diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
index b61f25010f..866f1d4e21 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ module RuboCop
             problem "\"Formula.factory(name)\" is deprecated in favor of \"Formula[name]\""
           end
 
-          find_every_method_call_by_name(body_node, :xcodebuild).each do |m|
-            next if parameters_passed?(m, /SYMROOT=/)
-
-            problem 'xcodebuild should be passed an explicit "SYMROOT"'
-          end
-
           find_method_with_args(body_node, :system, "xcodebuild") do
             problem %q(use "xcodebuild *args" instead of "system 'xcodebuild', *args")
           end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb
index 1a20ca69d7..b8ae63dbd1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb
@@ -71,32 +71,6 @@ describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::Text do
       RUBY
     end
 
-    it "reports an offense if xcodebuild is called without SYMROOT" do
-      expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
-        class Foo < Formula
-          url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
-          homepage "https://brew.sh"
-
-          def install
-            xcodebuild "-project", "meow.xcodeproject"
-            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ xcodebuild should be passed an explicit \"SYMROOT\"
-          end
-        end
-      RUBY
-
-      expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
-        class Foo < Formula
-          url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
-          homepage "https://brew.sh"
-
-          def install
-            xcodebuild
-            ^^^^^^^^^^ xcodebuild should be passed an explicit \"SYMROOT\"
-          end
-        end
-      RUBY
-    end
-
     it "reports an offense if `go get` is executed" do
       expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
         class Foo < Formula