diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 44106dc1..80351b25 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bootstrap: ## Download and install all go dependencies (+ prep tooling in the ./
 	[ -f "$(TEMPDIR)/goreleaser" ] || curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser.sh | sh -s -- -b $(TEMPDIR)/ v0.140.0
 
 .PHONY: static-analysis
-static-analysis: lint check-licenses validate-schema
+static-analysis: lint check-licenses
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: ## Run gofmt + golangci lint checks
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@ lint: ## Run gofmt + golangci lint checks
 	$(eval MALFORMED_FILENAMES := $(shell find . | grep -e ':'))
 	@bash -c "[[ '$(MALFORMED_FILENAMES)' == '' ]] || (printf '\nfound unsupported filename characters:\n$(MALFORMED_FILENAMES)\n\n' && false)"
 
-.PHONY: validate-schema
-validate-schema:
-	# ensure the codebase is only referencing a single grype-db schema version, multiple is not allowed
-	python test/validate_schema.py
-
 .PHONY: validate-cyclonedx-schema
 validate-cyclonedx-schema:
 	cd schema/cyclonedx && make
diff --git a/test/validate_schema.py b/test/validate_schema.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 285ecce5..00000000
--- a/test/validate_schema.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
-import re
-import os
-import sys
-
-pattern = re.compile(r'github.com/anchore/grype-db/pkg/db/v(?P<version>\d+)')
-
-def main():
-    schema_versions_found = set()
-
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
-        for file in files:
-            if not file.endswith(".go"):
-                continue
-            with open(os.path.join(root, file)) as f:
-                for match in pattern.findall(f.read(), re.MULTILINE):
-                    schema_versions_found.add(match)
-
-    num_schemas = len(schema_versions_found)
-    if num_schemas != 1:
-        sys.exit("Found multiple schemas: %s" % repr(schema_versions_found))
-
-    try:
-        for x in schema_versions_found:
-            int(x)
-    except Exception:
-        sys.exit("Non-numeric schema found: %s" % repr(schema_versions_found))
-
-    print("Schemas Found: %s" % repr(schema_versions_found))
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()