diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_hardware.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_hardware.rb
index 06c009e768..ff086b1e92 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_hardware.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_hardware.rb
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@ require 'testing_env'
 require 'hardware'
 
 class HardwareTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  # these will raise if we don't recognise your mac, but that prolly 
-  # indicates something went wrong rather than we don't know
   def test_hardware_cpu_type
     assert [:intel, :ppc].include?(Hardware::CPU.type)
   end
 
   def test_hardware_intel_family
-    if Hardware::CPU.type == :intel
-      assert [:core, :core2, :penryn, :nehalem,
-        :arrandale, :sandybridge, :ivybridge, :haswell].include?(Hardware::CPU.family)
-    end
-  end
+    families = [:core, :core2, :penryn, :nehalem, :arrandale, :sandybridge, :ivybridge, :haswell]
+    assert families.include?(Hardware::CPU.family)
+  end if Hardware::CPU.intel?
 end