From 523d9f839c7070f49f8a4375d93fba60b4b16fb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nose <goyimnose@nothing.blah>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:28:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] j

---
 scripts/run_client.py | 19 ++++---------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/run_client.py b/scripts/run_client.py
index 6af4ab5..afc8144 100644
--- a/scripts/run_client.py
+++ b/scripts/run_client.py
@@ -902,12 +902,6 @@ def main(argv: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int:
         help=
         "Verify that packages from requirements.txt are importable in the venv (after install)",
     )
-    p.add_argument(
-        "--no-verify",
-        action="store_true",
-        help=
-        "Skip verification and do not prompt to install missing dependencies; proceed to run with the chosen Python",
-    )
     p.add_argument(
         "--headless",
         action="store_true",
@@ -1019,7 +1013,7 @@ def main(argv: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int:
             return False
 
     # Skip heavy verification if we are just installing/uninstalling a service
-    do_verify = args.verify or (not args.no_verify and not (args.install_service or args.uninstall_service))
+    do_verify = args.verify and not (args.install_service or args.uninstall_service)
 
     # Prefer the current interpreter if the helper was invoked from a virtualenv
     # and the user did not explicitly pass --venv. This matches the user's likely
@@ -1157,14 +1151,9 @@ def main(argv: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int:
                 return 4
 
             # Default: print a clear warning and proceed to launch with the repository venv
-            if args.no_verify:
-                print(
-                    "Repository venv is missing required packages; proceeding without verification as requested ( --no-verify ). Client may fail to start."
-                )
-            else:
-                print(
-                    "Warning: repository venv appears to be missing required packages. Proceeding to launch with repository venv; the client may fail to start. Use --install-deps to install requirements into the repo venv."
-                )
+            print(
+                "Warning: repository venv appears to be missing required packages. Proceeding to launch with repository venv; the client may fail to start. Use --install-deps to install requirements into the repo venv."
+            )
 
     # Service install/uninstall requests
     if args.install_service or args.uninstall_service: