2 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/ext/psych/lib/psych/visitors/yaml_tree.rb b/ext/psych/lib/psych/visitors/yaml_tree.rb
index 79ca129b83..986c57be70 100644
--- a/ext/psych/lib/psych/visitors/yaml_tree.rb
+++ b/ext/psych/lib/psych/visitors/yaml_tree.rb
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ module Psych
       end
 
       def visit_Exception o
-        dump_exception o, private_iv_get(o, 'mesg')
+        dump_exception o, o.message.to_s
       end
 
       def visit_NameError o
diff --git a/ext/psych/psych_yaml_tree.c b/ext/psych/psych_yaml_tree.c
index 7aca9114c9..225655d127 100644
--- a/ext/psych/psych_yaml_tree.c
+++ b/ext/psych/psych_yaml_tree.c
@@ -2,23 +2,11 @@
 
 VALUE cPsychVisitorsYamlTree;
 
-/*
- * call-seq: private_iv_get(target, prop)
- *
- * Get the private instance variable +prop+ from +target+
- */
-static VALUE private_iv_get(VALUE self, VALUE target, VALUE prop)
-{
-    return rb_attr_get(target, rb_intern(StringValueCStr(prop)));
-}
-
 void Init_psych_yaml_tree(void)
 {
     VALUE psych     = rb_define_module("Psych");
     VALUE visitors  = rb_define_module_under(psych, "Visitors");
     VALUE visitor   = rb_define_class_under(visitors, "Visitor", rb_cObject);
     cPsychVisitorsYamlTree = rb_define_class_under(visitors, "YAMLTree", visitor);
-
-    rb_define_private_method(cPsychVisitorsYamlTree, "private_iv_get", private_iv_get, 2);
 }
 /* vim: set noet sws=4 sw=4: */