diff --git a/event-schemas/check.sh b/event-schemas/check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3d411768..00000000
--- a/event-schemas/check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-# Runs z-schema over all of the schema files (looking for matching examples)
-
-if ! which z-schema; then
-  echo >&2 "Need to install z-schema; run: sudo npm install -g z-schema"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-find schema/m.* | while read line
-do
-    split_path=(${line///// })
-    event_type=(${split_path[2]})
-    echo "Checking $event_type"
-    echo "--------------------"
-    # match exact name or exact name with a #<something>
-    find examples -name $event_type -o -name "$event_type#*" | while read exline
-    do
-        echo "    against $exline"
-        # run z-schema: because of bash -e if this fails we bail with exit code 1
-        z-schema schema/$event_type $exline
-    done
-done
diff --git a/event-schemas/check_examples.py b/event-schemas/check_examples.py
index b10b2d0e..5a409407 100755
--- a/event-schemas/check_examples.py
+++ b/event-schemas/check_examples.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import sys
 import json
diff --git a/jenkins.sh b/jenkins.sh
index abafefa8..c58ad473 100755
--- a/jenkins.sh
+++ b/jenkins.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ set -ex
 (cd api && ./check_examples.py)
 (cd scripts && ./gendoc.py -v)
 (cd api && npm install && node validator.js -s "client-server")
-(cd event-schemas/ && ./check.sh)
 
 : ${GOPATH:=${WORKSPACE}/.gopath}
 mkdir -p "${GOPATH}"