diff --git a/tooling/nargo_fmt/build.rs b/tooling/nargo_fmt/build.rs
index 5f9583235a3..30a0aed617a 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_fmt/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/nargo_fmt/build.rs
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ fn format_{test_name}() {{
     let expected_output = r#"{output_source}"#;
 
 
-    let (parsed_module, errors) = noirc_frontend::parse_program(&input);
-
-    assert!(errors.is_empty(), "Encountered errors while parsing program);
+    let (parsed_module, _errors) = noirc_frontend::parse_program(&input);
 
     let config = nargo_fmt::Config::of("{config}").unwrap();
     let fmt_text = nargo_fmt::format(&input, parsed_module, &config);