diff --git a/src/function.rs b/src/function.rs
index 3d37894..9c40d91 100644
--- a/src/function.rs
+++ b/src/function.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ impl<'lua> Function<'lua> {
     ///
     /// If `strip` is true, the binary representation may not include all debug information
     /// about the function, to save space.
-    pub fn dump(&self, strip: bool) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    pub fn dump(&self, strip: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
         unsafe extern "C" fn writer(
             _state: *mut ffi::lua_State,
             buf: *const c_void,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl<'lua> Function<'lua> {
             ffi::lua_pop(lua.state, 1);
         }
 
-        Ok(data)
+        data
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/function.rs b/tests/function.rs
index dd34ae6..b29fb81 100644
--- a/tests/function.rs
+++ b/tests/function.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fn test_dump() -> Result<()> {
     let concat_lua = lua
         .load(r#"function(arg1, arg2) return arg1 .. arg2 end"#)
         .eval::<Function>()?;
-    let concat = lua.load(&concat_lua.dump(false)?).into_function()?;
+    let concat = lua.load(&concat_lua.dump(false)).into_function()?;
 
     assert_eq!(concat.call::<_, String>(("foo", "bar"))?, "foobar");
 
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index f2b2d4a..d34238a 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn test_safety() -> Result<()> {
         Ok(_) => panic!("expected SafetyError, got no error"),
     }
 
-    let bytecode = lua.load("return 1 + 1").into_function()?.dump(true)?;
+    let bytecode = lua.load("return 1 + 1").into_function()?.dump(true);
     match lua.load(&bytecode).exec() {
         Err(Error::SafetyError(msg)) => {
             assert!(msg.contains("binary chunks are disabled in safe mode"))
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn test_load_mode() -> Result<()> {
         Err(e) => panic!("expected SyntaxError, got {:?}", e),
     };
 
-    let bytecode = lua.load("return 1 + 1").into_function()?.dump(true)?;
+    let bytecode = lua.load("return 1 + 1").into_function()?.dump(true);
     assert_eq!(lua.load(&bytecode).eval::<i32>()?, 2);
     assert_eq!(
         lua.load(&bytecode)