diff --git a/workhorse/Makefile b/workhorse/Makefile
index 267eaa47b579d729a61bfcc87f40a1d380c4fc43..ec937c50c2ce62e9645a1c99a90b3cae9f9a3ebd 100644
--- a/workhorse/Makefile
+++ b/workhorse/Makefile
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ testdata/scratch:
 	mkdir -p testdata/scratch
 
 .PHONY: verify
-verify: lint vet detect-context detect-assert detect-external-tests check-formatting staticcheck deps-check
+verify: lint vet detect-context detect-external-tests check-formatting staticcheck deps-check
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
@@ -165,11 +165,6 @@ detect-context:
 	$(call message,Verify: $@)
 	_support/detect-context.sh
 
-.PHONY: detect-assert
-detect-assert:
-	$(call message,Verify: $@)
-	_support/detect-assert.sh
-
 .PHONY: detect-external-tests
 detect-external-tests:
 	$(call message,Verify: $@)
diff --git a/workhorse/_support/detect-assert.sh b/workhorse/_support/detect-assert.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 351cef763b5e34aa041a88c2c2dc29d3432d5cf6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/workhorse/_support/detect-assert.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-git grep 'testify/assert"' | \
-    grep -e '^[^:]*\.go' | \
-    awk '{
-  print "error: please use testify/require instead of testify/assert"
-  print
-  exit 1
-}'