diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/api.rb b/Library/Homebrew/api.rb
index 6f2043728a..9ed03473c9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/api.rb
@@ -152,8 +152,14 @@ module Homebrew
       json.except("variations")
     end
 
-    sig { params(download_queue: T.nilable(DownloadQueue), stale_seconds: Integer).void }
-    def self.fetch_api_files!(download_queue: nil, stale_seconds: Homebrew::EnvConfig.api_auto_update_secs.to_i)
+    sig { void }
+    def self.fetch_api_files!
+      download_queue = if Homebrew::EnvConfig.download_concurrency > 1
+        require "download_queue"
+        Homebrew::DownloadQueue.new
+      end
+      stale_seconds = 86400 # 1 day
+
       if Homebrew::EnvConfig.use_internal_api?
         Homebrew::API::Internal.fetch_formula_api!(download_queue:, stale_seconds:)
         Homebrew::API::Internal.fetch_cask_api!(download_queue:, stale_seconds:)
@@ -163,6 +169,13 @@ module Homebrew
         Homebrew::API::Cask.fetch_api!(download_queue:, stale_seconds:)
         Homebrew::API::Cask.fetch_tap_migrations!(download_queue:, stale_seconds:)
       end
+      return unless download_queue
+
+      begin
+        download_queue.fetch
+      ensure
+        download_queue.shutdown
+      end
     end
 
     sig { void }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
index f38ef7ec7e..743a6a3fef 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
@@ -89,18 +89,8 @@ begin
     Homebrew.running_command = cmd
     if cmd_class
       if !Homebrew::EnvConfig.no_install_from_api? && Homebrew::EnvConfig.download_concurrency > 1
-        require "download_queue"
         require "api"
-        require "api/formula"
-        require "api/cask"
-        download_queue = Homebrew::DownloadQueue.new
-        stale_seconds = 86400 # 1 day
-        Homebrew::API.fetch_api_files!(download_queue:, stale_seconds:)
-        begin
-          download_queue.fetch
-        ensure
-          download_queue.shutdown
-        end
+        Homebrew::API.fetch_api_files!
       end
 
       command_instance = cmd_class.new
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
index 6e33175724..dc742876bf 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
@@ -231,23 +231,8 @@ module Homebrew
         end
 
         # Fetch JSON API files if needed.
-        download_queue = if Homebrew::EnvConfig.download_concurrency > 1
-          require "download_queue"
-          Homebrew::DownloadQueue.new
-        end
-
         require "api"
-        require "api/formula"
-        require "api/cask"
-
-        stale_seconds = 86400 # 1 day
-        Homebrew::API.fetch_api_files!(download_queue:, stale_seconds:)
-
-        begin
-          download_queue&.fetch
-        ensure
-          download_queue&.shutdown
-        end
+        Homebrew::API.fetch_api_files!
 
         # Codespaces HOMEBREW_PREFIX and /tmp are mounted 755 which makes Ruby warn constantly.
         if (ENV["HOMEBREW_CODESPACES"] == "true") && (HOMEBREW_TEMP.to_s == "/tmp")