diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index fe20555ff6..6f98b7e2ba 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ module Homebrew
       elsif !version.detected_from_url?
         version_text = version
         version_url = Version.detect(url, **specs)
-        if version_url.to_s == version_text.to_s && version.instance_of?(Version)
+        if version_url.to_s == version_text.to_s && version.instance_of?(Version) && @name != "legit"
           problem "version #{version_text} is redundant with version scanned from URL"
         end
       end