diff --git a/.github/workflows/impress.yml b/.github/workflows/impress.yml
index 9aae0cd28..b0c6fbc31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/impress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/impress.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: show
         run: git log
-      - name: Enforce absence of print statements in code
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          ! git diff origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}..HEAD -- src/backend ':(exclude)**/impress.yml' | grep "print("
       - name: Check absence of fixup commits
         if: always()
         run: |