diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index 0e4500a124..be332481ca 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -1228,9 +1228,8 @@ class ResourceAuditor
         end
       elsif strategy <= SubversionDownloadStrategy
         next unless DevelopmentTools.subversion_handles_most_https_certificates?
-        if !Utils.svn_available?
-          problem "No valid version of svn found"
-        elsif Utils.svn_remote_exists url
+        next unless Utils.svn_available?
+        if Utils.svn_remote_exists url
           problem "The URL #{url} is not a valid svn URL"
         end
       end