diff --git a/airbyte/__init__.py b/airbyte/__init__.py
index 8e143693..6d6f1f7b 100644
--- a/airbyte/__init__.py
+++ b/airbyte/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2024 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
-"""PyAirbyte brings Airbyte ELT to every Python developer.
-
-PyAirbyte brings the power of Airbyte to every Python developer. PyAirbyte provides a set of
-utilities to use Airbyte connectors in Python.
+"""***PyAirbyte brings the power of Airbyte to every Python developer.***
 
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/airbyte.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/airbyte)
 [![PyPI - Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/airbyte)](https://pypi.org/project/airbyte/)
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@
 
 ----------------------
 
-"""
+"""  # noqa: D415
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
diff --git a/airbyte/destinations/base.py b/airbyte/destinations/base.py
index a61522c1..f879d05a 100644
--- a/airbyte/destinations/base.py
+++ b/airbyte/destinations/base.py
@@ -293,10 +293,7 @@ def _write_airbyte_message_stream(
                     )
                 ):
                     if destination_message.type is Type.STATE:
-                        tmp = state_writer.known_stream_names
                         state_writer.write_state(state_message=destination_message.state)
-                        # TODO: DELETEME
-                        assert tmp.issubset(state_writer.known_stream_names)
 
             except exc.AirbyteConnectorFailedError as ex:
                 raise exc.AirbyteConnectorWriteError(