diff --git a/jrpc2_test.go b/jrpc2_test.go
index f10b920..61fc8e4 100644
--- a/jrpc2_test.go
+++ b/jrpc2_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ var (
 	_ code.ErrCoder = (*jrpc2.Error)(nil)
 )
 
-var notAuthorized = code.Register(-32095, "request not authorized")
-
 var testOK = handler.New(func(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return "OK", nil
 })
@@ -1038,85 +1036,6 @@ func TestContextPlumbing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Verify that the request-checking hook works.
-func TestServer_checkRequestHook(t *testing.T) {
-	const wantResponse = "Hey girl"
-	const wantToken = "OK"
-
-	loc := server.NewLocal(handler.Map{
-		"Test": handler.New(func(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-			return wantResponse, nil
-		}),
-	}, &server.LocalOptions{
-		// Enable auth checking and context decoding for the server.
-		Server: &jrpc2.ServerOptions{
-			DecodeContext: jctx.Decode,
-			CheckRequest: func(ctx context.Context, req *jrpc2.Request) error {
-				var token []byte
-				switch err := jctx.UnmarshalMetadata(ctx, &token); err {
-				case nil:
-					t.Logf("Metadata present: value=%q", string(token))
-				case jctx.ErrNoMetadata:
-					t.Log("Metadata not set")
-				default:
-					return err
-				}
-				if s := string(token); s != wantToken {
-					return jrpc2.Errorf(notAuthorized, "not authorized")
-				}
-				return nil
-			},
-		},
-
-		// Enable context encoding for the client.
-		Client: &jrpc2.ClientOptions{
-			EncodeContext: jctx.Encode,
-		},
-	})
-	defer loc.Close()
-	c := loc.Client
-
-	// Call without a token and verify that we get an error.
-	t.Run("NoToken", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var rsp string
-		err := c.CallResult(context.Background(), "Test", nil, &rsp)
-		if err == nil {
-			t.Errorf("Call(Test): got %q, wanted error", rsp)
-		} else if ec := code.FromError(err); ec != notAuthorized {
-			t.Errorf("Call(Test): got code %v, want %v", ec, notAuthorized)
-		}
-	})
-
-	// Call with a valid token and verify that we get a response.
-	t.Run("GoodToken", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, err := jctx.WithMetadata(context.Background(), []byte(wantToken))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Call(Test): attaching metadata: %v", err)
-		}
-		var rsp string
-		if err := c.CallResult(ctx, "Test", nil, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Call(Test): unexpected error: %v", err)
-		}
-		if rsp != wantResponse {
-			t.Errorf("Call(Test): got %q, want %q", rsp, wantResponse)
-		}
-	})
-
-	// Call with an invalid token and verify that we get an error.
-	t.Run("BadToken", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, err := jctx.WithMetadata(context.Background(), []byte("BAD"))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Call(Test): attaching metadata: %v", err)
-		}
-		var rsp string
-		if err := c.CallResult(ctx, "Test", nil, &rsp); err == nil {
-			t.Errorf("Call(Test): got %q, wanted error", rsp)
-		} else if ec := code.FromError(err); ec != notAuthorized {
-			t.Errorf("Call(Test): got code %v, want %v", ec, notAuthorized)
-		}
-	})
-}
-
 // Verify that calling a wrapped method which takes no parameters, but in which
 // the caller provided parameters, will correctly report an error.
 func TestHandler_noParams(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/opts.go b/opts.go
index d9cf062..cdb4109 100644
--- a/opts.go
+++ b/opts.go
@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ type ServerOptions struct {
 	// If unset, context and parameters are used as given.
 	DecodeContext func(context.Context, string, json.RawMessage) (context.Context, json.RawMessage, error)
 
-	// If set, this function is called with the context and client request
-	// (after decoding, if DecodeContext is set) that are to be delivered to the
-	// handler. If CheckRequest reports a non-nil error, the request fails with
-	// that error without invoking the handler.
-	CheckRequest func(ctx context.Context, req *Request) error
-
 	// If set, use this value to record server metrics. All servers created
 	// from the same options will share the same metrics collector.  If none is
 	// set, an empty collector will be created for each new server.
@@ -110,15 +104,6 @@ func (s *ServerOptions) decodeContext() (decoder, bool) {
 	return s.DecodeContext, true
 }
 
-type verifier = func(context.Context, *Request) error
-
-func (s *ServerOptions) checkRequest() verifier {
-	if s == nil || s.CheckRequest == nil {
-		return func(context.Context, *Request) error { return nil }
-	}
-	return s.CheckRequest
-}
-
 func (s *ServerOptions) metrics() *metrics.M {
 	if s == nil || s.Metrics == nil {
 		return metrics.New()
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 61a3c9f..f133c7f 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ type Server struct {
 	rpcLog  RPCLogger                    // log RPC requests and responses here
 	newctx  func() context.Context       // create a new base request context
 	dectx   decoder                      // decode context from request
-	ckreq   verifier                     // request checking hook
 	expctx  bool                         // whether to expect request context
 	metrics *metrics.M                   // metrics collected during execution
 	start   time.Time                    // when Start was called
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ func NewServer(mux Assigner, opts *ServerOptions) *Server {
 		rpcLog:  opts.rpcLog(),
 		newctx:  opts.newContext(),
 		dectx:   dc,
-		ckreq:   opts.checkRequest(),
 		expctx:  exp,
 		mu:      new(sync.Mutex),
 		metrics: opts.metrics(),
@@ -317,12 +315,6 @@ func (s *Server) setContext(t *task, id string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// Check request.
-	if err := s.ckreq(base, t.hreq); err != nil {
-		t.err = err
-		return false
-	}
-
 	t.ctx = context.WithValue(base, inboundRequestKey{}, t.hreq)
 
 	// Store the cancellation for a request that needs a reply, so that we can