire failure, if any, use [`Job::failure`].
-    pub fn failure_message(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        self.failure().as_ref().and_then(|f| f.message.as_deref())
-    }
 }
 
 pub async fn write_command<W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send, C: FaktoryCommand>(
diff --git a/tests/real/community.rs b/tests/real/community.rs
index c5e8c870..358fcc1a 100644
--- a/tests/real/community.rs
+++ b/tests/real/community.rs
@@ -964,10 +964,9 @@ async fn test_panic_and_errors_in_handler() {
 
     // let's verify that errors messages in each job's `Failure` are as expected
     for job in jobs {
-        assert_eq!(
-            job.failure_message().as_ref(),
-            job_kind_vs_error_msg.get(job.kind())
-        );
+        let error_message_got = job.failure().as_ref().unwrap().message.as_ref().unwrap();
+        let error_message_expected = *job_kind_vs_error_msg.get(job.kind()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(error_message_got, error_message_expected);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ async fn mutation_requeue_jobs() {
 
     assert_eq!(job.id(), &job_id); // sanity check
 
-    let failure_info = job.failure().as_ref().unwrap();
+    let failure_info = job.failure().unwrap();
     assert_eq!(failure_info.retry_count, 0);
     assert_eq!(
         failure_info.retry_remaining,
diff --git a/tests/real/utils.rs b/tests/real/utils.rs
index 1ae08534..b14d24ac 100644
--- a/tests/real/utils.rs
+++ b/tests/real/utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use faktory::Job;
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! skip_check {
     () => {