diff --git a/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh b/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
index 3b01140996b54c6d1a85ded83528699d3452345b..9cb7581d87fc44e23d5fe2d77d4418ae1cf7e0b3 100755
--- a/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
+++ b/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
@@ -67,4 +67,3 @@ if [ $? != 0 ]; then
   echo "Outputs differ: $NANOPB_TMP_OUTPUT vs src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0"
   exit 1
 fi
-deactivate