diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index 5945556951dde1e9ee762511434367470a2100ef..5b01021305a14b7e9c54100b4234e9d645157dad 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class FormulaAuditor
 
       next unless @strict
 
-      if o.name == "universal"
+      if o.name == "universal" && !Formula["wine"].recursive_dependencies.map(&:name).include?(formula.name)
         problem "macOS has been 64-bit only since 10.6 so universal options are deprecated."
       end