diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index 9af74e5389..9c2ced48c8 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ module Homebrew
       odie "--only-cops/--except-cops and --strict/--only cannot be used simultaneously!"
     end
 
-    options = { fix: args.fix?, realpath: true }
+    options = { fix: args.fix? }
 
     if only_cops
       options[:only_cops] = only_cops
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/style.rb b/Library/Homebrew/style.rb
index 898883576f..0cb0d59806 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/style.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/style.rb
@@ -6,19 +6,17 @@ module Homebrew
 
     # Checks style for a list of files, printing simple RuboCop output.
     # Returns true if violations were found, false otherwise.
-    def check_style_and_print(files, options = {})
-      check_style_impl(files, :print, options)
+    def check_style_and_print(files, **options)
+      check_style_impl(files, :print, **options)
     end
 
     # Checks style for a list of files, returning results as a RubocopResults
     # object parsed from its JSON output.
-    def check_style_json(files, options = {})
-      check_style_impl(files, :json, options)
+    def check_style_json(files, **options)
+      check_style_impl(files, :json, **options)
     end
 
-    def check_style_impl(files, output_type, options = {})
-      fix = options[:fix]
-
+    def check_style_impl(files, output_type, fix: false, except_cops: nil, only_cops: nil)
       Homebrew.install_bundler_gems!
       require "rubocop"
       require "rubocops"
@@ -34,22 +32,22 @@ module Homebrew
 
       args += ["--extra-details", "--display-cop-names"] if ARGV.verbose?
 
-      if options[:except_cops]
-        options[:except_cops].map! { |cop| RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.qualified_cop_name(cop.to_s, "") }
-        cops_to_exclude = options[:except_cops].select do |cop|
+      if except_cops
+        except_cops.map! { |cop| RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.qualified_cop_name(cop.to_s, "") }
+        cops_to_exclude = except_cops.select do |cop|
           RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.names.include?(cop) ||
             RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.departments.include?(cop.to_sym)
         end
 
         args << "--except" << cops_to_exclude.join(",") unless cops_to_exclude.empty?
-      elsif options[:only_cops]
-        options[:only_cops].map! { |cop| RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.qualified_cop_name(cop.to_s, "") }
-        cops_to_include = options[:only_cops].select do |cop|
+      elsif only_cops
+        only_cops.map! { |cop| RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.qualified_cop_name(cop.to_s, "") }
+        cops_to_include = only_cops.select do |cop|
           RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.names.include?(cop) ||
             RuboCop::Cop::Cop.registry.departments.include?(cop.to_sym)
         end
 
-        odie "RuboCops #{options[:only_cops].join(",")} were not found" if cops_to_include.empty?
+        odie "RuboCops #{only_cops.join(",")} were not found" if cops_to_include.empty?
 
         args << "--only" << cops_to_include.join(",")
       end
@@ -168,8 +166,8 @@ module Homebrew
         "[Corrected] " if corrected?
       end
 
-      def to_s(options = {})
-        if options[:display_cop_name]
+      def to_s(display_cop_name: false)
+        if display_cop_name
           "#{severity_code}: #{location.to_short_s}: #{cop_name}: " \
           "#{Tty.green}#{correction_status}#{Tty.reset}#{message}"
         else
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/style_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/style_spec.rb
index d443afde92..0dcb681702 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/style_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/style_spec.rb
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ describe "brew style" do
           end
         end
       EOS
-      options = { fix: true, only_cops: ["NewFormulaAudit/DependencyOrder"], realpath: true }
-      rubocop_result = Homebrew::Style.check_style_json([formula], options)
+      rubocop_result = Homebrew::Style.check_style_json(
+        [formula],
+        fix: true, only_cops: ["NewFormulaAudit/DependencyOrder"],
+      )
       offense_string = rubocop_result.file_offenses(formula.realpath).first.to_s
       expect(offense_string).to match(/\[Corrected\]/)
     end