diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb
index 164413cd12ab9b7191dc131351d9ee9a09496fc4..781ee88081bef1f1959ffa63afd8ced0487f6091 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update-report.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ module Homebrew
     return if ENV["HOMEBREW_UPDATE_TEST"]
     core_tap = CoreTap.instance
     return if core_tap.installed?
-    CoreTap.ensure_installed! quiet: false
+    CoreTap.ensure_installed!
     revision = core_tap.git_head
     ENV["HOMEBREW_UPDATE_BEFORE_HOMEBREW_HOMEBREW_CORE"] = revision
     ENV["HOMEBREW_UPDATE_AFTER_HOMEBREW_HOMEBREW_CORE"] = revision
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb b/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
index f232be4281aa54cc07e90bcf811375716828babc..f6246aad908a02daffb05b26920c4d7f534ba06f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
@@ -551,11 +551,9 @@ class CoreTap < Tap
     @instance ||= new
   end
 
-  def self.ensure_installed!(options = {})
+  def self.ensure_installed!
     return if instance.installed?
-    args = ["tap", instance.name]
-    args << "-q" if options.fetch(:quiet, true)
-    safe_system HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE, *args
+    safe_system HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE, "tap", instance.name
   end
 
   # @private