diff --git a/assistants/explorer-assistant/assistant/chat.py b/assistants/explorer-assistant/assistant/chat.py
index 5cad2525..f2a8d1b7 100644
--- a/assistants/explorer-assistant/assistant/chat.py
+++ b/assistants/explorer-assistant/assistant/chat.py
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ async def on_message_created(
       - @assistant.events.conversation.message.on_created
     """
 
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
-
     # update the participant status to indicate the assistant is thinking
     async with context.set_status_for_block("thinking..."):
         config = await assistant_config.get(context.assistant)
@@ -413,7 +409,7 @@ async def respond_to_conversation(
 
         # check if the completion total tokens exceed the warning threshold
         if completion_total_tokens > token_count_for_warning:
-            content = f"{config.high_token_usage_warning.message}\n\n" f"Total tokens used: {completion_total_tokens}"
+            content = f"{config.high_token_usage_warning.message}\n\nTotal tokens used: {completion_total_tokens}"
 
             # send a notice message to the conversation that the token usage is high
             await context.send_messages(
diff --git a/assistants/guided-conversation-assistant/assistant/chat.py b/assistants/guided-conversation-assistant/assistant/chat.py
index 6b225a5d..77bacb89 100644
--- a/assistants/guided-conversation-assistant/assistant/chat.py
+++ b/assistants/guided-conversation-assistant/assistant/chat.py
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ async def on_message_created(
       - @assistant.events.conversation.message.on_created
     """
 
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
-
     # update the participant status to indicate the assistant is thinking
     await context.update_participant_me(UpdateParticipant(status="thinking..."))
     try:
diff --git a/assistants/prospector-assistant/assistant/chat.py b/assistants/prospector-assistant/assistant/chat.py
index ec2a0088..a0e5df29 100644
--- a/assistants/prospector-assistant/assistant/chat.py
+++ b/assistants/prospector-assistant/assistant/chat.py
@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@ async def on_chat_message_created(
       - @assistant.events.conversation.message.on_created
     """
 
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
-
     # update the participant status to indicate the assistant is thinking
     async with context.set_status_for_block("thinking..."):
         config = await assistant_config.get(context.assistant)
diff --git a/assistants/skill-assistant/assistant/skill_assistant.py b/assistants/skill-assistant/assistant/skill_assistant.py
index 52300f4e..aa08e2a0 100644
--- a/assistants/skill-assistant/assistant/skill_assistant.py
+++ b/assistants/skill-assistant/assistant/skill_assistant.py
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ async def on_message_created(
       - @assistant.events.conversation.message.on_created
     """
 
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
-
     # pass the message to the core response logic
     await respond_to_conversation(context, event, message)
 
@@ -118,10 +114,6 @@ async def on_command_message_created(
     Handle the event triggered when a new command message is created in the conversation.
     """
 
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
-
     # pass the message to the core response logic
     await respond_to_conversation(context, event, message)
 
diff --git a/examples/python/python-02-simple-chatbot/assistant/chat.py b/examples/python/python-02-simple-chatbot/assistant/chat.py
index 6babafac..8f5a76e5 100644
--- a/examples/python/python-02-simple-chatbot/assistant/chat.py
+++ b/examples/python/python-02-simple-chatbot/assistant/chat.py
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ async def on_message_created(
     - To handle all message types, you can use the root event handler for all message types:
       - @assistant.events.conversation.message.on_created
     """
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
 
     # update the participant status to indicate the assistant is thinking
     await context.update_participant_me(UpdateParticipant(status="thinking..."))
diff --git a/examples/python/python-03-multimodel-chatbot/assistant/chat.py b/examples/python/python-03-multimodel-chatbot/assistant/chat.py
index aad16b97..71099207 100644
--- a/examples/python/python-03-multimodel-chatbot/assistant/chat.py
+++ b/examples/python/python-03-multimodel-chatbot/assistant/chat.py
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ async def on_message_created(
     - To handle all message types, you can use the root event handler for all message types:
       - @assistant.events.conversation.message.on_created
     """
-    # ignore messages from this assistant
-    if message.sender.participant_id == context.assistant.id:
-        return
 
     # update the participant status to indicate the assistant is thinking
     await context.update_participant_me(UpdateParticipant(status="thinking..."))