diff --git a/check-anchor-scriptsigs.c b/check-anchor-scriptsigs.c
index 8485ff729..49765055a 100644
--- a/check-anchor-scriptsigs.c
+++ b/check-anchor-scriptsigs.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* My example:
- * ./check-anchor-scriptsigs A-open.pb B-open.pb A-anchor-scriptsigs.pb B-anchor-scriptsigs.pb A-commit.tx B-commit.tx > A-anchor.tx
- * ./check-anchor-scriptsigs B-open.pb A-open.pb B-anchor-scriptsigs.pb A-anchor-scriptsigs.pb B-commit.tx A-commit.tx > B-anchor.tx
+ * ./check-anchor-scriptsigs A-open.pb B-open.pb A-anchor-scriptsigs.pb B-anchor-scriptsigs.pb > A-anchor.tx
+ * ./check-anchor-scriptsigs B-open.pb A-open.pb B-anchor-scriptsigs.pb A-anchor-scriptsigs.pb > B-anchor.tx
  */
 #include <ccan/crypto/shachain/shachain.h>
 #include <ccan/short_types/short_types.h>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const tal_t *ctx = tal_arr(NULL, char, 0);
 	OpenChannel *o1, *o2;
 	OpenAnchorScriptsigs *ss1, *ss2;
-	struct bitcoin_tx *anchor, *commit1, *commit2;
+	struct bitcoin_tx *anchor;
 	struct sha256_double txid;
 	u8 *tx_arr;
 	size_t *inmap, *outmap;
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	err_set_progname(argv[0]);
 
 	opt_register_noarg("--help|-h", opt_usage_and_exit,
-			   "<open-channel-file1> <open-channel-file2> <anchor-sig2-1> <anchor-sigs2> <commit-tx1> <commit-tx2>\n"
+			   "<open-channel-file1> <open-channel-file2> <anchor-sig2-1> <anchor-sigs2>\n"
 			   "Output the anchor transaction by merging the scriptsigs",
 			   "Print this message.");
 
  	opt_parse(&argc, argv, opt_log_stderr_exit);
 
-	if (argc != 7)
+	if (argc != 5)
 		opt_usage_exit_fail("Expected 6 arguments");
 
 	o1 = pkt_from_file(argv[1], PKT__PKT_OPEN)->open;
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		->open_anchor_scriptsigs;
 	ss2 = pkt_from_file(argv[4], PKT__PKT_OPEN_ANCHOR_SCRIPTSIGS)
 		->open_anchor_scriptsigs;
-	commit1 = bitcoin_tx_from_file(ctx, argv[5]);
-	commit2 = bitcoin_tx_from_file(ctx, argv[6]);
 
 	anchor = anchor_tx_create(ctx, o1, o2, &inmap, &outmap);
 	if (!anchor)
@@ -62,13 +60,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	bitcoin_txid(anchor, &txid);
 
-	/* Now check that the txid is spent by the commitment txs we created */
-	assert(commit1->input_count == 1 && commit2->input_count == 1);
-	if (!structeq(&txid, &commit1->input[0].txid))
-		errx(1, "%s doesn't spend this anchor", argv[5]);
-	if (!structeq(&txid, &commit2->input[0].txid))
-		errx(1, "%s doesn't spend this anchor", argv[6]);
-
 	/* Print it out in hex. */
 	tx_arr = linearize_tx(ctx, anchor);
 	tx_hex = tal_arr(tx_arr, char, hex_str_size(tal_count(tx_arr)));