diff --git a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-test-bot.rb b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-test-bot.rb
index e8e40c4454..bab4a45942 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-test-bot.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-test-bot.rb
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ class Test
     formula_object = Formulary.factory(formula)
     return unless satisfied_requirements?(formula_object, :stable)
 
-    installed_gcc = false
-    begin
-      deps = formula_object.stable.deps.to_a
-      if formula_object.devel && !ARGV.include?('--HEAD')
-        deps |= formula_object.devel.deps.to_a
-      end
-      deps.each {|f| CompilerSelector.new(f.to_formula).compiler }
+    installed_gcc = falss
+    deps = formula_object.stable.deps.to_a
+    if formula_object.devel && !ARGV.include?('--HEAD')
+      deps |= formula_object.devel.deps.to_a
+    end
 
+    begin
+      deps.each {|f| CompilerSelector.new(f.to_formula).compiler }
       CompilerSelector.new(formula_object).compiler
     rescue CompilerSelectionError => e
       unless installed_gcc