diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb
index 0fa1f7c078..f9cc50a9b7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Homebrew
   def readall
     if ARGV.include?("--syntax")
       scan_files = "#{HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/**/*.rb"
-      ruby_files = Dir.glob(scan_files).reject{|file| file =~ /vendor|cask/ }
+      ruby_files = Dir.glob(scan_files).reject{|file| file.include? '/vendor/' }
 
       Homebrew.failed = true unless Readall.valid_ruby_syntax?(ruby_files)
     end