diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
index cb944b5a73..e28265867e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ def curl_check_http_content(url, user_agents: [:default], check_content: false,
     return "The URL #{url} is not reachable"
   end
 
-  return "#{url} permanently redirects to #{details[:permanent_redirect]}" if url != details[:permanent_redirect]
-
   unless http_status_ok?(details[:status])
     return "The URL #{url} is not reachable (HTTP status code #{details[:status]})"
   end
@@ -205,23 +203,20 @@ def curl_http_content_headers_and_checksum(url, hash_needed: false, user_agent:
     status_code = headers[%r{HTTP/.* (\d+)}, 1]
     location = headers[/^Location:\s*(.*)$/i, 1]
     final_url = location.chomp if location
-    permanent_redirect = location.chomp if status_code == "301"
   end
 
   output_hash = Digest::SHA256.file(file.path) if hash_needed
 
   final_url ||= url
-  permanent_redirect ||= url
 
   {
-    url:                url,
-    final_url:          final_url,
-    permanent_redirect: permanent_redirect,
-    status:             status_code,
-    etag:               headers[%r{ETag: ([wW]/)?"(([^"]|\\")*)"}, 2],
-    content_length:     headers[/Content-Length: (\d+)/, 1],
-    file_hash:          output_hash,
-    file:               output,
+    url:            url,
+    final_url:      final_url,
+    status:         status_code,
+    etag:           headers[%r{ETag: ([wW]/)?"(([^"]|\\")*)"}, 2],
+    content_length: headers[/Content-Length: (\d+)/, 1],
+    file_hash:      output_hash,
+    file:           output,
   }
 ensure
   file.unlink