diff --git a/src/array_string.rs b/src/array_string.rs
index ae5ee86..ce98056 100644
--- a/src/array_string.rs
+++ b/src/array_string.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use std::slice;
 use array::{Array, ArrayExt};
 use array::Index;
 use CapacityError;
-use errors::PubCrateNew;
 use odds::char::encode_utf8;
 
 #[cfg(feature="serde-1")]
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 798003d..5bea980 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -10,19 +10,14 @@ pub struct CapacityError<T = ()> {
     element: T,
 }
 
-pub trait PubCrateNew<T> {
-    fn new(elt: T) -> Self;
-}
-
-impl<T> PubCrateNew<T> for CapacityError<T> {
-    fn new(element: T) -> CapacityError<T> {
+impl<T> CapacityError<T> {
+    /// Create a new `CapacityError` from `element`.
+    pub fn new(element: T) -> CapacityError<T> {
         CapacityError {
             element: element,
         }
     }
-}
 
-impl<T> CapacityError<T> {
     /// Extract the overflowing element
     pub fn element(self) -> T {
         self.element
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index dacb6b4..11343b8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ pub use array::Array;
 pub use range::RangeArgument;
 use array::Index;
 pub use array_string::ArrayString;
-use errors::PubCrateNew;
 pub use errors::CapacityError;