diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
index 12b28db2a0..0816edbb87 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
@@ -7,23 +7,6 @@ class Formula
     "#{name}.so#{"." unless version.nil?}#{version}"
   end
 
-  undef allowed_missing_lib?
-  def allowed_missing_lib?(lib)
-    # lib:   Full path to the missing library
-    #        Ex.: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib/libsomething.so.1
-    # x -    Name of or a pattern for a library, linkage to which is allowed to be missing.
-    #        Ex. 1: "libONE.so.1"
-    #        Ex. 2: %r{(libONE|libTWO)\.so}
-    self.class.allowed_missing_libraries.any? do |x|
-      case x
-      when Regexp
-        x.match? lib
-      when String
-        lib.include? x
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   class << self
     undef on_linux
 
@@ -31,9 +14,15 @@ class Formula
       yield
     end
 
+    undef ignore_missing_libraries
+
     def ignore_missing_libraries(*libs)
-      libs.flatten!
-      allowed_missing_libraries.merge(libs)
+      libraries = libs.flatten
+      if libraries.any? { |x| !x.is_a?(String) && !x.is_a?(Regexp) }
+        raise FormulaSpecificationError, "#{__method__} can handle Strings and Regular Expressions only"
+      end
+
+      allowed_missing_libraries.merge(libraries)
     end
 
     # @private
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 06084522f6..6114a8896c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -1131,13 +1131,6 @@ class Formula
     end
   end
 
-  # Whether this {Formula} is allowed to have a broken linkage to specified library.
-  # Defaults to false.
-  # @return [Boolean]
-  def allowed_missing_lib?(*)
-    false
-  end
-
   # Whether this {Formula} is deprecated (i.e. warns on installation).
   # Defaults to false.
   # @method deprecated?
@@ -2763,6 +2756,10 @@ class Formula
     def link_overwrite_paths
       @link_overwrite_paths ||= Set.new
     end
+
+    def ignore_missing_libraries(*)
+      raise FormulaSpecificationError, "#{__method__} is available on Linux only"
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
index a0dbfeadef..c97a691f10 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class LinkageChecker
 
     @system_dylibs    = Set.new
     @broken_dylibs    = Set.new
+    @unexpected_broken_dylibs = nil
     @variable_dylibs  = Set.new
     @brewed_dylibs    = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = Set.new }
     @reverse_links    = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = Set.new }
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class LinkageChecker
 
     if @broken_dylibs.empty?
       puts "No broken library linkage detected"
-    elsif unexpected_broken_libs.empty?
+    elsif unexpected_broken_dylibs.empty?
       puts "No unexpected broken library linkage detected."
     else
       puts "Broken library linkage detected"
@@ -71,17 +72,32 @@ class LinkageChecker
 
   def broken_library_linkage?
     issues = [@broken_deps, @unwanted_system_dylibs, @version_conflict_deps]
-    [issues, unexpected_broken_libs].flatten.any?(&:present?)
+    [issues, unexpected_broken_dylibs].flatten.any?(&:present?)
   end
 
-  def unexpected_broken_libs
-    @broken_dylibs.reject { |lib| @formula.allowed_missing_lib? lib }
+  def unexpected_broken_dylibs
+    return @unexpected_broken_dylibs if @unexpected_broken_dylibs
+
+    @unexpected_broken_dylibs = @broken_dylibs.reject do |broken_lib|
+      @formula.class.allowed_missing_libraries.any? do |allowed_missing_lib|
+        case allowed_missing_lib
+        when Regexp
+          allowed_missing_lib.match? broken_lib
+        when String
+          broken_lib.include? allowed_missing_lib
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def broken_dylibs_with_expectations
     output = {}
-    @broken_dylibs.each do |lib|
-      output[lib] = (unexpected_broken_libs.include? lib) ? ["unexpected"] : ["expected"]
+    @broken_dylibs.each do |broken_lib|
+      output[broken_lib] = if unexpected_broken_dylibs.include? broken_lib
+        ["unexpected"]
+      else
+        ["expected"]
+      end
     end
     output
   end