diff --git a/prost/src/message.rs b/prost/src/message.rs
index ee33eecd9..2d91ede3c 100644
--- a/prost/src/message.rs
+++ b/prost/src/message.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ use alloc::boxed::Box;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
-use core::fmt::Debug;
-
 use bytes::{Buf, BufMut};
 
 use crate::encoding::varint::{encode_varint, encoded_len_varint};
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::DecodeError;
 use crate::EncodeError;
 
 /// A Protocol Buffers message.
-pub trait Message: Debug + Send + Sync {
+pub trait Message: Send + Sync {
     /// Encodes the message to a buffer.
     ///
     /// This method will panic if the buffer has insufficient capacity.