diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/cli_docs_sandbox.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/cli_docs_sandbox.test.ts
index 8720fc3c568..1b95d120272 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/cli_docs_sandbox.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/cli_docs_sandbox.test.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ SchnorrAccountContractArtifact
 SchnorrHardcodedAccountContractArtifact
 SchnorrSingleKeyAccountContractArtifact
 StatefulTestContractArtifact
-TestAssertContractArtifact
 TestContractArtifact
 TokenBridgeContractArtifact
 TokenContractArtifact
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
index cb9df33dcde..64878799d9d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { AztecAddress, Contract, ContractDeployer, EthAddress, Fr, Wallet, isContractDeployed } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
 import { CompleteAddress, getContractDeploymentInfo } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
 import { DebugLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-import { TestAssertContractArtifact, TestContractArtifact } from '@aztec/noir-contracts/artifacts';
+import { TestContractArtifact, TokenContractArtifact } from '@aztec/noir-contracts/artifacts';
 import { PXE, TxStatus } from '@aztec/types';
 
 import { setup } from './fixtures/utils.js';
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract', () => {
   it('it should not deploy a contract which failed the public part of the execution', async () => {
     // This test requires at least another good transaction to go through in the same block as the bad one.
     // I deployed the same contract again but it could really be any valid transaction here.
-    const goodDeploy = new ContractDeployer(TestAssertContractArtifact, wallet).deploy(0);
-    const badDeploy = new ContractDeployer(TestAssertContractArtifact, wallet).deploy(1);
+    const goodDeploy = new ContractDeployer(TokenContractArtifact, wallet).deploy(AztecAddress.random());
+    const badDeploy = new ContractDeployer(TokenContractArtifact, wallet).deploy(AztecAddress.ZERO);
 
     await Promise.all([
       goodDeploy.simulate({ skipPublicSimulation: true }),
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml
index bca8b6340bb..0c9dcf0bbcc 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
-    "src/contracts/benchmarking_contract", 
-    "src/contracts/card_game_contract", 
-    "src/contracts/child_contract", 
+    "src/contracts/benchmarking_contract",
+    "src/contracts/card_game_contract",
+    "src/contracts/child_contract",
     "src/contracts/docs_example_contract",
     "src/contracts/easy_private_token_contract",
     "src/contracts/ecdsa_account_contract",
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ members = [
     "src/contracts/schnorr_single_key_account_contract",
     "src/contracts/stateful_test_contract",
     "src/contracts/test_contract",
-    "src/contracts/test_assert_contract",
     "src/contracts/token_contract",
     "src/contracts/token_bridge_contract",
     "src/contracts/uniswap_contract",
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/test_assert_contract/Nargo.toml b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/test_assert_contract/Nargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ddb06f75ef..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/test_assert_contract/Nargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "test_assert_contract"
-authors = [""]
-compiler_version = "0.1"
-type = "contract"
-
-[dependencies]
-aztec = { path = "../../../../aztec-nr/aztec" }
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/test_assert_contract/src/main.nr b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/test_assert_contract/src/main.nr
deleted file mode 100644
index 86a665eca50..00000000000
--- a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/test_assert_contract/src/main.nr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// A contract used in end to end tests
-contract TestAssert {
-    use dep::aztec::selector::compute_selector;
-
-    #[aztec(private)]
-    fn constructor(value: Field) {
-        let selector = compute_selector("assert_is_zero(Field)");
-        context.call_public_function(context.this_address(), selector, [value]);
-    }
-
-    #[aztec(public)]
-    fn assert_is_zero(value: Field) {
-        assert(0 == value);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr
index 73e0c9f3360..0c5cfe44fe9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/src/contracts/token_contract/src/main.nr
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ contract Token {
     // docs:start:import_authwit
     use dep::authwit::{
         auth::{
-            assert_current_call_valid_authwit, 
-            assert_current_call_valid_authwit_public, 
+            assert_current_call_valid_authwit,
+            assert_current_call_valid_authwit_public,
         },
     };
     // docs:end:import_authwit
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ contract Token {
     internal fn _initialize(
         new_admin: AztecAddress,
     ) {
+        assert(new_admin.address != 0, "invalid admin");
         storage.admin.write(new_admin);
         storage.minters.at(new_admin.address).write(true);
     }