diff --git a/telegram/ext/_jobqueue.py b/telegram/ext/_jobqueue.py
index e646b3429e8..15ff4450b8b 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_jobqueue.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_jobqueue.py
@@ -804,9 +804,6 @@ def __getattr__(self, item: str) -> object:
                 f"Neither 'telegram.ext.Job' nor 'apscheduler.job.Job' has attribute '{item}'"
             ) from exc
 
-    def __lt__(self, other: object) -> bool:
-        return False
-
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
             return self.id == other.id
diff --git a/tests/test_jobqueue.py b/tests/test_jobqueue.py
index 5488eb476b8..d3170696fed 100644
--- a/tests/test_jobqueue.py
+++ b/tests/test_jobqueue.py
@@ -491,10 +491,6 @@ async def test_equality(self, job_queue):
         assert hash(job) != hash(job_2)
         assert hash(job) == hash(job_3)
 
-        assert not job < job
-        assert not job < job_2
-        assert not job < job_3
-
     async def test_process_error_context(self, job_queue, app):
         app.add_error_handler(self.error_handler_context)