diff --git a/hack/make/.validate b/hack/make/.validate
deleted file mode 100644
index e5919729..00000000
--- a/hack/make/.validate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ -z "$VALIDATE_UPSTREAM" ]; then
-	# this is kind of an expensive check, so let's not do this twice if we
-	# are running more than one validate bundlescript
-	
-	VALIDATE_REPO='https://github.com/containers/skopeo.git'
-	VALIDATE_BRANCH='main'
-
-	git fetch -q "$VALIDATE_REPO" "refs/heads/$VALIDATE_BRANCH"
-	VALIDATE_UPSTREAM="$(git rev-parse --verify FETCH_HEAD)"
-
-	validate_diff() {
-		git diff "$VALIDATE_UPSTREAM" "$@"
-	}
-fi
diff --git a/hack/make/validate-git-marks b/hack/make/validate-git-marks
index daa6950e..3a118053 100755
--- a/hack/make/validate-git-marks
+++ b/hack/make/validate-git-marks
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-source "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")/.validate"
-
-# folders=$(find * -type d | egrep -v '^Godeps|bundles|.git')
-
 IFS=$'\n'
-files=( $(validate_diff --diff-filter=ACMR --name-only -- '*' | grep -v '^vendor/' || true) )
+files=( $(git ls-tree -r HEAD --name-only | grep -v '^vendor/' || true) )
 unset IFS
 
 badFiles=()