diff --git a/nftnl/Cargo.toml b/nftnl/Cargo.toml
index 37421c1..4ea6a18 100644
--- a/nftnl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nftnl/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ nftnl-1-1-2 = ["nftnl-sys/nftnl-1-1-2"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1.0.4"
-err-derive = "0.3.1"
 log = "0.4"
 nftnl-sys = { path = "../nftnl-sys", version = "0.6.1" }
 
diff --git a/nftnl/src/batch.rs b/nftnl/src/batch.rs
index 6748ebb..bb0e287 100644
--- a/nftnl/src/batch.rs
+++ b/nftnl/src/batch.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 use crate::{MsgType, NlMsg};
+use core::fmt;
 use nftnl_sys::{self as sys, libc};
 use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::ptr;
 
 /// Error while communicating with netlink
-#[derive(err_derive::Error, Debug)]
-#[error(display = "Error while communicating with netlink")]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct NetlinkError(());
 
+impl fmt::Display for NetlinkError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        "Error while communicating with netlink".fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for NetlinkError {}
+
 /// Check if the kernel supports batched netlink messages to netfilter.
 pub fn batch_is_supported() -> std::result::Result<bool, NetlinkError> {
     match unsafe { sys::nftnl_batch_is_supported() } {