diff --git a/core/src/local/derive.rs b/core/src/local/derive.rs
index 549f975..40410d7 100644
--- a/core/src/local/derive.rs
+++ b/core/src/local/derive.rs
@@ -611,21 +611,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(extract_items(body), vec![item("middle", false, 1)]);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn items_reject_near_misses() {
-        // Each of these is prose, and each has been someone's bug report somewhere.
-        for body in [
-            "-[ ] no space after the dash",
-            "- [] empty brackets",
-            "- [ ]no space after the brackets",
-            "- [y] not a mark",
-            "a [ ] mid sentence",
-            "[ ] no bullet at all",
-        ] {
-            assert!(extract_items(body).is_empty(), "should be prose: {body}");
-        }
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn items_accept_star_bullets_and_indentation() {
         // `*` because markdown.ts already takes it for a plain bullet.
diff --git a/core/testdata/grammar.json b/core/testdata/grammar.json
index 37679db..9c3e674 100644
--- a/core/testdata/grammar.json
+++ b/core/testdata/grammar.json
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     { "line": "+ [ ] plus bullet", "item": null },
     { "line": "- [y] x", "item": null },
     { "line": "- [  ] x", "item": null },
+    { "line": "- [] empty brackets", "item": null },
+    { "line": "[ ] no bullet at all", "item": null },
     { "line": "text - [ ] x", "item": null },
     { "line": "- milk", "item": null },
     { "line": "", "item": null }
diff --git a/tests/test_notes.py b/tests/test_notes.py
index 34e2b33..961f02b 100644
--- a/tests/test_notes.py
+++ b/tests/test_notes.py
@@ -548,21 +548,6 @@ def test_parse_items_between_paragraphs():
     assert [i.text for i in parse_items("before\n- [ ] middle\nafter")] == ["middle"]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "body",
-    [
-        "-[ ] no space after the dash",
-        "- [] empty brackets",
-        "- [ ]no space after the brackets",
-        "- [y] not a mark",
-        "a [ ] mid sentence",
-        "[ ] no bullet at all",
-    ],
-)
-def test_parse_items_rejects_near_misses(body):
-    assert parse_items(body) == []
-
-
 def test_parse_items_accepts_star_bullets_and_indentation():
     # `*` because markdown.ts already takes it for a plain bullet.
     body = "* [ ] star\n    - [x] indented"