diff --git a/claudetool/patch.go b/claudetool/patch.go
index b2b5db6..1f3231c 100644
--- a/claudetool/patch.go
+++ b/claudetool/patch.go
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
 	likelyGoFile := strings.HasSuffix(input.Path, ".go")
 
 	autogenerated := likelyGoFile && IsAutogeneratedGoFile(orig)
-	parsed := likelyGoFile && parseGo(orig) != nil
 
 	origStr := string(orig)
 	// Process the patches "simultaneously", minimizing them along the way.
@@ -265,13 +264,6 @@
 	response := new(strings.Builder)
 	fmt.Fprintf(response, "- Applied all patches\n")
 
-	if parsed {
-		parseErr := parseGo(patched)
-		if parseErr != nil {
-			return llm.ErrorfToolOut("after applying all patches, the file no longer parses:\n%w", parseErr)
-		}
-	}
-
 	if autogenerated {
 		fmt.Fprintf(response, "- WARNING: %q appears to be autogenerated. Patches were applied anyway.\n", input.Path)
 	}
@@ -285,12 +277,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func parseGo(buf []byte) error {
-	fset := token.NewFileSet()
-	_, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, "", buf, parser.SkipObjectResolution)
-	return err
-}
-
 // IsAutogeneratedGoFile reports whether a Go file has markers indicating it was autogenerated.
 func IsAutogeneratedGoFile(buf []byte) bool {
 	for _, sig := range autogeneratedSignals {