diff --git a/lib/context.js b/lib/context.js
index 38b2de28b3..073643b8b6 100644
--- a/lib/context.js
+++ b/lib/context.js
@@ -91,15 +91,3 @@ Context.prototype.retries = function (n) {
   this.runnable().retries(n);
   return this;
 };
-
-/**
- * Inspect the context void of `._runnable`.
- *
- * @api private
- * @return {string}
- */
-Context.prototype.inspect = function () {
-  return JSON.stringify(this, function (key, val) {
-    return key === 'runnable' || key === 'test' ? undefined : val;
-  }, 2);
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/context.spec.js b/test/unit/context.spec.js
index cbcdedb49d..75a85f6c19 100644
--- a/test/unit/context.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/context.spec.js
@@ -66,8 +66,16 @@ describe('Context Siblings', function () {
   });
 });
 
-describe('timeout()', function () {
-  it('should return the timeout', function () {
-    expect(this.timeout()).to.equal(200);
+describe('methods', function () {
+  describe('timeout()', function () {
+    it('should return the timeout', function () {
+      expect(this.timeout()).to.equal(200);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('retries', function () {
+    it('should return the number of retries', function () {
+      expect(this.retries()).to.equal(-1);
+    });
   });
 });