diff --git a/tools/src/merger/OpenApiVersionExtractor.ts b/tools/src/merger/OpenApiVersionExtractor.ts
index a70df93ef..33e246c29 100644
--- a/tools/src/merger/OpenApiVersionExtractor.ts
+++ b/tools/src/merger/OpenApiVersionExtractor.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class OpenApiVersionExtractor {
 
   constructor(source_spec: OpenAPIV3.Document, target_version?: string, target_distribution?: string, logger: Logger = new Logger()) {
     this._source_spec = source_spec
-    this._target_version = target_version !== undefined ? (semver.coerce(target_version)?.toString() ?? target_version) : target_version
+    this._target_version = semver.coerce(target_version)?.toString() ?? target_version
     this._target_distribution = target_distribution
     this._logger = logger
     this._spec = undefined
diff --git a/tools/src/tester/StoryEvaluator.ts b/tools/src/tester/StoryEvaluator.ts
index f8b7b46cd..8a375ff3c 100644
--- a/tools/src/tester/StoryEvaluator.ts
+++ b/tools/src/tester/StoryEvaluator.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class StoryEvaluator {
   }
 
   async evaluate({ story, display_path, full_path }: StoryFile, version?: string, distribution?: string, dry_run: boolean = false): Promise<StoryEvaluation> {
-    if (version !== undefined && story.version !== undefined && !StoryEvaluator.#semver_satisfies(version, story.version)) {
+    if (version !== undefined && story.version !== undefined && !semver.satisfies(version, story.version)) {
       return {
         result: Result.SKIPPED,
         display_path,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export default class StoryEvaluator {
       if (dry_run) {
         const title = chapter.synopsis || `${chapter.method} ${chapter.path}`
         evaluations.push({ title, overall: { result: Result.SKIPPED, message: 'Dry Run', error: undefined } })
-      } else if (version != undefined && chapter.version !== undefined && !StoryEvaluator.#semver_satisfies(version, chapter.version)) {
+      } else if (version != undefined && chapter.version !== undefined && semver.satisfies(version, chapter.version)) {
         const title = chapter.synopsis || `${chapter.method} ${chapter.path}`
         evaluations.push({ title, overall: { result: Result.SKIPPED, message: `Skipped because version ${version} does not satisfy ${chapter.version}.`, error: undefined } })
       } else if (distribution != undefined && chapter.distributions !== undefined && !chapter.distributions.includes(distribution)) {
@@ -236,8 +236,4 @@ export default class StoryEvaluator {
   static #failed_evaluation(title: string, message: string): ChapterEvaluation {
     return { title, overall: { result: Result.FAILED, message } }
   }
-
-  static #semver_satisfies(version: string, range: string): boolean {
-    return _.every(range.split(','), (portion) => semver.satisfies(version, portion))
-  }
 }
diff --git a/tools/tests/tester/fixtures/evals/passed.yaml b/tools/tests/tester/fixtures/evals/passed.yaml
index e38fc243f..39cfe6a1f 100644
--- a/tools/tests/tester/fixtures/evals/passed.yaml
+++ b/tools/tests/tester/fixtures/evals/passed.yaml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ chapters:
   - title: This GET /_cat/health should be skipped (> 2.999.0).
     overall:
       result: SKIPPED
-      message: Skipped because version 2.16.0 does not satisfy >= 2.999.0.
+      message: Skipped because version 2.16.0 does not satisfy > 2.999.0.
   - title: This GET /_cat/health should not be skipped (> 2.0, < 10).
     overall:
       result: PASSED