diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
index 3591f9b8aa..b958c9e1ab 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
@@ -284,11 +284,6 @@ export HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT
 export HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT_CURL
 export HOMEBREW_BOTTLE_DEFAULT_DOMAIN
 
-if [[ -n "$HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER" ]] && [[ -z "$HOMEBREW_NO_PATCHELF_RB" ]]
-then
-  export HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB="1"
-fi
-
 if [[ -n "$HOMEBREW_MACOS" && -x "/usr/bin/xcode-select" ]]
 then
   XCODE_SELECT_PATH=$('/usr/bin/xcode-select' --print-path 2>/dev/null)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/global.rb
index fb74e0afa3..f564db2c2a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/global.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 # enables experimental readelf.rb, patchelf support.
-HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB = ENV["HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB"].present?.freeze
+HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB = ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_PATCHELF_RB"].blank?.freeze
 
 module Homebrew
   DEFAULT_PREFIX ||= if Homebrew::EnvConfig.force_homebrew_on_linux?