diff --git a/rust/src/journal.rs b/rust/src/journal.rs
index 45daf7c6..d53268b3 100644
--- a/rust/src/journal.rs
+++ b/rust/src/journal.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fn print_staging_failure_msg(msg: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 /// Look for a failure from ostree-finalized-stage.service in the journal of the previous boot.
-fn journal_print_staging_failure() -> Result<()> {
+fn impl_journal_print_staging_failure() -> Result<()> {
     let mut j = journal::OpenOptions::default()
         .system(true)
         .local_only(true)
@@ -138,18 +138,9 @@ fn journal_print_staging_failure() -> Result<()> {
     print_staging_failure_msg(None)
 }
 
-mod ffi {
-    use super::*;
-    use glib_sys;
-    use libc;
-
-    use crate::ffiutil::*;
-
-    #[no_mangle]
-    pub extern "C" fn ror_journal_print_staging_failure(
-        gerror: *mut *mut glib_sys::GError,
-    ) -> libc::c_int {
-        int_glib_error(journal_print_staging_failure(), gerror)
+pub(crate) fn journal_print_staging_failure() {
+    if let Err(e) = impl_journal_print_staging_failure() {
+        // Let's not make this fatal
+        eprintln!("warning: Failed to query journal: {}", e);
     }
 }
-pub use self::ffi::*;
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index 1ffeebce..470dca47 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ mod ffi {
         ) -> Result<i32>;
     }
 
+    // journal.rs
+    extern "Rust" {
+        fn journal_print_staging_failure();
+    }
+
     // scripts.rs
     extern "Rust" {
         fn script_is_ignored(pkg: &str, script: &str) -> bool;
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ use crate::core::*;
 mod history;
 pub use self::history::*;
 mod journal;
-pub use self::journal::*;
+pub(crate) use self::journal::*;
 mod initramfs;
 pub(crate) use self::initramfs::*;
 mod lockfile;
diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.cxx b/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.cxx
index e45c952b..8ea334f2 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.cxx
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.cxx
@@ -287,13 +287,7 @@ print_daemon_state (RPMOSTreeSysroot *sysroot_proxy,
 
   g_print ("State: %s\n", txn_proxy ? "busy" : "idle");
 
-  /* this is a bit of a hack; it's just to avoid duplicating this logic Rust side */
-  g_print ("%s%s", get_red_start (), get_bold_start ());
-  g_autoptr(GError) local_error = NULL;
-  if (!ror_journal_print_staging_failure (&local_error))
-    /* let's not make it fatal if somehow this fails */
-    g_print ("Warning: failed to query journal: %s\n", local_error->message);
-  g_print ("%s%s", get_bold_end (), get_red_end ());
+  rpmostreecxx::journal_print_staging_failure ();
 
   if (g_str_equal (policy, "none"))
     {