diff --git a/src/consumer/utils.ts b/src/consumer/utils.ts
index 032d0bb..d11069e 100644
--- a/src/consumer/utils.ts
+++ b/src/consumer/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import type {Gobbler, NonEmptyString} from 'src/skeleton/types';
 
-import {ok} from 'node:assert';
-
 import {search} from 'src/consumer/search';
 import {mtre} from 'src/symbols';
 
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ export const skip: Gobbler = (content, [start, end], token, i) => {
             : [from, from];
     }
 
-    ok(to <= end, `skip aaaaaaaa end: ${to} <= ${end}`);
-
     return [from, to];
 };