diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
index 8c76d92a75..b2264be405 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class FormulaText
     @text = path.open("rb", &:read)
   end
 
+
   def without_patch
     @text.split("\n__END__").first
   end
@@ -565,6 +566,10 @@ class FormulaAuditor
         good_quotes = bad_quotes.gsub "'", "\""
         problem "use double-quotes for `#{good_quotes}` instead of `#{bad_quotes}`"
       end
+
+      if line =~ /(require ["']formula["'])/
+        problem "`#{$1}` is now unnecessary"
+      end
     end
   end