diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index cc1aac7..86256a7 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ using BinDeps
 using Compat
 import Compat.Libdl
 import Compat.Sys
-import Compat.Pkg
 
 @BinDeps.setup
 
@@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ if Sys.iswindows()
 end
 
 if is_apple()
-    if Pkg.installed("Homebrew") === nothing
-        error("Homebrew package not installed, please run Pkg.add(\"Homebrew\")")
-    end
     using Homebrew
     provides( Homebrew.HB, "cairo", cairo, os = :Darwin )
     provides( Homebrew.HB, "pango", [pango, pangocairo], os = :Darwin, onload =