2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
index cf1735576..65edd85df 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ require "pathname"
 require "open3"
 
 def curl_executable
-  curl = Pathname.new ENV["HOMEBREW_CURL"]
-  curl = which("curl") unless curl.exist?
-  return curl if curl.executable?
-  raise "#{curl} is not executable"
+  @curl ||= [
+    ENV["HOMEBREW_CURL"],
+    which("curl"),
+    "/usr/bin/curl",
+  ].map { |c| Pathname(c) }.find(&:executable?)
+  raise "curl is not executable" unless @curl
+  @curl
 end
 
 def curl_args(*extra_args, show_output: false, user_agent: :default)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index be9bf4dd3..016676323 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module GitHub
     # This is a no-op if the user is opting out of using the GitHub API.
     return block_given? ? yield({}) : {} if ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_GITHUB_API"]
 
-    args = %W[--header application/vnd.github.v3+json --write-out \n%{http_code}]
+    args = %W[--header application/vnd.github.v3+json --write-out \n%{http_code}] # rubocop:disable Lint/NestedPercentLiteral
     args += curl_args
 
     token, username = api_credentials