diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/brewkit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/brewkit.rb
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index 59a0bf1500..0000000000
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat/brewkit.rb
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-# here so that formula from the repo that are very old can still be installed
-
-require 'formula'