diff --git a/frontend_tests/run-casper b/frontend_tests/run-casper
index 20d4fec9f5..43f6044490 100755
--- a/frontend_tests/run-casper
+++ b/frontend_tests/run-casper
@@ -49,17 +49,12 @@ sys.path.insert(0, ZULIP_PATH)
 from tools.lib import sanity_check
 sanity_check.check_venv(__file__)
 
-from tools.lib.test_script import get_provisioning_status
+from tools.lib.test_script import assert_provisioning_status_ok
 from tools.lib.test_server import test_server_running
 
 from typing import Iterable, List
 
-if not options.force:
-    ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-    if not ok:
-        print(msg)
-        print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-        sys.exit(1)
+assert_provisioning_status_ok(options.force)
 
 os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
 
diff --git a/tools/check-provision b/tools/check-provision
index bdb3744e3d..72da67e780 100755
--- a/tools/check-provision
+++ b/tools/check-provision
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ root_dir = os.path.dirname(tools_dir)
 sys.path.insert(0, root_dir)
 
 from tools.lib.test_script import (
-    get_provisioning_status,
+    assert_provisioning_status_ok,
 )
 
 def run():
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ def run():
                         help='Run tests despite possible problems.')
     options = parser.parse_args()
 
-    if not options.force:
-        ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-        if not ok:
-            print(msg)
-            print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-            sys.exit(1)
+    assert_provisioning_status_ok(options.force)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     run()
diff --git a/tools/lib/test_script.py b/tools/lib/test_script.py
index 9c8c01c9b0..51139de3ac 100644
--- a/tools/lib/test_script.py
+++ b/tools/lib/test_script.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 import os
+import sys
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from version import PROVISION_VERSION
 from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import get_dev_uuid_var_path
@@ -70,3 +71,13 @@ def get_provisioning_status():
             return False, preamble(version) + NEED_TO_DOWNGRADE
 
     return False, preamble(version) + NEED_TO_UPGRADE
+
+
+def assert_provisioning_status_ok(force):
+    # type: (bool) -> None
+    if not force:
+        ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
+        if not ok:
+            print(msg)
+            print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
+            sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index 2f20e52a51..f2a6814ee8 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -44,17 +44,12 @@ def run():
     from tools.linter_lib.pep8 import check_pep8
 
     from tools.lib.test_script import (
-        get_provisioning_status,
+        assert_provisioning_status_ok,
     )
 
     os.chdir(root_dir)
 
-    if not args.force:
-        ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-        if not ok:
-            print(msg)
-            print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-            sys.exit(1)
+    assert_provisioning_status_ok(args.force)
 
     backend_file_types = ['py', 'sh', 'pp', 'json', 'md', 'txt', 'text', 'yaml', 'rst']
     frontend_file_types = ['js', 'ts', 'css', 'scss', 'handlebars', 'html']
diff --git a/tools/run-dev.py b/tools/run-dev.py
index 026291bb6f..48364165ff 100755
--- a/tools/run-dev.py
+++ b/tools/run-dev.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ to this file.
 TOOLS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(TOOLS_DIR))
 from tools.lib.test_script import (
-    get_provisioning_status,
+    assert_provisioning_status_ok,
 )
 
 parser.add_argument('--test',
@@ -67,12 +67,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--enable-tornado-logging',
                     default=False, help='Enable access logs from tornado proxy server.')
 options = parser.parse_args()
 
-if not options.force:
-    ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-    if not ok:
-        print(msg)
-        print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-        sys.exit(1)
+assert_provisioning_status_ok(options.force)
 
 if options.interface is None:
     user_id = os.getuid()
diff --git a/tools/run-mypy b/tools/run-mypy
index cafb3fcb6b..1284e3f346 100755
--- a/tools/run-mypy
+++ b/tools/run-mypy
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ TOOLS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 os.chdir(os.path.dirname(TOOLS_DIR))
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(TOOLS_DIR))
-from lib.test_script import get_provisioning_status
+from lib.test_script import assert_provisioning_status_ok
 
 exclude = """
 stubs/
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--force', action="store_true",
                     help="run tests despite possible provisioning problems")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-if not args.force:
-    ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-    if not ok:
-        print(msg)
-        print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-        sys.exit(1)
+assert_provisioning_status_ok(args.force)
 
 command_name = "mypy" if (args.no_daemon or args.version) else "dmypy"
 
diff --git a/tools/test-api b/tools/test-api
index 14534721a4..75194dfdb9 100755
--- a/tools/test-api
+++ b/tools/test-api
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
 
 from zulip import Client
 
-from tools.lib.test_script import get_provisioning_status
+from tools.lib.test_script import assert_provisioning_status_ok
 from tools.lib.test_server import test_server_running
 from zerver.lib.api_test_helpers import test_the_api, test_invalid_api_key
 
@@ -31,12 +31,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--force', dest='force',
                     default=False, help='Run tests despite possible provisioning problems.')
 options = parser.parse_args()
 
-if not options.force:
-    ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-    if not ok:
-        print(msg)
-        print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-        sys.exit(1)
+assert_provisioning_status_ok(options.force)
 
 with test_server_running(force=options.force, external_host='zulipdev.com:9981'):
     print("Running API tests...")
diff --git a/tools/test-backend b/tools/test-backend
index 70d346c028..d1558c6af7 100755
--- a/tools/test-backend
+++ b/tools/test-backend
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     from zerver.lib.test_fixtures import update_test_databases_if_required
 
     from tools.lib.test_script import (
-        get_provisioning_status,
+        assert_provisioning_status_ok,
     )
 
     os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'zproject.test_settings'
@@ -351,12 +351,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     if full_suite and include_webhooks:
         suites.append("zerver.webhooks")
 
-    if not options.force:
-        ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-        if not ok:
-            print(msg)
-            print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-            sys.exit(1)
+    assert_provisioning_status_ok(options.force)
 
     if options.coverage:
         import coverage
diff --git a/tools/test-js-with-node b/tools/test-js-with-node
index e4ac1b5522..d331c1d4c8 100755
--- a/tools/test-js-with-node
+++ b/tools/test-js-with-node
@@ -105,14 +105,9 @@ parser.add_argument('--force', dest='force',
 parser.add_argument('args', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)
 options = parser.parse_args()
 
-from tools.lib.test_script import get_provisioning_status
+from tools.lib.test_script import assert_provisioning_status_ok
 
-if not options.force:
-    ok, msg = get_provisioning_status()
-    if not ok:
-        print(msg)
-        print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
-        sys.exit(1)
+assert_provisioning_status_ok(options.force)
 
 os.environ['NODE_PATH'] = 'static'
 os.environ['TZ'] = 'UTC'