diff --git a/transaction.go b/transaction.go
index 5957071..2809614 100644
--- a/transaction.go
+++ b/transaction.go
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ func cbPAMConv(s C.int, msg *C.char, c C.uintptr_t) (*C.char, C.int) {
 }
 
 // Transaction is the application's handle for a PAM transaction.
-//
-//nolint:errname
 type Transaction struct {
 	handle     *C.pam_handle_t
 	conv       *C.struct_pam_conv
@@ -217,10 +215,6 @@ func start(service, user string, handler ConversationHandler, confDir string) (*
 	return t, nil
 }
 
-func (t *Transaction) Error() string {
-	return Error(t.lastStatus.Load()).Error()
-}
-
 // Item is a an PAM information type.
 type Item int
 
diff --git a/transaction_test.go b/transaction_test.go
index 62b4ce1..0e3a481 100644
--- a/transaction_test.go
+++ b/transaction_test.go
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func Test_Error(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					var status Error
 					if !errors.As(err, &status) || err.Error() != status.Error() {
-						t.Fatalf("error #unexpected status %v vs %v", err.Error(),
+						t.Fatalf("error #unexpected status %#v vs %#v", err.Error(),
 							status.Error())
 					}
 				}