diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb
index 21b8c778e7..d97a5a22a1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ class Dependency
       deps.each do |dep|
         next if dependent.name == dep.name
 
-        # we only care about one level of test dependencies.
-        next if dep.test? && @expand_stack.length > 1
-
         case action(dependent, dep, &block)
         when :prune
           next