diff --git a/stripe/api_requestor.py b/stripe/api_requestor.py
index ee3f71592..220eaf198 100644
--- a/stripe/api_requestor.py
+++ b/stripe/api_requestor.py
@@ -177,9 +177,7 @@ def handle_error_response(self, rbody, rcode, resp, rheaders):
         raise err
 
     def specific_api_error(self, rbody, rcode, resp, rheaders, error_data):
-        message = error_data.get("message") or error_data.get(
-            "developer_message"
-        )
+        message = error_data.get("message")
 
         util.log_info(
             "Stripe API error received",
diff --git a/tests/test_api_requestor.py b/tests/test_api_requestor.py
index 8429bc494..06fa9a57a 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_requestor.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_requestor.py
@@ -734,13 +734,6 @@ def test_extract_error_from_stream_request_for_response(
             400,
         )
 
-    def test_developer_message_in_error(self, requestor, mock_response):
-        mock_response('{"error": {"developer_message": "Unacceptable"}}', 400)
-
-        with pytest.raises(stripe.error.InvalidRequestError) as excinfo:
-            requestor.request("get", self.valid_path, {})
-        assert excinfo.value.user_message == "Unacceptable"
-
     def test_raw_request_with_file_param(self, requestor, mock_response):
         test_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
         test_file.write("\u263A".encode("utf-16"))