diff --git a/include/faabric/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.h b/include/faabric/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.h
index 7bbaa3099..ffb2cd078 100644
--- a/include/faabric/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.h
+++ b/include/faabric/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ class SchedulingDecision
                     int32_t appIdx,
                     int32_t groupIdx);
 
+    void removeMessage(int32_t messageId);
+
     std::set<std::string> uniqueHosts();
 
     void print(const std::string& logLevel = "debug");
diff --git a/src/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.cpp b/src/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.cpp
index dafd6f8d5..22d268561 100644
--- a/src/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.cpp
+++ b/src/batch-scheduler/SchedulingDecision.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ SchedulingDecision SchedulingDecision::fromPointToPointMappings(
     return decision;
 }
 
+void SchedulingDecision::removeMessage(int32_t messageId)
+{
+    // Work out the index for the to-be-deleted message
+    auto idxItr = std::find(messageIds.begin(), messageIds.end(), messageId);
+    if (idxItr == messageIds.end()) {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("Attempting to remove a message id ({}) that is not in "
+                     "the scheduling decision!",
+                     messageId);
+        throw std::runtime_error("Removing non-existant message!");
+    }
+    int idx = std::distance(messageIds.begin(), idxItr);
+
+    nFunctions--;
+    hosts.erase(hosts.begin() + idx);
+    messageIds.erase(messageIds.begin() + idx);
+    appIdxs.erase(appIdxs.begin() + idx);
+    groupIdxs.erase(groupIdxs.begin() + idx);
+}
+
 std::set<std::string> SchedulingDecision::uniqueHosts()
 {
     return std::set<std::string>(hosts.begin(), hosts.end());
diff --git a/tests/test/batch-scheduler/test_scheduling_decisions.cpp b/tests/test/batch-scheduler/test_scheduling_decisions.cpp
index e36694812..a58ca52ca 100644
--- a/tests/test/batch-scheduler/test_scheduling_decisions.cpp
+++ b/tests/test/batch-scheduler/test_scheduling_decisions.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,46 @@ TEST_CASE("Test converting point-to-point mappings to scheduling decisions",
     REQUIRE(actual.hosts == expectedHosts);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("Test removing a message from a scheduling decision",
+          "[batch-scheduler]")
+{
+    // Build a scheduling decision
+    auto req = faabric::util::batchExecFactory("foo", "bar", 3);
+    SchedulingDecision decision(req->appid(), req->groupid());
+    decision.addMessage("foo", req->messages(0));
+    decision.addMessage("bar", req->messages(1));
+    decision.addMessage("baz", req->messages(2));
+
+    // Record the original values
+    int nFunctions = decision.nFunctions;
+    int nHosts = decision.hosts.size();
+    int nMessageIds = decision.messageIds.size();
+    int nAppIdxs = decision.appIdxs.size();
+    int nGroupIdxs = decision.groupIdxs.size();
+
+    // Remove message from scheduling decision
+    decision.removeMessage(req->messages(1).id());
+
+    // Check decision after removal
+    REQUIRE(decision.nFunctions == (nFunctions - 1));
+    REQUIRE(decision.hosts.size() == (nHosts - 1));
+    REQUIRE(decision.messageIds.size() == (nMessageIds - 1));
+    REQUIRE(decision.appIdxs.size() == (nAppIdxs - 1));
+    REQUIRE(decision.groupIdxs.size() == (nGroupIdxs - 1));
+
+    // Removing a non-existant id throws an exception
+    REQUIRE_THROWS(decision.removeMessage(req->messages(1).id()));
+
+    // Lastly, drain the decision and check again
+    decision.removeMessage(req->messages(0).id());
+    decision.removeMessage(req->messages(2).id());
+    REQUIRE(decision.nFunctions == 0);
+    REQUIRE(decision.hosts.empty());
+    REQUIRE(decision.messageIds.empty());
+    REQUIRE(decision.appIdxs.empty());
+    REQUIRE(decision.groupIdxs.empty());
+}
+
 TEST_CASE_METHOD(CachedDecisionTestFixture,
                  "Test caching scheduling decisions",
                  "[util]")