diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
index 56f2a5d58a..76f760af9e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
@@ -190,35 +190,32 @@ esac
 # Include some helper functions.
 source "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/utils/helpers.sh"
 
-# Require HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER to be set if HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER is set
-# (and HOMEBREW_NO_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER is not set) for all non-trivial commands
-# (i.e. not defined above this line e.g. formulae or --cellar).
-if [[ -z "${HOMEBREW_NO_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER:-}" && -n "${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER:-}" ]]
+# If HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER is set, verify that the path to our parent
+# process is the same as the value of HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER for all
+# non-trivial commands (i.e. not defined above this line e.g. formulae or --cellar).
+if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER:-}" ]]
 then
-  HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER_WITHOUT_BREW="${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER%/brew}"
-  if [[ -z "${HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER:-}" ]]
+  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_MACOS:-}" ]]
   then
+    source "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/utils/ruby.sh"
+    setup-ruby-path
+    HOMEBREW_BREW_CALLER="$("${HOMEBREW_RUBY_PATH}" "${HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Homebrew/utils/pid_path.rb" "${PPID}")"
+  else
+    HOMEBREW_BREW_CALLER="$(readlink -f "/proc/${PPID}/exe")"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "${HOMEBREW_BREW_CALLER:-}" != "${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER}" ]]
+  then
+    HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER_WITHOUT_BREW="${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER%/brew}"
+
+    # HOMEBREW_ORIGINAL_BREW_FILE set by bin/brew
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
     odie <<EOS
 conflicting Homebrew wrapper configuration!
 HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER was set to ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER}
-but   HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER was unset.
+but \`brew\` was invoked by ${HOMEBREW_BREW_CALLER}.
 
-$(bold "Ensure you run ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER} directly (not ${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE})")!
-
-Manually setting your PATH can interfere with Homebrew wrappers.
-Ensure your shell configuration contains:
-  eval "\$(${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE} shellenv)"
-or that ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER_WITHOUT_BREW} comes before ${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin in your PATH:
-  export PATH="${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER_WITHOUT_BREW}:${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:\$PATH"
-EOS
-  elif [[ "${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER}" != "${HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER}" ]]
-  then
-    odie <<EOS
-conflicting Homebrew wrapper configuration!
-HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER was set to ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER}
-but HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER   was set to ${HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER}
-
-$(bold "Ensure you run ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER} directly (not ${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE})")!
+$(bold "Ensure you run ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER} directly (not ${HOMEBREW_ORIGINAL_BREW_FILE})")!
 
 Manually setting your PATH can interfere with Homebrew wrappers.
 Ensure your shell configuration contains:
@@ -227,6 +224,8 @@ or that ${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER_WITHOUT_BREW} comes before ${HOMEBREW_PREF
   export PATH="${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER_WITHOUT_BREW}:${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:\$PATH"
 EOS
   fi
+
+  unset HOMEBREW_BREW_CALLER
 fi
 
 # commands that take a single or no arguments and need to write to HOMEBREW_PREFIX.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
index 70f2679c00..013ac90441 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ module Homebrew
         ENV["HOMEBREW_TEST_GENERIC_OS"] = "1" if args.generic?
         ENV["HOMEBREW_TEST_ONLINE"] = "1" if args.online?
         ENV["HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME"] = "1"
-        ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER"] = "1"
 
         ENV["USER"] ||= system_command!("id", args: ["-nu"]).stdout.chomp
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb
index ccc51e580a..606ea1d944 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ module Homebrew
         description: "Use this URL as the Homebrew/brew `git`(1) remote.",
         default:     HOMEBREW_BREW_DEFAULT_GIT_REMOTE,
       },
-      HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER:                     {
-        description: "If set, use wrapper to call `brew` rather than auto-detecting it.",
-      },
       HOMEBREW_BROWSER:                          {
         description:  "Use this as the browser when opening project homepages.",
         default_text: "`$BROWSER` or the OS's default browser.",
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ module Homebrew
         boolean:     true,
       },
       HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER:               {
-        description: "If set, require `$HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER` to be set to the same value as " \
+        description: "If set, require `brew` to be invoked by the value of " \
                      "`$HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER` for non-trivial `brew` commands.",
       },
       HOMEBREW_FORCE_VENDOR_RUBY:                {
@@ -393,10 +390,6 @@ module Homebrew
         description: "If set, do not print any hints about changing Homebrew's behaviour with environment variables.",
         boolean:     true,
       },
-      HOMEBREW_NO_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER:            {
-        description: "If set, disables `$HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER` behaviour, even if set.",
-        boolean:     true,
-      },
       HOMEBREW_NO_GITHUB_API:                    {
         description: "If set, do not use the GitHub API, e.g. for searches or fetching relevant issues " \
                      "after a failed install.",
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/pid_path.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/pid_path.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1ae07a78fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/pid_path.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# typed: strict
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "fiddle"
+
+libproc = Fiddle.dlopen("/usr/lib/libproc.dylib")
+
+proc_pidpath = Fiddle::Function.new(
+  libproc["proc_pidpath"],
+  [Fiddle::TYPE_INT, Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP, Fiddle::TYPE_UINT32_T],
+  Fiddle::TYPE_INT,
+)
+
+pid = ARGV[0]&.to_i
+exit 1 unless pid
+
+bufsize = 4 * 1024 # PROC_PIDPATHINFO_MAXSIZE = 4 * MAXPATHLEN
+buf = "\0" * bufsize
+ptr = Fiddle::Pointer.to_ptr(buf)
+
+ret = proc_pidpath.call(pid, ptr, bufsize)
+puts ptr.to_s.strip if ret.positive?
diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 3ed923d1e4..d53e41d1d9 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ unset BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY
 # keg_relocate.rb, formula_cellar_checks.rb, and test/global_spec.rb need to change.
 HOMEBREW_LIBRARY="${HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/Library"
 
-# Use HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER if set.
-export HOMEBREW_ORIGINAL_BREW_FILE="${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE}"
-if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER:-}" ]]
-then
-  HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE="${HOMEBREW_BREW_WRAPPER}"
-fi
-
 # These variables are exported in this file and are not allowed to be overridden by the user.
 BIN_BREW_EXPORTED_VARS=(
   HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE
@@ -168,6 +161,13 @@ then
   export_homebrew_env_file "/etc/homebrew/brew.env"
 fi
 
+# Use HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER if set.
+export HOMEBREW_ORIGINAL_BREW_FILE="${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE}"
+if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER:-}" ]]
+then
+  HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE="${HOMEBREW_FORCE_BREW_WRAPPER}"
+fi
+
 # Copy and export all HOMEBREW_* variables previously mentioned in
 # manpage or used elsewhere by Homebrew.