diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index a55d50325d..7649fc094f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ module Homebrew
         odeprecated "`brew audit <cask> --display-failures-only`", "`brew audit <cask>` without the argument"
       end
 
-      Homebrew.auditing = true
-
       require "cask/auditor"
 
       audit_casks.to_h do |cask|