diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index 08389d29ba..e0b409f32d 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -403,16 +403,6 @@ impl LocalEnv {
                 self.pg_distrib_dir.display()
             );
         }
-        for binary in ["pageserver", "safekeeper"] {
-            if !self.zenith_distrib_dir.join(binary).exists() {
-                bail!(
-                    "Can't find binary '{}' in zenith distrib dir '{}'",
-                    binary,
-                    self.zenith_distrib_dir.display()
-                );
-            }
-        }
-
         for binary in ["pageserver", "safekeeper"] {
             if !self.zenith_distrib_dir.join(binary).exists() {
                 bail!(
@@ -421,12 +411,6 @@ impl LocalEnv {
                 );
             }
         }
-        if !self.pg_distrib_dir.join("bin/postgres").exists() {
-            bail!(
-                "Can't find postgres binary at {}",
-                self.pg_distrib_dir.display()
-            );
-        }
 
         fs::create_dir(&base_path)?;