diff --git a/logrus.go b/logrus.go
index ca7ad77..0c09fbc 100644
--- a/logrus.go
+++ b/logrus.go
@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@ func (level Level) String() string {
 	return "unknown"
 }
 
-// UnmarshalText decodes text to the level.
-func (level *Level) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
-	if len(text) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	parsed, err := ParseLevel(string(text))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	*level = parsed
-	return nil
-}
-
-// MarshalText encodes the level into UTF-8-encoded text and returns the result.
-func (level Level) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
-	return []byte(level.String()), nil
-}
-
 // ParseLevel takes a string level and returns the Logrus log level constant.
 func ParseLevel(lvl string) (Level, error) {
 	switch lvl {
diff --git a/logrus_test.go b/logrus_test.go
index faa79f6..efaacea 100644
--- a/logrus_test.go
+++ b/logrus_test.go
@@ -283,46 +283,6 @@ func TestParseLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "not a valid logrus Level: \"invalid\"", err.Error())
 }
 
-func TestUnmarshalLogLevel(t *testing.T) {
-	jsonString := `["debug","info","warning","error","fatal","panic"]`
-	var levels []Level
-
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &levels)
-	t.Logf("%v", levels)
-
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 6, len(levels))
-	assert.Equal(t, DebugLevel, levels[0])
-	assert.Equal(t, InfoLevel, levels[1])
-	assert.Equal(t, WarnLevel, levels[2])
-	assert.Equal(t, ErrorLevel, levels[3])
-	assert.Equal(t, FatalLevel, levels[4])
-	assert.Equal(t, PanicLevel, levels[5])
-}
-
-func TestMarshalLogLevel(t *testing.T) {
-	str := struct {
-		Debug Level
-		Info  Level
-		Warn  Level
-		Error Level
-		Fatal Level
-		Panic Level
-	}{DebugLevel, InfoLevel, WarnLevel, ErrorLevel, FatalLevel, PanicLevel}
-
-	text, err := json.Marshal(str)
-	testStr := string(text)
-	t.Logf("%s", testStr)
-
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, testStr, `"Debug":"debug"`)
-	assert.Contains(t, testStr, `"Info":"info"`)
-	assert.Contains(t, testStr, `"Warn":"warning"`)
-	assert.Contains(t, testStr, `"Error":"error"`)
-	assert.Contains(t, testStr, `"Fatal":"fatal"`)
-	assert.Contains(t, testStr, `"Panic":"panic"`)
-}
-
 func TestGetSetLevelRace(t *testing.T) {
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {