--- languages/elisp/claude/hooks/validate-el.sh	2026-07-13 23:37:55.474616165 -0500
+++ working/hook-fail-open/validate-el.sh	2026-07-24 10:58:47.774106870 -0500
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 [ -z "$f" ] && exit 0
 [ "${f##*.}" = "el" ] || exit 0
 
-MAX_AUTO_TEST_FILES=20  # skip if more matches than this (large test suites)
-
 # --- Phase 1: syntax + byte-compile ---
 case "$f" in
   */init.el|*/early-init.el)
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@
 esac
 
 count="${#tests[@]}"
-if [ "$count" -ge 1 ] && [ "$count" -le "$MAX_AUTO_TEST_FILES" ]; then
+if [ "$count" -ge 1 ]; then
   load_args=()
   for t in "${tests[@]}"; do load_args+=("-l" "$t"); done
   if ! output="$(emacs --batch --no-site-file --no-site-lisp \