diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/audit_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/audit_spec.rb
index 9802f40bd4..6878142d3a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/audit_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/audit_spec.rb
@@ -106,8 +106,21 @@ module Homebrew
       let(:custom_spdx_id) { "zzz" }
       let(:standard_mismatch_spdx_id) { "0BSD" }
 
+      it "does not check if the formula is not a new formula" do
+        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, new_formula: false
+          class Foo < Formula
+            url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
+            license ""
+          end
+        RUBY
+
+        fa.audit_license
+        p fa.problems
+        expect(fa.problems).to be_empty
+      end
+
       it "detects no license info" do
-        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids
+        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, new_formula: true
           class Foo < Formula
             url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
             license ""
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ module Homebrew
       end
 
       it "detects if license is not a standard spdx-id" do
-        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids
+        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, new_formula: true
           class Foo < Formula
             url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
             license "#{custom_spdx_id}"
@@ -132,7 +145,7 @@ module Homebrew
       end
 
       it "verifies that a license info is a standard spdx id" do
-        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids
+        fa = formula_auditor "foo", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, new_formula: true
           class Foo < Formula
             url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
             license "0BSD"
@@ -145,7 +158,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
       it "checks online and verifies that a standard license id is the same "\
         "as what is indicated on its Github repo" do
-        fa = formula_auditor "cask", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, online: true, core_tap: true
+        fa = formula_auditor "cask", <<~RUBY, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, online: true, core_tap: true, new_formula: true
           class Cask < Formula
             url "https://github.com/cask/cask/archive/v0.8.4.tar.gz"
             head "https://github.com/cask/cask.git"
@@ -159,7 +172,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
       it "checks online and detects that a formula-specified license is not "\
         "the same as what is indicated on its Github repository" do
-        fa = formula_auditor "cask", <<~RUBY, online: true, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, core_tap: true
+        fa = formula_auditor "cask", <<~RUBY, online: true, spdx_ids: spdx_ids, core_tap: true, new_formula: true
           class Cask < Formula
             url "https://github.com/cask/cask/archive/v0.8.4.tar.gz"
             head "https://github.com/cask/cask.git"