diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
index 0e1f80cdf..c8f41bc07 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
@@ -245,28 +245,6 @@ class SchemaValidator
         return $ce;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param string $columnName
-     * @param ClassMetadataInfo $class
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    private function columnExistsOnEntity($columnName, $class)
-    {
-        if (isset($class->fieldNames[$columnName])) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        foreach ($class->associationMappings as $assoc) {
-            if ($assoc['isOwningSide']) {
-                foreach ($assoc['joinColumns'] as $columnMapping) {
-                    if ($columnMapping['name'] == $columnName) {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Check if the Database Schema is in sync with the current metadata state.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidatorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidatorTest.php
index 1d68a9bcb..7b77fe507 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidatorTest.php
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ class SchemaValidatorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals(
             array(
-                "The referenced column name 'id' does not have a corresponding field with this column name on the class 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\InvalidEntity1'.",
-                "The join columns of the association 'assoc' have to match to ALL identifier columns of the source entity 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\InvalidEntity2', however 'key3, key4' are missing."
+                "The referenced column name 'id' has to be a primary key column on the target entity class 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\InvalidEntity1'.",
+                "The join columns of the association 'assoc' have to match to ALL identifier columns of the target entity 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\InvalidEntity2', however 'key1, key2' are missing."
             ),
             $ce
         );