diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index c435682bc..c82ba8ff4 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ func collectTargets(opts BackupOptions, args []string) (targets []string, err er
 			var expanded []string
 			expanded, err := filepath.Glob(line)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, fmt.Sprintf("pattern: %s", line))
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("pattern: %s: %w", line, err)
 			}
 			if len(expanded) == 0 {
 				Warnf("pattern %q does not match any files, skipping\n", line)
diff --git a/cmd/restic/lock.go b/cmd/restic/lock.go
index 851dcefe8..43bc22b4a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/lock.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/lock.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
-	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 )
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func lockRepository(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, exclusive bool)
 
 	lock, err := lockFn(ctx, repo)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ctx, errors.WithMessage(err, "unable to create lock in backend")
+		return nil, ctx, fmt.Errorf("unable to create lock in backend: %w", err)
 	}
 	debug.Log("create lock %p (exclusive %v)", lock, exclusive)
 
diff --git a/internal/errors/errors.go b/internal/errors/errors.go
index 4fd94cbf2..0327ea0da 100644
--- a/internal/errors/errors.go
+++ b/internal/errors/errors.go
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ var Wrap = errors.Wrap
 // nil, Wrapf returns nil.
 var Wrapf = errors.Wrapf
 
-// WithMessage annotates err with a new message. If err is nil, WithMessage
-// returns nil.
-var WithMessage = errors.WithMessage
-
 var WithStack = errors.WithStack
 
 // Go 1.13-style error handling.