diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm
index fbf64d45..f800c41a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("Builds");
   data_type: 'integer'
   is_nullable: 1
 
-=head2 errormsg
-
-  data_type: 'text'
-  is_nullable: 1
-
 =head2 size
 
   data_type: 'bigint'
@@ -249,8 +244,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 1 },
   "buildstatus",
   { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "errormsg",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
   "size",
   { data_type => "bigint", is_nullable => 1 },
   "closuresize",
@@ -544,8 +537,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->many_to_many(
 );
 
 
-# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07043 @ 2015-10-27 13:54:16
-# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:iN9vwO5i3dURKOTgaPTHxw
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07043 @ 2016-02-12 17:20:42
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:/8aVtXu/+o0jmKHnSzwt+g
 
 __PACKAGE__->has_many(
   "dependents",
diff --git a/src/root/build.tt b/src/root/build.tt
index 3cafc571..1ed16fd8 100644
--- a/src/root/build.tt
+++ b/src/root/build.tt
@@ -280,11 +280,6 @@ FOR step IN steps; IF step.busy; busy = 1; END; END;
         </table>
       [% END %]
 
-      [% IF build.errormsg && build.buildstatus != 5 %]
-        <h2 id="nix-error">Nix error output</h2>
-        <pre class="buildlog">[% HTML.escape(build.errormsg) %]</pre>
-      [% END %]
-
     [% END %]
 
   </div>
diff --git a/src/sql/hydra.sql b/src/sql/hydra.sql
index 2e7bf0ce..b627684d 100644
--- a/src/sql/hydra.sql
+++ b/src/sql/hydra.sql
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ create table Builds (
     --   0 = succeeded
     --   1 = build of this derivation failed
     --   2 = build of some dependency failed
-    --   3 = other failure (see errorMsg)
+    --   3 = other failure
     --   4 = build cancelled (removed from queue; never built)
     --   5 = build not done because a dependency failed previously (obsolete)
     --   6 = failure with output
@@ -193,8 +193,6 @@ create table Builds (
     --  10 = log limit exceeded
     buildStatus   integer,
 
-    errorMsg      text, -- error message in case of a Nix failure
-
     size          bigint,
     closureSize   bigint,
 
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-44.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-44.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f43f1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-44.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alter table Builds drop column errorMsg;