diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/archiving_utils/_prunable_folder.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/archiving_utils/_prunable_folder.py
index b9c74ec0f2ee..afa5279e2c11 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/archiving_utils/_prunable_folder.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/archiving_utils/_prunable_folder.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def prune(self, exclude: set[Path]) -> None:
         """
         Deletes all paths in folder skipping the exclude set
         """
-        assert all(self.basedir in p.parents for p in exclude)  # nosec
 
         after_relpaths = {p.relative_to(self.basedir) for p in exclude}
         to_delete = self.before_relpaths.difference(after_relpaths)