diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
index 4e721f35ef..e6eedf2f09 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
@@ -77,23 +77,31 @@ func workerClientErrorFrom(err error) (*clienterrors.Error, error) {
 	switch e := err.(type) {
 	case dnfjson.Error:
 		// Error originates from dnf-json
+		reason := fmt.Sprintf("DNF error occurred: %s", e.Kind)
+		details := e.Reason
 		switch e.Kind {
 		case "DepsolveError":
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFDepsolveError, err.Error(), e.Reason), nil
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFDepsolveError, reason, details), nil
 		case "MarkingErrors":
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFMarkingErrors, err.Error(), e.Reason), nil
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFMarkingErrors, reason, details), nil
 		case "RepoError":
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFRepoError, err.Error(), e.Reason), nil
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFRepoError, reason, details), nil
 		default:
 			err := fmt.Errorf("Unhandled dnf-json error in depsolve job: %v", err)
 			// This still has the kind/reason format but a kind that's returned
 			// by dnf-json and not explicitly handled here.
-			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFOtherError, err.Error(), e.Reason), err
+			return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorDNFOtherError, reason, details), err
 		}
 	default:
-		err := fmt.Errorf("rpmmd error in depsolve job: %v", err)
+		reason := "rpmmd error in depsolve job"
+		details := "<nil>"
+		if err == nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("workerClientErrorFrom expected an error to be processed. Not nil")
+		} else {
+			details = err.Error()
+		}
 		// Error originates from internal/rpmmd, not from dnf-json
-		return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorRPMMDError, err.Error(), nil), err
+		return clienterrors.WorkerClientError(clienterrors.ErrorRPMMDError, reason, details), err
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go
index 1f1c2ba047..e3dcfcdc48 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ func TestWorkerClientErrorFromDnfJson(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	clientErr, err := worker.WorkerClientErrorFrom(dnfJsonErr)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	// XXX: this is duplicating the details, see https://github.com/osbuild/images/issues/727
-	assert.Equal(t, clientErr.String(), `Code: 20, Reason: DNF error occurred: DepsolveError: something is terribly wrong, Details: something is terribly wrong`)
+	assert.Equal(t, `Code: 20, Reason: DNF error occurred: DepsolveError, Details: something is terribly wrong`, clientErr.String())
 }
 
 func TestWorkerClientErrorFromOtherError(t *testing.T) {
@@ -28,13 +27,12 @@ func TestWorkerClientErrorFromOtherError(t *testing.T) {
 	// XXX: this is probably okay but it seems slightly dangerous to
 	// assume that any "error" we get there is coming from rpmmd, can
 	// we generate a more typed error from dnfjson here for rpmmd errors?
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "rpmmd error in depsolve job: some error")
-	assert.Equal(t, clientErr.String(), `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job: some error, Details: <nil>`)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "some error")
+	assert.Equal(t, `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job, Details: some error`, clientErr.String())
 }
 
 func TestWorkerClientErrorFromNil(t *testing.T) {
 	clientErr, err := worker.WorkerClientErrorFrom(nil)
-	// XXX: this is wrong, it should generate an internal error
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "rpmmd error in depsolve job: <nil>")
-	assert.Equal(t, clientErr.String(), `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job: <nil>, Details: <nil>`)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "workerClientErrorFrom expected an error to be processed. Not nil")
+	assert.Equal(t, `Code: 23, Reason: rpmmd error in depsolve job, Details: <nil>`, clientErr.String())
 }