diff --git a/functions/fishtape.fish b/functions/fishtape.fish
index 8fa8f5f..7759f92 100644
--- a/functions/fishtape.fish
+++ b/functions/fishtape.fish
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ function fishtape --description "Test scripts, functions, and plugins in Fish"
                 if test ! -f $file
                     echo "fishtape: Invalid file or file not found: \"$file\"" >&2
                     return 1
-                else if ! fish --no-execute $file
-                    echo "fishtape: Syntax errors found in file: \"$file\"" >&2
-                    return 1
                 end
             end