diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 5bea9806..380742a8 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ const CAPERROR: &'static str = "insufficient capacity";
 
 #[cfg(feature="std")]
 /// Requires `features="std"`.
-impl<T: Any> Error for CapacityError<T> {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
-        CAPERROR
-    }
-}
+impl<T: Any> Error for CapacityError<T> {}
 
 impl<T> fmt::Display for CapacityError<T> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {