diff --git a/lib/native/index.js b/lib/native/index.js
index cc510efb..b766d190 100644
--- a/lib/native/index.js
+++ b/lib/native/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var util = require('util');
 var ConnectionParameters = require(__dirname + '/../connection-parameters');
 
-assert(semver.gte(Native.version, pkg.minNativeVersion));
+var msg = 'Version >= ' + pkg.minNativeVersion + ' of pg-native required.'
+assert(semver.gte(Native.version, pkg.minNativeVersion), msg);
 
 var NativeQuery = require('./query');
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f8bf7de..8b2b2032 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "async": "0.9.0",
     "jshint": "2.5.2"
   },
-  "minNativeVersion": "1.5.0",
+  "minNativeVersion": "1.6.0",
   "scripts": {
     "changelog": "npm i github-changes && ./node_modules/.bin/github-changes -o brianc -r node-postgres -d pulls -a -v",
     "test": "make test-travis connectionString=postgres://postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"
diff --git a/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js b/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js
index 76f2f590..f8ef1ada 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ test("multiple simple queries", function() {
 });
 
 test("multiple select statements", function() {
-  return console.log('DEPRECATED - multiple queries')
   var client = helper.client();
   client.query("create temp table boom(age integer); insert into boom(age) values(1); insert into boom(age) values(2); insert into boom(age) values(3)");
   client.query({text: "create temp table bang(name varchar(5)); insert into bang(name) values('zoom');"});