diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
index b9c47eba01..dfb0355df2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class FormulaAuditor
       problem "`skip_clean :all` is deprecated; brew no longer strips symbols"
     end
 
-    if text =~ /depends_on (.*)\.new\s*[^(]/
+    if text =~ /depends_on (.*)\.new$/
       problem "`depends_on` can take requirement classes directly"
     end
   end