diff --git a/src/scripts/darwin.sh b/src/scripts/darwin.sh
index ed0c2932..0f3e3527 100644
--- a/src/scripts/darwin.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/darwin.sh
@@ -168,8 +168,12 @@ patch_brew() {
 # Function to update dependencies.
 update_dependencies() {
   if ! [ -e /tmp/update_dependencies ]; then
-    for repo in "$brew_repo" "${core_repo:?}"; do
-      if [ -e "$repo" ]; then
+    local repos=("$brew_repo")
+    if [ -n "${HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API:-}" ]; then
+      repos+=("${core_repo:?}")
+    fi
+    for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
+      if [ -d "$repo" ]; then
         git_retry -C "$repo" fetch origin main && git -C "$repo" reset --hard origin/main || return $?
       fi
     done
@@ -341,7 +345,6 @@ export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
 export HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1
 export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
 export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK=1
-export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1
 
 # shellcheck source=.
 . "${scripts:?}"/unix.sh
diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/brew.sh b/src/scripts/tools/brew.sh
index b2677565..eaaa7835 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/brew.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/brew.sh
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ configure_brew() {
   tap_dir="$brew_repo"/Library/Taps
   core_repo="$tap_dir"/homebrew/homebrew-core
 
+  if [ -d "$core_repo" ]; then
+    export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1
+  else
+    unset HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API
+  fi
   export HOMEBREW_CHANGE_ARCH_TO_ARM=1
   export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
   export HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1