diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
index adf36c4d94..c60bd36860 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ class Requirement
 
     def satisfy(options={}, &block)
       if block_given?
-        options[:userpaths] = true if env.userpaths?
         @satisfied ||= Requirement::Satisfier.new(options, &block)
       else
         @satisfied ||= options
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ class Requirement
       if @options[:build_env]
         require 'superenv'
         ENV.with_build_environment do
-          ENV.userpaths! if @options[:userpaths]
+          ENV.userpaths!
           yield @proc
         end
       else
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_requirement.rb
index 0f1cc02deb..0319e9e252 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_requirement.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_requirement.rb
@@ -45,29 +45,33 @@ class RequirementTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !req.satisfied?
   end
 
-  def test_satisfy_with_userpaths_from_env
-    ENV.expects(:with_build_environment).yields.returns(true)
-    ENV.expects(:userpaths!)
-    req = Class.new(Requirement) do
-      env :userpaths
-      satisfy(:build_env => true) { true }
-    end.new
-    assert req.satisfied?
-  end
-
-  def test_satisfy_with_userpaths_from_options
-    ENV.expects(:with_build_environment).yields.returns(true)
-    ENV.expects(:userpaths!)
-    req = Class.new(Requirement) do
-      satisfy(:build_env => true, :userpaths => true) { true }
-    end.new
-    assert req.satisfied?
-  end
-
   def test_satisfy_with_boolean
     req = Class.new(Requirement) do
       satisfy true
     end.new
     assert req.satisfied?
   end
+
+  def test_satisfy_sets_up_build_env_by_default
+    req = Class.new(Requirement) do
+      env :userpaths
+      satisfy { true }
+    end.new
+
+    ENV.expects(:with_build_environment).yields.returns(true)
+    ENV.expects(:userpaths!)
+
+    assert req.satisfied?
+  end
+
+  def test_satisfy_build_env_can_be_disabled
+    req = Class.new(Requirement) do
+      satisfy(:build_env => false) { true }
+    end.new
+
+    ENV.expects(:with_build_environment).never
+    ENV.expects(:userpaths!).never
+
+    assert req.satisfied?
+  end
 end