diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28a9a62c8d8..2afd99c0734 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ install-tools:
 
 #### Static checks ####
 
-check: install-tools static tidy check-plugin errdoc check-testing-t
+check: install-tools static tidy generate-errdoc check-plugin check-test
 
 static: install-tools
 	@ echo "gofmt ..."
@@ -160,21 +160,22 @@ tidy:
 	@ go mod tidy
 	git diff go.mod go.sum | cat
 	git diff --quiet go.mod go.sum
-	
+
 	@ for mod in $(SUBMODULES); do cd $$mod && $(MAKE) tidy && cd - > /dev/null; done
 
+generate-errdoc: install-tools
+	@echo "generating errors.toml..."
+	./scripts/generate-errdoc.sh
+
 check-plugin:
-	@echo "checking plugin"
+	@echo "checking plugin..."
 	cd ./plugin/scheduler_example && $(MAKE) evictLeaderPlugin.so && rm evictLeaderPlugin.so
 
-errdoc: install-tools
-	@echo "generator errors.toml"
-	./scripts/check-errdoc.sh
-
-check-testing-t:
-	./scripts/check-testing-t.sh
+check-test:
+	@echo "checking test..."
+	./scripts/check-test.sh
 
-.PHONY: check static tidy check-plugin errdoc docker-build-test check-testing-t
+.PHONY: check static tidy generate-errdoc check-plugin check-test
 
 #### Test utils ####
 
diff --git a/scripts/check-testing-t.sh b/scripts/check-test.sh
similarity index 55%
rename from scripts/check-testing-t.sh
rename to scripts/check-test.sh
index 6d107b5a0d1..c8c5b72c0fe 100755
--- a/scripts/check-testing-t.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-test.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,22 @@ if [ "$res" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Check if there is any inefficient assert function usage in package.
+
+res=$(grep -rn --include=\*_test.go -E "(re|suite|require)\.(True|False)\((t, )?reflect\.DeepEqual\(" . | sort -u) \
+
+if [ "$res" ]; then
+  echo "following packages use the inefficient assert function: please replace reflect.DeepEqual with require.Equal"
+  echo "$res"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+res=$(grep -rn --include=\*_test.go -E "(re|suite|require)\.(True|False)\((t, )?strings\.Contains\(" . | sort -u)
+
+if [ "$res" ]; then
+  echo "following packages use the inefficient assert function: please replace strings.Contains with require.Contains"
+  echo "$res"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/check-errdoc.sh b/scripts/generate-errdoc.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/check-errdoc.sh
rename to scripts/generate-errdoc.sh