diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
index 07525589c6..45fba5500e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def bottle
-    ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_PATCHELF_RB_WRITE"] = "1" unless ENV["HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB_WRITE"].present?
-
     args = bottle_args.parse
 
     return merge(args: args) if args.merge?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb
index eafd25b41e..e8009af519 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module ELFShim
   def patch!(interpreter: nil, rpath: nil)
     return if interpreter.blank? && rpath.blank?
 
-    if HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB_WRITE && ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_PATCHELF_RB_WRITE"].blank?
+    if HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB_WRITE
       save_using_patchelf_rb interpreter, rpath
     else
       save_using_patchelf interpreter, rpath