diff --git a/sdk/typescript/scripts/release-automation.mjs b/sdk/typescript/scripts/release-automation.mjs
index 02244376..69c04c62 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/scripts/release-automation.mjs
+++ b/sdk/typescript/scripts/release-automation.mjs
@@ -164,15 +164,9 @@ function derChildren(bytes, element) {
   let cursor = element.start;
   while (cursor < element.end) {
     const child = derElement(bytes, cursor, element.end);
-    if (child.end <= cursor) {
-      throw invalidSigningCertificate();
-    }
     children.push(child);
     cursor = child.end;
   }
-  if (cursor !== element.end) {
-    throw invalidSigningCertificate();
-  }
   return children;
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts
index 51c35e4b..a1ec5621 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/release-automation.test.ts
@@ -992,12 +992,6 @@ describe("cryptographically verified npm provenance", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test("fails closed when a certificate child does not advance", () => {
-    expect(readFileSync(automationScript, "utf8")).toMatch(
-      /const child = derElement\(bytes, cursor, element\.end\);\s*if \(child\.end <= cursor\) \{\s*throw invalidSigningCertificate\(\);\s*\}/u,
-    );
-  });
-
   test("rejects empty and noncanonical DER signing certificates", () => {
     const invalidCertificates = [
       Buffer.from([0x30, 0x00]),