diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0960ef7b..2710a133 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - A logger passed in via `river.Config` now overrides the default test-based logger when using `rivertest.NewWorker`. [PR #980](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/980).
 - Cleaner retention periods (`CancelledJobRetentionPeriod`, `CompletedJobRetentionPeriod`, `DiscardedJobRetentionPeriod`) can be configured to -1 to disable them so that the corresponding type of job is retained indefinitely. [PR #990](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/990).
 - Jobs inserted from periodic jobs with IDs now have metadata `river:periodic_job_id` set so they can be traced back to the periodic job that inserted them. [PR #992](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/992).
+- The unused function `WorkerDefaults.Hooks` has been removed. This is technically a breaking change, but this function was a vestigal refactoring artifact that was never used by anything, so in practice it shouldn't be breaking. [PR #997](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/997).
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/worker.go b/worker.go
index 1a5aedf6..ff33a832 100644
--- a/worker.go
+++ b/worker.go
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ type Worker[T JobArgs] interface {
 // struct to make it fulfill the Worker interface with default values.
 type WorkerDefaults[T JobArgs] struct{}
 
-func (w WorkerDefaults[T]) Hooks(*rivertype.JobRow) []rivertype.Hook { return nil }
-
 func (w WorkerDefaults[T]) Middleware(*rivertype.JobRow) []rivertype.WorkerMiddleware { return nil }
 
 // NextRetry returns an empty time.Time{} to avoid setting any job or