diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/sorbet.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/sorbet.rb
index 8bd0c06b28..c4caa0a9a2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/sorbet.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/sorbet.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,5 @@ if ENV["HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME"]
   Homebrew.install_bundler_gems!
   require "sorbet-runtime"
 else
-  begin
-    gem "sorbet-runtime"
-    raise "Loaded `sorbet-runtime` instead of `sorbet-runtime-stub`."
-  rescue Gem::LoadError
-    nil
-  end
-
   require "sorbet-runtime-stub"
 end