diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 26532355..48f07907 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -722,10 +722,7 @@ show:
 	@echo OCRD_EXECUTABLES = $(OCRD_EXECUTABLES:$(BIN)/%=%)
 
 check: $(OCRD_EXECUTABLES:%=%-check) $(OCRD_MODULES:%=%-check)
-ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL))
 	. $(ACTIVATE_VENV) && pip check
-	. $(SUB_VENV_TF1)/bin/activate && pip check
-endif
 %-check: ;
 
 .PHONY: testcuda test-cuda test-assets test-workflow