diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/source-control-tools/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 set(SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS_TESTS
   test/test-autopatch.sh
   test/test-sanitize-conduit-token.sh
-  test/test-check-revision-accepted.sh
 )
 
 foreach(TEST ${SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS_TESTS})
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/apply-revision.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/apply-revision.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/apply-revision.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/apply-revision.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
   cat <<EOF
 Usage:
 $0 [options] revision_id
-Apply a Differential revision to master and do various sanity checks to ensure
-that it can be landed safely.
+Apply a Differential revision to master and do sanity checks to ensure that it
+can be landed safely.
 
 revision_id               The Differential revision ID (ex: D1234)
 
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@
 REVISION="$1"
 
 TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-"${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/source-control-tools/check-revision-accepted.sh "${REVISION}"
-
-# IMPORTANT NOTE: The patch is trusted past this point because it has been reviewed
-# and accepted. That includes any changes that may affect this script.
-
 # shellcheck source=sanitize-conduit-token.sh
 source "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/source-control-tools/sanitize-conduit-token.sh
 
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/check-revision-accepted.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/check-revision-accepted.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/check-revision-accepted.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-
-set -euxo pipefail
-
-DEFAULT_CURL_COMMAND=curl
-
-help_message() {
-  cat <<EOF
-Usage:
-$0 [options] revision_id
-Return success if the given revision has been accepted in code review.
-
-revision_id               The Phabricator revision ID (ex: D1234)
-
-Options:
-  -h, --help              Display this help message.
-
-Environment Variables:
-  CONDUIT_TOKEN           (required) Conduit token to use for fetching revision status.
-  CURL_COMMAND            (optional) Override the curl call used to fetch the revision status.
-                            Default: ${DEFAULT_CURL_COMMAND}
-EOF
-}
-
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-  echo "Error: Expected one argument"
-  help_message
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-REVISION="$1"
-case ${REVISION} in
-  -h|--help)
-    help_message
-    exit 0
-    ;;
-esac
-
-: "${CURL_COMMAND:=${DEFAULT_CURL_COMMAND}}"
-
-TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-# shellcheck source=sanitize-conduit-token.sh
-source "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/source-control-tools/sanitize-conduit-token.sh
-
-# Temporarily stop verbose logging to prevent leaking CONDUIT_TOKEN
-set +x
-# Fetch the revision and check its review status
-REVISION_RESULT=$("${CURL_COMMAND}" "https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/api/differential.revision.search" \
-  -d "api.token=${CONDUIT_TOKEN}" \
-  -d "constraints[ids][0]=${REVISION:1}") || {
-    echo "Error: Failed to fetch revision '${REVISION}'"
-    echo "curl output:"
-    echo "${REVISION_RESULT}"
-    exit 20
-}
-set -x
-
-ERROR_INFO=$(echo "${REVISION_RESULT}" | jq '.error_info')
-if [ "${ERROR_INFO}" != "null" ]; then
-  echo "Conduit error while fetching '${REVISION}': ${ERROR_INFO}"
-  exit 21
-fi
-
-REVIEW_STATUS=$(echo "${REVISION_RESULT}" | jq '.result.data[].fields.status.value') || {
-  echo "Error: Failed to fetch review status of revision '${REVISION}'"
-  echo "The 'status' fields may be missing or malformed."
-  exit 22
-}
-
-# We only trust code that has been accepted
-if [ "${REVIEW_STATUS}" != "\"accepted\"" ]; then
-  echo "Error: Revision '${REVISION}' is not accepted. Review status is: ${REVIEW_STATUS}"
-  exit 23
-fi
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/land-revision.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/land-revision.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/land-revision.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/land-revision.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,17 @@
 
 TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS="${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/source-control-tools
-"${SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS}"/apply-revision.sh "${REVISION}"
+
+# Copy the apply revision script out of the source tree. This ensures any
+# modifications to that script do not interfere with checks on revision
+# acceptance.
+TEMP_SCRIPT="$(mktemp)"
+cleanup() {
+  rm -f "${TEMP_SCRIPT}"
+}
+trap "cleanup" EXIT
+cp -p "${SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS}"/apply-revision.sh "${TEMP_SCRIPT}"
+"${TEMP_SCRIPT}" "${REVISION}"
 
 # shellcheck source=sanitize-conduit-token.sh
 source "${SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS}"/sanitize-conduit-token.sh
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/test/test-check-revision-accepted.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/test/test-check-revision-accepted.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/test/test-check-revision-accepted.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-
-set -euxo pipefail
-
-export CONDUIT_TOKEN=mock-conduit-token
-
-TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS="${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/source-control-tools
-
-
-mock_curl_accepted() {
-  echo '{"error_info":null,"result":{"data":[{"fields":{"status":{"value":"accepted"}}}]}}'
-}
-export -f mock_curl_accepted
-CURL_COMMAND=mock_curl_accepted "${SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS}"/check-revision-accepted.sh D1234
-
-mock_curl_rejected() {
-  echo '{"error_info":null,"result":{"data":[{"fields":{"status":{"value":"needs-review"}}}]}}'
-}
-export -f mock_curl_rejected
-# shellcheck disable=SC2015
-CURL_COMMAND=mock_curl_rejected "${SOURCE_CONTROL_TOOLS}"/check-revision-accepted.sh D1234 && {
-  echo "Error: Revision should be rejected"
-  exit 1
-} || true
-
-echo "PASSED"