diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 550b240b65..24cd7a7748 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4778,7 +4778,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "sum_tree",
  "util",
- "verify",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6786,6 +6785,7 @@ name = "util"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "backtrace",
  "futures 0.3.24",
  "git2",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -6845,14 +6845,6 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "verify"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1461855e22..8e9814c448 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ members = [
     "crates/theme_selector",
     "crates/theme_testbench",
     "crates/util",
-    "crates/verify",
     "crates/vim",
     "crates/workspace",
     "crates/zed",
diff --git a/crates/rope/Cargo.toml b/crates/rope/Cargo.toml
index fb7836fab8..bd1dc690db 100644
--- a/crates/rope/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rope/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ smallvec = { version = "1.6", features = ["union"] }
 sum_tree = { path = "../sum_tree" }
 arrayvec = "0.7.1"
 log = { version = "0.4.16", features = ["kv_unstable_serde"] }
-verify = { path = "../verify" }
+util = { path = "../util" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.3"
diff --git a/crates/rope/src/rope.rs b/crates/rope/src/rope.rs
index 569d48dcbd..e4f2bf5011 100644
--- a/crates/rope/src/rope.rs
+++ b/crates/rope/src/rope.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::{
     str,
 };
 use sum_tree::{Bias, Dimension, SumTree};
-use verify::{verify, verify_not};
+use util::debug_panic;
 
 pub use offset_utf16::OffsetUtf16;
 pub use point::Point;
@@ -681,9 +681,10 @@ impl Chunk {
         let mut offset = 0;
         let mut point = Point::new(0, 0);
         for ch in self.0.chars() {
-            verify_not!(point > target, ("point {target:?} is inside of character {ch:?}"), else {
+            if point > target {
+                debug_panic!("point {target:?} is inside of character {ch:?}");
                 return offset;
-            });
+            }
 
             if point == target {
                 break;
@@ -693,13 +694,13 @@ impl Chunk {
                 point.row += 1;
                 point.column = 0;
 
-                verify_not!(
-                    point.row > target.row,
-                    ("point {target:?} is beyond the end of a line with length {}", point.column),
-                    else {
-                        return offset;
-                    }
-                );
+                if point.row > target.row {
+                    debug_panic!(
+                        "point {target:?} is beyond the end of a line with length {}",
+                        point.column
+                    );
+                    return offset;
+                }
             } else {
                 point.column += ch.len_utf8() as u32;
             }
@@ -743,35 +744,26 @@ impl Chunk {
                 point.row += 1;
                 point.column = 0;
 
-                if clip {
-                    if point.row > target.row {
-                        // Return the offset of the newline
-                        return offset;
+                if point.row > target.row {
+                    if !clip {
+                        debug_panic!(
+                            "point {target:?} is beyond the end of a line with length {}",
+                            point.column
+                        );
                     }
-                } else {
-                    verify_not!(
-                        point.row > target.row,
-                        ("point {target:?} is beyond the end of a line with length {}", point.column),
-                        else {
-                            // Return the offset of the newline
-                            return offset;
-                        }
-                    )
+                    // Return the offset of the newline
+                    return offset;
                 }
             } else {
                 point.column += ch.len_utf16() as u32;
             }
 
-            if clip {
-                if point > target {
-                    // Return the offset of the codepoint which we have landed within, bias left
-                    return offset;
+            if point > target {
+                if !clip {
+                    debug_panic!("point {target:?} is inside of codepoint {ch:?}");
                 }
-            } else {
-                verify_not!(point > target, ("point {target:?} is inside of codepoint {ch:?}"), else {
-                    // Return the offset of the codepoint which we have landed within, bias left
-                    return offset;
-                });
+                // Return the offset of the codepoint which we have landed within, bias left
+                return offset;
             }
 
             offset += ch.len_utf8();
diff --git a/crates/util/Cargo.toml b/crates/util/Cargo.toml
index c083137156..fc16eeb53c 100644
--- a/crates/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ test-support = ["serde_json", "tempdir", "git2"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.38"
+backtrace = "0.3"
 futures = "0.3"
 log = { version = "0.4.16", features = ["kv_unstable_serde"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/crates/util/src/lib.rs b/crates/util/src/lib.rs
index e35f2df7d4..22d63a0996 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-support"))]
 pub mod test;
 
+pub use backtrace::Backtrace;
 use futures::Future;
 use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, Rng};
 use std::{
@@ -10,6 +11,18 @@ use std::{
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! debug_panic {
+    ( $($fmt_arg:tt)* ) => {
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            panic!( $($fmt_arg)* );
+        } else {
+            let backtrace = $crate::Backtrace::new();
+            log::error!("{}\n{:?}", format_args!($($fmt_arg)*), backtrace);
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 pub fn truncate(s: &str, max_chars: usize) -> &str {
     match s.char_indices().nth(max_chars) {
         None => s,
diff --git a/crates/verify/Cargo.toml b/crates/verify/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 72d64511f3..0000000000
--- a/crates/verify/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "verify"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-
-[lib]
-path = "src/verify.rs"
-
-[dependencies]
-backtrace = "0.3"
-log = "0.4"
diff --git a/crates/verify/src/verify.rs b/crates/verify/src/verify.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e1a4a5c89..0000000000
--- a/crates/verify/src/verify.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-pub use backtrace::Backtrace;
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! verify {
-    ( $expression:expr, else $block:expr ) => {
-        verify!($expression, (""), else $block)
-    };
-
-    ( $expression:expr, ( $($fmt_arg:tt)* ), else $block:expr ) => {{
-        let verify_str = stringify!($expression);
-
-        if !$expression {
-            if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
-                panic!("Claim failed {:?}: {}", verify_str, format_args!($($fmt_arg)*));
-            } else {
-                let backtrace = $crate::Backtrace::new();
-                log::error!("Claim failed {:?}\n{:?}", verify_str, backtrace);
-                $block
-            }
-        }
-    }};
-}
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! verify_not {
-    ( $expression:expr, else $block:expr ) => {
-        verify_not!($expression, (""), else $block)
-    };
-
-    ( $expression:expr, ( $($fmt_arg:tt)* ), else $block:expr ) => {
-        verify!(!$expression, ( $($fmt_arg)* ), else $block)
-    };
-}