diff --git a/pkg/engine/assert/assert.go b/pkg/engine/assert/assert.go
index cfd8ac95..a778d77d 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/assert/assert.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/assert/assert.go
@@ -7,18 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 )
 
-func Validate(ctx context.Context, assertion interface{}, value interface{}, bindings binding.Bindings) (field.ErrorList, error) {
-	return validate(ctx, nil, assertion, value, bindings)
-}
-
 func Assert(ctx context.Context, assertion Assertion, value interface{}, bindings binding.Bindings) (field.ErrorList, error) {
 	return assert(ctx, nil, assertion, value, bindings)
 }
 
-func validate(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, assertion interface{}, value interface{}, bindings binding.Bindings) (field.ErrorList, error) {
-	return assert(ctx, path, Parse(ctx, assertion), value, bindings)
-}
-
 func assert(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, assertion Assertion, value interface{}, bindings binding.Bindings) (field.ErrorList, error) {
 	return assertion.assert(ctx, path, value, bindings)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/engine/assert/match.go b/pkg/engine/assert/match.go
index 1b77d4fc..c3b8aaf3 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/assert/match.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/assert/match.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func MatchAssert(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, match *v1alpha1.Assert,
 			var fails []error
 			path := path.Child("any")
 			for i, assertion := range match.Any {
-				checkFails, err := validate(ctx, path.Index(i).Child("check"), assertion.Check.Value, actual, bindings)
+				checkFails, err := assert(ctx, path.Index(i).Child("check"), Parse(ctx, assertion.Check.Value), actual, bindings)
 				if err != nil {
 					return fails, err
 				}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func MatchAssert(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, match *v1alpha1.Assert,
 			var fails []error
 			path := path.Child("all")
 			for i, assertion := range match.All {
-				checkFails, err := validate(ctx, path.Index(i).Child("check"), assertion.Check.Value, actual, bindings)
+				checkFails, err := assert(ctx, path.Index(i).Child("check"), Parse(ctx, assertion.Check.Value), actual, bindings)
 				if err != nil {
 					return fails, err
 				}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func Match(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, match *v1alpha1.Match, actual
 func MatchAny(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, assertions []v1alpha1.Any, actual interface{}, bindings binding.Bindings) (field.ErrorList, error) {
 	var errs field.ErrorList
 	for i, assertion := range assertions {
-		_errs, err := validate(ctx, path.Index(i), assertion.Value, actual, bindings)
+		_errs, err := assert(ctx, path.Index(i), Parse(ctx, assertion.Value), actual, bindings)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errs, err
 		}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func MatchAny(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, assertions []v1alpha1.Any,
 func MatchAll(ctx context.Context, path *field.Path, assertions []v1alpha1.Any, actual interface{}, bindings binding.Bindings) (field.ErrorList, error) {
 	var errs field.ErrorList
 	for i, assertion := range assertions {
-		_errs, err := validate(ctx, path.Index(i), assertion.Value, actual, bindings)
+		_errs, err := assert(ctx, path.Index(i), Parse(ctx, assertion.Value), actual, bindings)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errs, err
 		}